Magnes collection on Ernest Bloch, 1925-1972.

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Magnes collection on Ernest Bloch, 1925-1972.

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The collection consists of materials collected by the Magnes staff, including biographical information and obituaries for Bloch; a letter that Bloch sent to Rabbi Solomon Goldman, of Cleveland, Ohio, on 15 Dec. 1925, stating his preference to be "creating a Symphony" rather than teaching; materials containing information about Bloch's role in the history of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; a copy of a lecture that Bloch delivered at the Conservatory (16 Sept. 1933); bulletins of the Ernest Bloch Society (1970-1980; 1985-1991); an undated discography of Bloch; and essays about Bloch, including "Ernest Bloch" by Alex Cohen and "Ernest Bloch and Modern Music" by John Hasting.

1 box and 1 oversize folder (.4 linear feet)

Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8076368

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Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

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Ernest Bloch Society

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Johnson, Eric

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Well known to most as a composer, Ernest Bloch is also recognized for his considerable genius in the field of photography. Bloch took up the camera in his teenage years and constantly documented his experiences using still images, until his death in 1959. Throughout his life, he produced over 6000 negatives and 2000 prints that are now housed in the Ernest Bloch Archive at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. Bloch's subject matter ranged from landscapes to self-port...

Online Archive of California

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Broude Brothers.

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Cohen, Alex Warshal

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Hasting, John

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Judah L. Magnes Museum

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San Francisco Conservatory of Music

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Western Jewish History Center

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The Western Jewish History Center (WJHC), a research center based around a library and large archive, was founded in 1967. It is part of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, located in Berkeley, Calif. Its mission is to collect and preserve materials documenting the history of the Jewish community in the western United States. To that end, it has collected a large number of organizational records; personal papers and correspondence; audiotapes; and photographs, graphic art, and motion picture films. It h...

Goldman, Solomon, 1893-1953

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Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959

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Composer, violinist, conductor, and photographer Ernest Bloch was born on July 24, 1880, in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1894 he began the study of music theory and composition with Emile Jacques-Dalcroze at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, who advised him to continue violin instruction under Louis Etienne-Reyer at the same institution. He studied violin under Franz SchoĢˆrg of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Belgium, in 1896, and composition in Frankfurt under Ivan Knorr from 1899 to 1901, whereupo...