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Alexander Knapp - Cambridge Composer Studies: Ernest Bloch Studies - 9781107039094 - V9781107039094
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Cambridge Composer Studies: Ernest Bloch Studies

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Description for Cambridge Composer Studies: Ernest Bloch Studies hardcover. This comprehensive study of Bloch's life and works draws on recollections of those who knew and worked with the composer. Editor(s): Knapp, Alexander; Solomon, Norman. Series: Cambridge Composer Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages, 12 b/w illus. 1 table 34 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 297 x 21. Weight in Grams: 786.
Ernest Bloch left his native Switzerland to settle in the United States in 1916. One of the great twentieth-century composers, he was influenced by a range of genres and styles - Jewish, American and Swiss - and his works reflect his lifelong struggle with his identity. Drawing on firsthand recollections of relatives and others who knew and worked with the composer, this collection is the most comprehensive study to date of Bloch's life, musical achievement and reception. Contributors present the latest research on Bloch's works and compositional practice, including studies of his Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), violin pieces such as ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Cambridge Composer Studies
Condition
New
Weight
786g
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107039094
SKU
V9781107039094
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-14

About Alexander Knapp
Alexander Knapp was the Joe Loss Lecturer in Jewish Music at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, until his retirement in 2006. His numerous articles on Jewish music, and Bloch, have been published in journals including Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, the Journal of the American Musicological Society and Musica Judaica. His Anthology of Essays ... Read more

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