Ernest Bloch (b. 1880)

ALTHOUGH he was born and trained in Europe, so great a part of Ernest Bloch’s musical life has been lived in this country that he may properly be regarded as an American composer. His father was a musician and a student of acoustics, so that there was no parental obstacle opposed to the cultivation...

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Published inMasterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire p. 131
Main Author DONALD N. FERGUSON
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Minnesota Press 25.03.1968
EditionNED - New edition
Subjects
Aesthetics
Applied aesthetics
Art music
Arts
Axiology
Cellos
Chamber music
Concerti grossi
Concertos
High culture
Instrumental music
Lutes
Melody
Music
Music composition
Music ensembles
Music theory
Musical aesthetics
Musical instruments
Musical motives
Musical performance
Musical pitch
Orchestral music
Orchestras
Performing arts
Philosophy
Quartets
Solos
String instruments
Violins
Western art music
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Summary:ALTHOUGH he was born and trained in Europe, so great a part of Ernest Bloch’s musical life has been lived in this country that he may properly be regarded as an American composer. His father was a musician and a student of acoustics, so that there was no parental obstacle opposed to the cultivation of a talent which manifested itself very early. He worked first in Geneva with Dalcroze and Rey, and had composed a string quartet and anOriental Symphonybefore he was fifteen. Thereafter he worked with Ysaye at Brussels, with Iwan Knorr at Frankfort, and with Ludwig
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