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    Notated Music
    Schelomo : rhapsodie hébraïque pour violoncelle solo et grand orchestre Holograph, signed; in ink. At end: Janvier-février 1916, Genève. For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003012
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest - Library of Congress. Moldenhauer Archives
    • Date: 1916

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  • Notated Music
    Fantaisie-lied : pour violon et piano Holograph. Signed by the composer at end. In ink, with corrections in pencil. Composer has pasted corrections on p. 4. At head of title: Joué avec Jaques Dalcroze le 8 sept 1898 à Genève, au théâtre du Parc des E. Vives. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 4/7.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Lied
    First words: C'est le temps d'hiver     Holograph, in pencil. For voice and piano. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 6/12.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest - Duchosal, Louis
    • Date: 1900

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  • Notated Music
    Lá-bas : mélodie pour piano & chant : (mezzo ou soprano) Holograph. Signed by the composer at end. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 6/9.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest - Madeleine, Jacques
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Fantaisie p[ou]r violon et piano Holograph. The date of the manuscript was originally written in ink as 1896; the last digit was written over "7" in pencil. In ink, with corrections in pencil. At head of title: A Eugéne Ysaye. "V" on the upper left corner. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 4/6.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Larmes d'automne : pour piano et chant Holograph. In ink, with corrections in pencil. At head of title: A Mademoiselle L. Wisard. "VII" on the upper left corner. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 6/10.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest - Foulon, Franz
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Lied pour piano Holograph. Composer has pasted corrections over the original on p. 2. Signed by the composer at end. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 6/11.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Lied
    First words: C'est un air lointain     Holograph, in pencil. For voice and piano. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 6/13.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest - Duchosal, Louis
    • Date: 1900

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  • Notated Music
    Pastorale pour piano Holograph In ink, with corrections in pencil. "A. Joliet 12/6 96"--At end. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 11/12.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1896

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  • Notated Music
    Musette pour piano et chant Holograph. At head of title: A Madame Eugéne Ysaye. "VI" on the upper left corner. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 11/7.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest - Avennier, Louis
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Méditation : pour violon et orgue
    Caption title: Aria pour violon et orgue     Holograph. In ink, with corrections in pencil. "Aria" crossed out in pencil. "X" on the upper left corner. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 11/1.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1896

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  • Notated Music
    Près de la mer : mélodie pour mezzo-soprano Holograph. In ink; date of composition in pencil. Signed by the composer at end. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 12/9.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest - Lahor, Jean
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Le saule : pour piano et chant Holograph. "VIII" on the upper left corner. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 16/3.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest - Avennier, Louis
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Regrets-- : pour piano seul Holograph. At head of title: 2 piéces p[ou]r piano seul. a) Conte badin ; b) Regrets-- . "XIII" on the upper left corner. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 16/1.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Sérénade : morceau piano & violon
    Title on part: Morceau p[ou]r violon & piano     Holograph. In ink; title written in pencil. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 16/6.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Sonate pour piano et violoncelle Holograph. In ink, with corrections in pencil. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. In: Ernest Bloch collection, 1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959), Box-Folder 17/2.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1897

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  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Carl Engel, chief of the Music Division, Library of Congress, and Ernest Bloch in Peterborough, New Hampshire Eric Johnson Collection of Ernest Bloch Photographs For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003009 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1923
  • Notated Music
    Orientale : pour grande orchestre Holograph in pencil. On cover: Genève-Bruxelles, juillet- Octobre 1898 For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003009 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Vivre-aimer : poème symphonique pour grande orchestre Holograph in ink and pencil. On title page: Dedie à mon cher maitre E. Jaques-Dalcroze; Compose a Francfort, 6 novembre-3 decembre 1900; Execute pour la 1er fois a Genève, le 23 juin 1901. At end: Francfort 6-30 Novembre 1900. For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003009 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1901

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  • Notated Music
    Symphonie orientale Holograph in ink and pencil. For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003009 Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1896

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  • Collection
    Ernest Bloch Collection This site features nineteen early manuscript compositions by composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), spanning the period from 1896 to 1916, and comprising a portion of the Ernest Bloch Collection at the Library of Congress.
    • Contributor: Schillings, Max Von - Griller, Sidney - Fortas, Abe - Stokowski, Leopold - Flonzaley Quartet - Mörike, Eduard - Zweig, Stefan - Bauer, Harold - Engel, Carl - Bacon, Ernst ... Schillings, Max Von - Griller, Sidney - Fortas, Abe - Stokowski, Leopold - Flonzaley Quartet - Mörike, Eduard - Zweig, Stefan - Bauer, Harold - Engel, Carl - Bacon, Ernst - Bloch, Ernest - Salzedo, Carlos - Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague - Mengelberg, Willem - Menuhin, Yehudi - Fleg, Edmond - Bloch, Ivan - Messager, André - Downes, Olin - Monteux, Pierre - Pierné, Gabriel - Bloch, Marguerite Auguste - Carré, Albert
    • Date: 1888

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  • Web Page
    Related Resources Ernest Bloch Collection Finding Aid Eric Johnson Collection of Ernest Bloch Photographs Photographer Eric Johnson discovered the photography of composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) as an undergraduate at the University of Oregon in the 1970s. With the cooperation and encouragement of Bloch's children, he explored Bloch's photographic archive, then in the possession of Bloch's daughter Lucienne. Johnson documented his research in a 1972 article for…
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    Rights and Access The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other rights holders (such as holders of publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or…
  • Article
    Articles and Essays Articles and Essays Ernest Bloch and the Library of Congress By Music Division Chief Carl Engel Reprinted from Musical America, Nov. 10, 1928
  • Article
    Ernest Bloch and the Library of Congress By Music Division Chief Carl Engel Reprinted from Musical America, Nov. 10, 1928