Ernest Bloch Collection
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Ernest Bloch Collection1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959)
Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959
Biographical History for: Ernest Bloch Collection1888-1981 (bulk 1912-1959)
Biographical Sketch Date Event 1880, July 24 Born, Geneva, Switzerland 1889 Began playing violin with Albert Gos, his first instructor 1894 Began music theory and composition studies with Émile Jacques-Dalcroze, Geneva Conservatory of Music Jacques-Dalcroze advised Bloch to continue violin instruction under Louis Etienne-Reyer at the same institution 1896 Composed first orchestral piece Symphonie Orientale of 1896 Began further violin study under Franz Schörg, Royal Conservatory of Music 1899 Left Belgium to study in Germany Studied composition in Frankfurt under Ivan Knorr 1900 Met future wife Marguerite Auguste Schneider at Hoch Conservatory 1901 Began composition studies in Munich under Ludwig Thuille Premiere of Vivre-Aimer at the second Festival of Contemporary Swiss Music, a work inspired by the meeting of Marguerite Schneider and dedicated to teacher Jacques-Dalcroze Met Edmond Fleg in Geneva 1903 Left Munich for Paris, France Met Claude Debussy 1904, Aug. 13 Married Marguerite Schneider 1904 Returned to Geneva 1907, Aug. 7 Daughter Suzanne Bloch born 1907 Began teaching and lecturing in Geneva and Lausanne 1910, Nov. 30 Premiere of the opera Macbeth, on which Bloch and Fleg collaborated since 1904 1912-1916 Composed Israel Symphony 1913 Father died Composed first mature symphonic work, Three Jewish Poems, dedicated to the memory of his father 1916 Arrived in America upon securing position of touring conductor for dancer Maud Allan (persuaded to pursue this post by friend Alfred Pochon) Moved by his pessimistic view of the future brought on by World War I, Bloch composed Schelomo 1917, May 3 Society of the Friends of Music in New York presented all-Bloch concert at Carnegie Hall 1917 June Returned to Europe 1917 Aug. Returned to New York with his family Head of theory department, David Mannes School of Music, New York 1919 Viola Suite awarded Coolidge Prize Became affiliated with the Julius Hartt School of Music, Hartford, Conn. Became affiliated with the Joanne Bird School, Peterboro, N.H. 1920 First musical director and instructor, Cleveland Institute of Music 1925 Left Cleveland for San Francisco Director, San Francisco Conservatory of Music 1927 Composed America: An Epic Rhapsody Awarded Carolyn Beebe Prize for 1926 work Four Episodes 1928 Musical America awarded Bloch $3,000 prize for America 1929 Received honorary membership, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome 1930 Resigned from San Francisco Conservatory Returned to Europe to compose Sacred Service, commissioned by San Francisco's Temple Emanuel 1933 Completed Sacred Service 1938, Mar. 5 Macbeth revived at Teatro San Carlo in Naples 1939, Mar. 17-18 Conducted Boston Symphony in an all-Bloch program that included the premiere of Two Symphonic Interludes, extracted from Acts I and II of Macbeth 1939 Left Europe and moved to Lake Grove, Oregon 1940 Professor, University of California, Berkeley 1941 Purchased home at Agate Beach, Oregon 1947 Honored by the Juilliard School of Music, in conjunction with the League of Composers, for thirty years of service to American music Received Gold Medal in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the first award of its kind 1950 Honored at a six-day festival of his music given by Samuel Laderman (founder of the Ernest Bloch Society) and the Chicago Federation of American Hebrew Congregations in celebration of seventieth birthday 1952 Retired from University of California, Berkeley 1953 Received double award from the Music Critics Circle of New York City for String Quartet No. 3 and Concerto Grosso No. 2 Invited by Italian government to attend series of concert and radio performances of his works, climaxed by the production of his opera Macbeth 1955 Received doctoral degrees from Brandeis University and Reed College Completed the one-movement Proclamation for Trumpet and Orchestra 1957 Composed his last work Two Last Poems 1959, July 15 Died, Portland, Oregon
Scope and Content Note The Bloch Collection covers the life and careers of the Jewish Swiss-born violinist, composer, conductor and photographer, beginning with his grade school report cards, dated 1888 through 1894, and continuing beyond his death in 1959 with the publication of some musical works, and exhibitions of his photography. Music having been the primary focus of his life, Bloch's photographic skills are lesser known. Oregonians are more familiar with this aspect of his life owing to several exhibitions of his output by the Center for Creative Photography in Portland. The Collection includes manuscripts (music and lecture material), correspondence, business papers, photographs, programs, promotional material, writings about Ernest Bloch, personal papers, printed matter, and the material donated by Carolyn Epes. Totaling nearly 200 items, the collection of Bloch music manuscripts is comprehensive in scope of his output. One of his more popular works, Schelomo, is not represented in this collection, but there is a score of the piece in the Moldenhauer Archive at the Library of Congress. The intense pride Bloch held in his Jewish heritage is demonstrated in his Israel Symphony (1912-1916), the Three Jewish Poems (1913, mentioned earlier), and the Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service) (1933); these and several other works on Jewish themes are represented in the collection. There are only two scores represented in the Manuscript Transcriptions of Works by Others sub-series. The Correspondence series is divided into two sub-series: Personal Correspondence, and General Correspondence. The Personal Correspondence includes letters and similar material (i.e. post cards, invitations, and telegrams) from family members and close friends. Other letters and related material are filed in the General Correspondence sub-series. At the end of the correspondence file are two smaller sub-series of material; Special Category (i.e. Bloch letter drafts, Bloch letter to anonymous singer, and unidentifiable items), and Miscellaneous, which contains the envelopes of the letters herein. Correspondents include Ernst Bacon, Harold Bauer, Albert Carré, Elizabeth S. Coolidge, Olin Downes, Carl Engel, the Flonzaley Quartet, Abe Fortas, Sidney Griller, Willem Mengelberg, Yehudi Menuhin, André Messager, Eduard Mörike, Pierre Monteux, Gabriel Pierné, Carlos Salzedo, Max Schillings, Leopold Stokowski, and Stefan Zweig. The Business Papers series covers the business affiliations of Ernest Bloch and his son, Ivan, and is divided accordingly. Generally, the series includes contracts, business correspondence, royalty statements, and miscellaneous; however, some organizations' files contain a greater variety of materials thus requiring additional subject headings. The arrangement is alphabetical by name of organization, then alphabetical by subject heading, and then chronological when date is known. This arrangement scheme is used in both Ernest Bloch and Ivan Bloch business papers. Divided by subject and arranged chronologically, the Photographs series is fairly small, considering the fact that Bloch was also a skillful photographer. The photos depict Bloch alone (usually portraits), or Bloch family members. Of special note, there is a photograph of Ernest Bloch with Roger Sessions. Beginning in 1908 and continuing through 1980, the Programs series is arranged chronologically. Each citation includes date, concert venue, performing artist(s) when given, and Bloch work(s) performed unless the entire concert was a Bloch tribute. The Writings series is divided into four sub-series: Biographical Writings, Clippings, Articles in Serials, and Articles and Clippings in Scrapbooks. The Ernest Bloch Legal, Financial, and Miscellaneous Documents series in the Collection houses some personal documents of Ernest Bloch and two other members of the Bloch family: wife Marguerite Elizabeth Auguste Bloch and daughter Suzanne Bloch. Sub-divided into two groups, Ernest Bloch Papers and Papers of Other Family Members, this series includes Bloch's grade school report cards, his passports, marriage certificate, and birth certificate of Marguerite Elizabeth Auguste Bloch. The Printed Matter file is the final series in the Collection proper. It consists of one volume of printed music containing Bloch selections, promotional material (a small group of brochures, announcements, and flyers that promote Ernest Bloch and his work), one literary volume Darwin, Marx, Wagner by Jacques Barzun, and a folder of miscellaneous loose items. The material in the Carolyn Epes / Ernest Bloch Collection follows the same arrangement scheme as the larger collection. The Music Manuscripts series includes only one item: a copy of the piano-vocal score to Bloch's anthem, America. There are no business papers or personal documents included with this material; however, all other series are represented. Contributors to the processing of this collection include Lloyd A. Pinchback, Music Specialist, and Tim Bullard and Mike Ferrando, Library Technicians, all Music Division staff members. Lloyd A. Pinchback, June 1995.
series
Music Manuscripts, 1895-1958
The Music Manuscripts series is divided into two subseries: Original Music Manuscripts by Bloch and Manuscript Transcriptions of Works by Others. Totaling nearly 200 items, the collection of Bloch's manuscripts is comprehensive in scope of his output. There are only two scores represented in the Manuscript Transcriptions of Works by Others subseries.
subseries
Part 1: Original Music Manuscripts by Bloch
file
2 Pieces pour quatour.
3 Jewish poems.
3 Noctures [for] piano, violin, cello (1924).
[4 Circus pieces] : July 13-July 17, 1922.
Piano solo; 15 p. (4 pieces paged separately).
4 Wedding marches.
6 Preludes for organ.
America : anthem from the symphony "America", by Ernest Bloch (n.d.). See also: Epes/Bloch Collection, Box 63
Avodat hakodesh (Sacred service) (1933).
Baal shem (three pictures of chassidic life) : for violin and piano accompaniment (1923).
Baal shem (three pictures of chassidic life) : for Violin Solo and Orchestra (1939).
Berceuse in re flat pour piano.
Berceuse pour piano.
Concertino for flute solo - viola solo - and string orchestra (1950).
Flute and viola solo with piano reduction, 36 p.; piano reduction, 13.
Sketches for fugato final, 8 p.; miscellaneous sketches, 18 p.
Concerto grosso no. 1 : for string orchestra and piano obbligato.
Concerto grosso no. 2 : string quartet and string orchestra.
Concerto symphonique, piano and orchestra.
Piano and orchestra score; 36 p., numbered 2-37.
Concerto pour violon et orchestre (1899).
Concerto pour violon et orchestre (1938).
Danses orientales (pour Jezabel) pour piano, danse sacrée (1923).
Danses populaires pour orchestra (1899).
[Enfantines].
[Evocations].
Fantaisie pour violon et piano (1897).
Fantaisie-lied : pour violon et piano (1898).
Four episodes for chamber orchestra (1926).
[From] Jewish Life (1924).
Hiver-printemps, poème pour orchestre (op. 5), (1904-1905).
In memoriam (1952).
In the mountains (1925).
In the night : a love-poem for piano (1922).
Inventions à 2.3.4 voix (1896-97).
Invention à 4 voix : pour orgue ou piano (1897).
Israel symphony.
Jeremiah.
Jezabel (1911).
Libretto; [44] p. (in 4 small booklets divided by acts).
Là-bas : melodie pour piano and chant (mezzo soprano) (1898).
Larmes d'autumne : pour piano et chant (1897).
Lied pour piano (1898).
Lied [B-flat minor] (1900).
Lied [F major] (1900).
Macbeth.
Piano-vocal score (publisher's proof); 303 p.
Piano-vocal score (publisher's proof); 372 p. (bound).
Piano-vocal score (publisher's proof; 27 p.
Vocal score with piano accompaniment; 365 p.
Notes pour l'interpretation de Macbeth; 12 p.
Macbeth. See also: "MACBETH" in Business Papers: Ivan Bloch Papers.
Méditation pour violon et orgue (1897).
Méditation Hebraïque.
Mélodie.
Menuet : pour piano.
Moods : [sketches in sepia].
The mountains and their people : a symphonic fresco for orchestra.
Musette : pour piano et chant.
Nirvana : poem for piano.
[Notes on J.S Bach fugues]
Nuit exotique.
Orientale : pour grande orchestre (1898).
Pastorale pour piano (1896).
[Piano quintet sketches, automne sketches, and sketches for various unidentified pieces]
Poème concertant : pour violon et orchestre (1898).
Poèmes d'automne.
[Poems of the sea] : chants de la mer pour piano (1922).
Poems of the sea for orchestra (1922-23).
Prelude for string quartet (1925).
Près de la mer : mélodie pour mezzo-soprano (1898).
Proclamation for trumpet solo and orchestra (1955).
Psaume 114 : for soprano and orchestra.
Quartet no. 1 = quatuor a cordes I (1895).
Quartet II.
[Quartet no. 4] = Quatuor no. 4 (1953).
Quartet no. V (1955-1956).
Quintett no. 1 : for piano and strings (1924).
Quintett no. II (1957).
Regrets.... pour piano seul (1897).
Ronde des princesses.
Le saule : pour piano and chant.
Scherzo fantasque.
Serenade : morceau pour piano & violon (1898).
Sinfonia breve.
Sonate pour violon et piano (1920).
Sonate pour piano et violoncello (1897).
[Studies and exercises] : Counterpoint, II part (1918).
[Studies and exercises] : Theorie musicale et harmonie elementaire, no. 1.
[Studies and exercises] : Workbooks-from E. Bloch (1900).
Suite I for viola solo.
Suite I for violin solo (1958).
Suite I for violoncello (1956).
Suite II for violin solo (1958).
Suite II for violoncello solo (1956).
Suite III for violoncello solo (1956-1957).
Suite for viola and piano or orchestra.
Suite Hebraïque.
Suite Hebraïque for viola (or violin) and orchestra.
Suite modale for flute and piano (1956).
Suite modale pour flûte et piano.
Suite pour alto solo et orchestre.
Suite p[our] piano et viola [ōu orchestra].
Suite symphonique.
Symphonie, C-sharp minor (1901).
[Symphonie, E-flat major] (1955).
Symphonie, E-flat major (1955).
Symphonie funèbre (1895).
Symphonie orientale (1896).
[Symphony for trombone and orchestra].
Symphony with trombone solo (1954).
Two last poems...(maybe) (1957-58).
Score draft for flute solo and orchestra; 31 p.
Primary sketches, piano reduction; 19 p.
[Unidentified notes]
[Unidentified sketches]
Utopia : a poem for violin and piano.
Violin sonata 1.
Violin sonata no. 15 [???]
Vivre-aimer, poème symphonique pour grande orchestre (1901).
Voix dans le desert : poème symphonique pour violoncello solo et orchestre (ou piano) (1935).
Work for trombone solo (1953-54).
Part 2: Manuscript Transcriptions of Works by Others
Tschaikovsky, Piotr
Romeo and Juliet
Wagner, Richard
Siegfried-Idyll
Manuscript Lectures and Lecture Notes, 1912-1940
Manuscripts of lectures along with notes by Ernest Bloch.
[Lectures in Geneva] (1912-1913).
Lecture notes: Plan à la 1 [st] Causerie -- Mahler; Claude Debussy; Edmond Fleg; various paginations.
[Lectures in Geneva].
Lecture notes: Les Grandes Principes de l'Esthetique (Cours sur la Musique; 2nd-5th, 8th, 9th Causeries; Forme (fin) Rhythme); 96 p.
[Lectures in Geneva] (1913-14).
Lecture notes: Kyrie (includes 1 leaf sheet music); Gloria; Credo; Sanctus; various paginations.
Lecture notes: L'Evolution du gout Musical; Art et Culture; L'Art y les Peuples Primitifs; 119 p.
[Lectures in Geneva] (1914).
Lecture notes: La Genie-La Personalite; La Repercussion de l'oeune d'Art-Artist & Public; 47 p.
Lecture notes: La Matiere Musicale; 18 p.
[Lecture notes-San Francisco Conservatory] (1940).
Lecture notes: The Tower of Babel, April 26, 1940; 20 p.
Notes pour l'etude de choeurs : Servizio Sacro = Sacred Service.
[The Peterboro School] (1919).
The Peterboro School (1919).
Correspondence, 1894-1968
The Correspondence series is divided into two subseries: Personal Correspondence, and General Correspondence. The Personal Correspondence includes letters, post cards, invitations, and telegrams from family members and close friends. Non-family correspondence and related materials are filed in the General Correspondence subseries. There are two categories filed at the end of the General Correspondence: Unidentified, which includes Bloch letter drafts, Bloch letter to anonymous singer, and unidentified items, and Miscellaneous, which contains the envelopes of the letters herein.
Part 1: Personal Correspondence
Family
EB letterpress book: 1904-1914
EB letterpress book: 1909-1916
EB to Marguerite Schneider Bloch: 1901-1902 (Apr.)
EB to Marguerite Schneider Bloch: 1902 (May)-1903 (June)
EB to Marguerite Schneider Bloch: 1903 (July)-1910 (Dec.)
EB to Marguerite Schneider Bloch: undated
EB to Marguerite Schneider Bloch and children: 1911-1925
Ivan Bloch to various family members: 1960-1980
Lucienne (Luce) Bloch Dimitroff to various family members: 1963-1974
Marguerite Schneider Bloch from her father: 1895-1902
Marguerite Schneider Bloch from her mother: 1903-1904
Marguerite Schneider Bloch from mother-in-law, Sophie Bloch: 1904
Marguerite Schneider Bloch from various people: 1894-1910
Marguerite Schneider Bloch to EB: 1901-1910 [includes undated]
Maurice Bloch [Bloch's father] to EB: 1903-1913
Sophie Bloch [Bloch's mother] to EB: 1902-1909
Sophie Bloch to EB: 1910
Sophie Bloch to EB: 1911-1918
Sophie Bloch to EB: 1919 (Jan.-July)
Sophie Bloch to EB: 1919 (Aug.-Dec.)
Sophie Bloch to EB: 1920
Suzanne (Suzy) Bloch Smith to various family members: 1965-1967
Suzanne (Suzy) Bloch Smith to various family members: 1968
Friends
EB to Edmond and Madeleine Fleg: 1901-1910
EB to Edmond and Madeleind Fleg: 1911-1920
EB to Edmond and Madeleine Fleg: 1921-1947
EB to Edmond and Madeleine Fleg: undated
Edmond and Madeleine Fleg to EB: 1902-1938
Edmond and Madeleine Fleg to EB: undated
Part 2: General Correspondence
Adler, Samuel
Akre, L.
Astruc, Gabriel
Bachman, Alberto
Bacon, Ernst
Barrett, Herbert
Bauer, Harold
Bernheim, Léonce
Bixby, Leonore
Bizet, Alice
Blaucard, Jacqueline
Bodansky, Artur
Boissier, A.
Breval, Lucienne
Breystein, N.
Brunschwig, G.
Buttolph, David
Carré, Albert
Celliries, L.
Cheatham, Kitty
Chevillard, Camile
Chiesa, Maria Tibaldi
Colonne, Edouard
Colum, M. M.
Coolidge, Elizabeth S.
Dossier Conservatoire de Genève
Dower, Helen
Downes, Olin
Elkus, Albert
Ellwell, Herbert
Engel, Carl
Flonzaley Quartet
Foly, Magdalene
Fortas, Abe
Frank, Anita
Friedland, Rabbi Eric
Friedler, Egon
Gabrilówitch, Ossip
Godet, Robert
Goetschel, Leon
Gos, Albert
Green, Edith
Griller, Sidney
Harcourt, Eugene d'
Hausegger, Siegmund v.
Hertz, Alfred
Hirsch, Samuel and Louise Hirsch
Hodghead, Lillian
Isaacs, Leonard
Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile
Jospe, Erwin
Kahn, Otto H.
Klemeyer, Henry
Kronick, Phyllis
Lacomblé, Antoine and Corine Lacomblé
Lafranc, Jean
Lalo, [?]
Lobet, Alfred
London, George
Marsh, Charles H.
Marty, C.
McCarthy, Lea
McIntyre, Thomas J.
Meier, Samuel
Mengelberg, Willem
Mense, J.
Menuhin, Yehudi
Mesierow-Minchin, Nina
Messager, André
Miller, Myra
Mörike, Eduard
Monteux, Pierre
Nicewonger, Harriet
Pelosop, G. H.
Percal, Johnathan
Pierne, Gabriel
Pugno, Raoul
Raisin, F.
Rasse, François
Rause, B. C.
Riesenfeld, Hugo
Robertson, Leroy
Sachar, A. L.
Saerchinge, César
Salzedo, Carlos
Saulter, B.
Schabbel, Otto
Schillings, Max
Schneider, Adolf
Schneider, Louis
Sedgwick, Frank A.
Sessions, Roger
Singer, Jacques
Societa Italiano
Sopkin, Louis
Sternberg, Daniel
Stokowski, Leopold
Straram, Enrich
Théatre de L'Opera-Comique
Wallfisch, Ernst
Wasburg, Felix
Weiss, Bob
Williams, J. F.
Wittke, C.
Wurman, Hans G.
Wyatt, Wendell
Zweig, Stefan
Unidentified
Miscellaneous
Business Papers, 1909-1981
The Business Papers series covers the business affiliations of Ernest Bloch and his son Ivan and includes contracts, business correspondence, royalty statements, and other items. It is divided into two subseries: Ernest Bloch Business Papers and Ivan Bloch Business Papers.
Part 1: Ernest Bloch Business Papers
A. & G. Carisch & C.
Contract, 1935
Correspondence
Carisch, Guido
Carisch, M.
Carisch, S.A.
Sengstack, David K.
Summy-Birchard Publishing Co.
Bloch, Ivan
Bloch, Lucienne
Ravizza, Calisto
Royalty Statements
America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Inc.
Correspondence, 1967
Paz, Gideon
American Guild of Authors and Composers (AGAC)
Correspondence, 1978-1980
Bachman, Lewis M.
Conlin, Marianne
Goldberg, Larry
Korman, Bernard
Royalty Statements, 1979-1980
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Contracts, 1963-1966
Finkelstein, Herman
Harbach, Otto A.
Rosenberg, Sylvia
Taylor, Deems
Adams, Stanley
Attisani, Margaret
Dittmar, Marilyn
Arcomano, Nicholas
Bookspan, Martin
Gurvitch, Arnold
Payne, Ancil
Adams, Margaret
David, Hal
Rosenthal, Nancy
Saffer, Judith M.
Willamette Week
Legal Correspondence, 1959, 1980
The Beethoven Association
Correspondence, 1923
Sonneck, O.G.
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
Stevens, David
Chapman, Ernest
Hawkes, Ralph
Heinsheimer, H.W.
Schulhof, Andrew
Ampenoff, R.
Antheil, George
Bean, Betty Randolph
Goldstein, Sylvia W.
"Lillian"
Ricketts, Pearl
Rosen, C.A.
Roth, E.
Stein, Erwin
Turner, Godfrey
Wallach, Sylvia
Winkler, Harold
Adams, David S.
Boosey, Leslie A.
Cohen, Alex
Goldstein, Sylvia
Haeringer, A.
Hirsch, L.
Smith, Gertrude
Tomadelli, Ina May
Sengstack, David E.
Trent, G. H.
James, Muriel
Krey, N.
Pool, A.P.
Pope, W. Stuart
Ward, John Owen
Legal Correspondence, 1965
Copyrights, 1972-1973
Broude Brothers Ltd.
Contracts, 1954-1980
Broude, Alexander
Berges, Ruth
Broude, Irving
Kurtz, Efrem
Lefebre, Dodie
Richter, Clifford G.
Urbach, Alfred D.
Ajemian, Anahid
Clayton-Summy
Leuckart, F.E.C.
Pearl, John
Basch, Peter J.
Berman, Florence
Berton, Natalie B.
Casals, Pablo
Hampton & Weiss
Middleton, [?]
Red, Virginia
Schor, Arthur R.
Yolkoff, Arthur
Broude, Ronald
Wiener, Ivan
Davis, Nathalie A.
Gould, Robert
Petersen, Barbara A.
Legal Correspondence, 1960-1961
C.C. Birchard & Co.
Contracts, 1925-1933
Birchard, Clarence C.
Pitcher, Gladys
Armitage, Margery
Elkus, Albert I.
Jansky, Nelson M.
Coopersmith, Harry
Dykema, Peter W.
Graham, Ella M.
Jansky, Nelson
Moran, A.
Moses, Abram
Pecora, Ferdinand
Stevens, Davi
Vandevere, J. Lilian
Buttolph, David L.
Headley, Herrold E.
Hills, Margaret T.
Malin, Donald F.
McOsker, Muriel J.
Nathanson, Moshe
Pittsburgh International Music Festival
Richardson, Olive
Safer, Virginia L.
Copyrights, 1957
Royalty Statements, 1929-1956
Carl Fischer, Inc.
Contracts, 1924-1956
Fischer, Walter
Goltz, Eric von der
"M K"
Saenger, Gustav
Schaefer, A.S.
Bradley, Edson P.
Breck, Marion
Connor, Frank H.
Fleming, Agnes M.
Greenamyer, C.W.
Hauser, Arthur A.
McBride, Sally
Meinhardt, W.
Nelson, Audrey
Reese, Gustave
Strauss, Harold
Wattoff, Robert J.
Whyte, Edith A.
Antonini, Alfredo
Markham, Henson
Urban, Gretl
Mathews, Ann C.
Weiss, Robert
MacKenzie, Warren G.
Cohen, Arthur
Copyrights, 1967
Cleveland Institute of Music
Contracts and Related Matter, 1920-1925:
Briggs, Charles E.
Cary, Sheldon
Clapp, Willard M.
Clement, Ada
Correspondence: Establishment of the Institute, May-Sept. 1920:
Mallet-Prevost, S.
Sanders, Martha B.
Urchs, Ernest
General Correspondence
Dreher, Henry
Paynter, R.R.
Seiberling, Gertrude G.
Seilers, C.L.
Surette, Thomas Whitney
Bohhslay, Laura
Briggs, C.E.
Derringer, Robert E.
Friedberg, Annie
Maguire, J. Francis
Meakle, Cadance
Rogers, Lillian
Miner, Phillip
Sincere, Victor M.
Feb. 1925
Rubinstein, Beryl
Hay [?]
Apr.-July 1925
Baker, Newton D.
Bradley, Kenneth M.
Cahier, Charles
Clarage, Eleanor
Davis, George
Goldman, Rabbi Solomon
Hoffmann, John A.
Human, Alfred E.
Hutchinson, Hubbard
McConnell, Frederic
Rossin, Clara L.
Smith, H.W.
Squire, Andrew
Vas, Sandor E.
Voorhis, [?]
Membership Committee
Letters sent
Eastman, George
Freund, John C.
Liebling, Leonard
Mmebers of the Board of Directors
Minutes
News Clippings, Articles, etc.
Personal Notes
Promotional Material: Advertisement of Music Courses and Piano Contest
Advertisements
Rogers, Bernard
Sanner, J.V.
Correspondence: piano contest
Bohhslay, L.
Notes
Receipts
Reports and addresses given by EB to the Board of Directors
Statistics
Edizioni Suvini-Zerboni
Contracts, 1909-1938
Giordani, Paolo
Panizza, Ettore
Ruziska, Paolo
Sugar, L.
Colombo, Pierre
Sugar, Susi
Legal Correspondence, 1967
Copyrights, 1967-1968
Royalty Statements, 1909-1976
Ernest Bloch Society
Correspondence, 1965-1970
Burton, Elizabeth
Girling, David A.
Gordon, Victor
Letherer, Gary Paul
McIlvain, Claire
Moon, Eugene
Swanson, Marilyn
Tarpinian, Sidney
Ernest Bloch Society Bulletin
F.E.C. Leuckart
Sander, Martin
Pearl, John (for Associated Music Publishers, Inc.)
Sander, Erich
Peckarsky, Milton
Legal Correspondence, 1930
Royalty Statements, 1931
G. Ricordi & Co., Inc.
Interrante, G.
Tasselli, Benato
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Contracts, 1917-1955
Deis, Carl
Kanner, D.
Marble, Marston
Schirmer, A. Swinburne
Schirmer, Rudolph
Hall, E.B.
"KM"
Fay, W. Rodman
Schirmer, G.
Tompkins, M.E.
Albrecht, A.F.
Deis, C.
Dilworth, J.L.
Harris, A.
Sander, Victor (of The Bailey Company)
Flammer, Harold
Schirmer, Gustave
Kryger, L.
Peurs, I.
Broder, Nathan
Gailinger, Gertrude
Jenkins, Saveria
Reese, Gustuve
Wittke, Paul
Cohen, Alexander
Doerschuk, Julia
Moynihan, Agnes
Raines, Fyat
Ackman, Sydelle
Blancard, Jacqueline
Klein, Myra
Grunain, Rose
Baller, Adolph
Noon, Eugene
Rothschild, A.
Heinshgeimer, H.W.
Sturm, George
Murphy, Edward
Copyrights, 1950-1979
Galliard Limited
Elkin, William A.
Bowerman, J. F.
[no names specified]
Hawkes and Son
Correspondence, 1927
Joseph Williams Ltd.
Contracts, 1951
Williams, Florian
Copyrights, 1980
Royalty Statements, 1954
Library of Congress
Blanchard, Linn R.
Keller, Alton H.
Spivacke, Harold
MacCarteney, Richard S.
Einhorn, Nathan R.
Lists of Bloch Compositions at LC
circa 1971, undated
M.E. Demets
Contract, 1904
Mills Music, Inc.
Correspondence, 1957
Malin, Don
Novelle & Co. Ltd.
Correspondence, 1938
Novelle, G.
Summy-Birchard Publishers
Contracts, 1973
Bloch Family
Bobbitt, Helen
Dahnert, Robert
Olson, Robert G.
Perris, Arnold
Berman, Albert
Chasins, Edward A.
Lanning, Van Lier
Lehr, Eugene R.
McAuliff, E.C.
Royalty Department
Savler, Roberta
Shapiro, Herbert
Cornwell, Richard
Beeton, Diana
Hamill, Paul
Harrod, B.J.
Legal Correspondence
Royalty Statements, 1957-1979
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Universal Edition, Inc.
Correspondence, 1924-1934
Kahnnes, Edwin, F.
Name not distinguishable
Unknown
Part 2: Ivan Bloch Business Papers
Center for Creative Photography
Contracts, 1975-1979
Adams, Ansel
Caplan, Ron
"Jane"
[Kolisch], Marian
Rawle, Andrea
Schaefer, John P.
Scully, Julia
Sherrill, Leicester H.
Caplan, Ronald
[Johnson], Eric
Jones, Harold
Porter, Allan
Binder, Herr
Bryant, Danald S.
Eggenberger, Christopher
Robertson, Sally
Weiss, Robert L.
Adams, Virginia
Enyeart, James L.
Gonzales, Philip A.
Hatfield, Mark O.
Hull, Robert
Johnson, Eric
McGillivray, Marguerite
Pitts, Terence R.
Schwartz, Sandy
Wold, Milo
Adams, Ansel & Virginia
Bryant, Dr. Donald S.
Burges, Minnette
Druckrey, Timothy
Garza, Dr. Edward C.
Henning, Robert A.
Hilscher, Herb and Miriam
"Jeanne and Ike"
McMillan, Samuel C.
Monsen, Dr. R. Joseph
Pitts, Terence S.
Rasmuson, Elmer and Mary Louise
Robinson, Gerald H.
Scheckenberg, Bonnie
Shaw, Elizabeth
Tucson Musicians Association
Washburn, Bradford
Photographs
Lists of EB Photos
Press Releases
Articles & Clippings
Eric Johnson/Bloch Project
Contracts, 1975-1976
Dunseth, W.B.
Gerot, Joseph
Hanks, Nancy
Hofschuster, Henry
"Joan"
Löw, Robert J.
McDonald, John
Photo Plastic Products, Inc.
Straight, Michael
Taylor, Thomas T.
"Jack"
Jenkins, Don
Ryan, Irene E.
Kinkaid, Frank & Marilyn
Monsen, Joseph & Elaine
Nagelsmith, Barbara
Free Library of Philadelphia: The Edwin A. Fleisher Music Collection
Seder, Theodore
Promotional Material [brochures, Policies & Procedures]
KOAP-TV Studio Orchestra
Correspondence, 1978-1979
Atiyeh, Hon. Victor, Governor, State of Oregon
Bryant, Donald S.
Goldschmidt, Neil, Mayor, City of Portland
Imel, Marie
Kolisch, Pierre
Lieuallen, Roy E.
Murphy, Francis
Scott, Doug
Straub, Bob
Sander, Steve
Timmons, Jill
Wiltshire, Richard & Marie
KOIN-TV, Portland
Contract (agreement statement by Ivan Bloch), undated
Barr, Lester
Baur, Roberta & Malcolm
Bennett, Betty
Bessey, Roy F.
Crommie, Karen
Feeney, Richard E.
Goldhammer, Elsie
Goldsmith, Ruth
Goltz, Eric van der
Hagen, Jean F.
Heitzel, John
Hirschberger, Donald
Johannesen, Grant & Zara
Johnson, Helen
Kolisch, J. Pierre
Lane, Howard
Moment, Samuel
Moreland, Jules
Roberts, Luke
Schnitzer, Mrs. Morris
Schouffler, Caroline
Sterling, Don
Voss, Ralph
Coates, Helen G.
Cohen, Abe
Davidson, Joan
Frisbee, Don
Griffiths, David G.
Haas, Elise
Havorson, Carl
Hirsch, Harold & Elizabeth
Hope, Eleanor
Irwin, John
Kinkaid, Frank
Lamont, L. [secretary to Isaac Stern]
Larson, Don
McCoy, R.E.
Savier, Roberta
Stamas, S.
Stern, Isaac
Strassburg, Robert
Taubman, Howard
Watson, Kalvin
Wold, Milo & Blanche
Aucoin, Les
Critchlow, Victor J.
Frisbee, Don C.
Hollander, Lorin
Lundy, Herb
McDonald, John & Dorothy
Petroff, Madelon
Ullman, Al
Unger, Paul A.
Cross, Travis
Strasburg, Robert
Undated
Ranch, P.O.
Unidentified, 1975-1980
EB Documentary Materials
Correspondence [includes information about writers of letters to Bloch]
A-G
Ansermet, Ernest
Barjansky, Alexander
Boulanger, Nadia
Celine, Ferdinand
Cowell, Henry
Debussy, Claude
Ellis, Havelock
Epstein, Jacob
Giono, Jean
K-Z
Kirchner, Leon
Magnes, Judah
Mahler, Gustav
Mauclair, Camille
Moore, Douglas
Peter, Marc
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium
Schelling, Ernest
Wells, H.G.
EB Documentary Material: Articles & Clippings
EB Documentary Material: Lists of EB Recordings
EB Documentary Material: Miscellaneous
EB Documentary Material: Notes
EB Documentary Material: Profiles
EB Documentary Material: Proposals
EB Documentary Material: Scripts, 1960, 1967
EB Documentary Material: Scripts, 1968
EB Documentary Material: Scripts, 1976
EB Documentary Material: Statements on EB
Copland, Aaron
Johnston, Helen
Ivan Bloch Documentary Proposals: various topics
Laurel Records
MACBETH: Material Relating to the EB Opera
Correspondence, 1968-1976
Amis, John
Caswell, E.W.
Dayviss, Denny
Guevoult, Denys
McEachern, Thomas
Richards, Denby
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1910-1911
Writings About MACBETH [press releases]
Milo Wold Project
Portland Junior Symphony Orchestra
Cocchini, Alfred
Critchlow, Lois and Vic
Driesner, R.E.
Goren, Neal
Haas, Elise S.
Hanson, Michael
Jenkins, Donald
Menuhin, Yehuti
Moore, Margaret
Piatigorsky, Gregor
Rodgers, Alice
Amsden, Forest W.
Avila, Penny
Avshalomov, Jacob (Jack)
Berry, Jack
Dargan, Tom
Dreisner, R.E.
Garkill, Warren
Gruber, Matt & Alice
"Helen J."
Huisman, John & Mary
Hyslop, David
Klevit, Harvey D.
Lindvall, Thurston O.
Lundy, Herbert
Michelet, Robert
Straub, Robert W., Governor, State of Oregon
"Sylvia"
Webber, William R.
Woodruff, Aleta
Young, Kay
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Correspondence, 1979-1980
Braley, Bernard A.
Slasor, Alwyne
WRVR Radio, New York
Correspondence, 1968
Photographs, 1916-1925, undated
The Photographs series is fairly small, considering the fact that Bloch was also a skillful photographer. The photographs depict Bloch alone (usually portraits), or Bloch family members. Of special note is a photograph of Ernest Bloch with Roger Sessions.
EB Alone, Portraits, 1916-1917
EB Alone, Portraits, 1919
EB at Work, 1919
EB Alone, Portraits, 1925
EB Alone, undated
EB with Others, undated
EB with Unidentified Others, circa 1916, undated
Programs, 1908-1980
Programs from Ernest Bloch concerts and performances. Each citation includes date, concert venue, performing artist(s) when given, and Bloch work(s) performed unless the entire concert was a tribute to Bloch.
1908, Sept.: Théatre National de L'Opéra-Comique; EB's Macbeth
1909, May 8: Grand Concert par L'Orchestre Symphonique de Lausanne; EB's Deux Poèmes symphonique
1947, Nov. 14-15: Juilliard School of Music; EB festival
1948, June 4: Sinfonie-Konzert
1950, Nov. 28-Dec. 2: Ernest Bloch Festival Assn./Chicago Symphony Orchestra; in honor of EB's 70th birthday (2 copies)
1957, Mar. 10: New York Chamber Ensemble; concert dedicated to the memory of Alma Morgenthau
1959, May 3: Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York; EB Scared Service
1965, Apr. 3, 11: College of Marin, Kentfield, CA; the music of EB
1967, Dec. 13: The Portland Civic Orchestra; first concert of second season
1968, Feb. 13-14: Washington National Symphony; EB's Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra
1968, Nov. 8: Grand Theatre de Genèvre; EB's Macbeth
1969, Dec. 7: Symphonic Choral Society of New York/Camerata Singers and Symphony Orchestra; EB's Sacred Service
1973, May 9, 11, 13: Juilliard School of Music; EB's Macbeth (2 copies)
1975, July 9: Royal Festival Hall; EB's Macbeth (3 copies)
1976, Mar. 31-Apr. 3: San Francisco Symphony; EB's America
1979, Jan. 27: Carnegie Hall [concert]; "Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin" [three EB works]
1979, June 17-July 27: Center for Creative Photography; EB as photographer and composer
1979, Dec. 18: Arena Coast Music Assn.; "A Winter Concert"
1980, Apr. 13-18: Linfield College; EB "Commemoration Week" (3 copies)
1980, July 24: Oregon State University of Music; "A Centenary Tribute" (3 copies)
1980, Nov. 11: University of Oregon School of Music; solo and chamber music of EB
1980, Nov. 13: University of Oregon School of Music; orchestral and choral music of EB
Writings about Ernest Bloch, 1910-1976
Writings by various authors about Ernest Bloch. This series is divided into four subseries: Biographical Writings, Clippings, Articles in Serials, and Articles and Clippings in Scrapbooks.
Part 1: Biographical Writings
Ernest Bloch: biography and comment, author unknown, 1923
Ernest Bloch, [by] Mary Tibaldi Chiesa. Torino, Italy: G.B. Paravia & C., 1933
Ernest Bloch: creative spirit, author unknown, undated
Untitled, undated
Part 2: Clippings
undated
Part 3: Articles in Serials
1922, May: Über Ernest Bloch, von Guido M. Gatti; Musikblatter des Anbruch, pp. 133-137
1922, Due "Macbeth", [by] Guido M. Gatti; La Cultura Musicale, pp. 125-137
1923, July-Aug.: Ernest Bloch, [by] Fernando Liuzzi; Il Pianoforte, pp. 174-179
1931, Sept.: The Musician; no articles on EB
1976, Apr. 4: In Search of Ernest Bloch, by Penny Avila; Northwest Magazine, pp. 14-15 (3 copies)
Part 4: Articles & Clippings in Scrapbooks
Scrapbook 1: 1910-1911
Scrapbook 2: 1916-1917
Scrapbook 3: 1917-1920
Scrapbook 4: 1928-1929
Personal Papers, 1888-1975
The Personal Papers series is divided into two subseries: Ernest Bloch Legal, Financial, and Miscellaneous Documents, and Personal Papers of Other Family Members. The first subseries contains documents relating to Ernest Bloch, including his grade school report cards, passports and marriage certificate. The second subseries contains documents relating to Bloch's wife Marguerite Elizabeth Auguste Bloch and his daughter Suzanne Bloch, including Marguerite's birth certificate.
Part 1: Ernest Bloch Legal, Financial, and Miscellaneous Documents
Estate of Ernest Bloch
Financial Papers, 1942-1959
Passports
Report Cards: 1888, 1891-1994
Part 2: Personal Papers of Other Family Members
Marguerite Elizabeth Auguste Bloch
Suzanne Bloch
Miscellany
Printed Matter, 1941-1980
The Printed Matter series contains one volume of printed music containing Bloch selections, promotional material (a small amount of brochures, announcements, and flyers that promote Ernest Bloch and his work), one literary volume (Darwin, Marx, Wagner by Jacques Barzun), and a folder of miscellaneous loose items.
Music
Compositores de América = Composers of the Americas : biographical data and catalogs of their works, Volume 9. Washington, DC: Unión Panamerica, 1963. Includes data on EB as well as title page of EB's Arodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service).
Promotional Material
Brochures, announcements, and flyers, 1976-1980
Literary
Darwin, Marx, Wagner : critique of a heritage, by Jacques Barzun. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1941.
Miscellaneous material
Carolyn Epes / Ernest Bloch Material, 1916-1980
The material in the Carolyn Epes / Ernest Bloch Collection follows the same arrangement scheme as the larger collection. The Music Manuscripts series includes only one item: a copy of the piano-vocal score to Bloch's anthem, America. There are no business papers or personal documents included with this material; however, all other series are represented.
Music Manuscripts
America : anthem from the symphony "America", by Ernest Bloch (1916)
Manuscript Lecture Notes on Ernest Bloch
Manuscript Lecture Notes on Ernest Bloch, by Anita Frank.
Correspondence: Ernest Bloch to Anita Frank
Miscellaneous correspondence to Anita Frank, 1931-1980
EB Portraits, circa 1925, undated
EB & Miscellaneous
EB at Piano, undated
EB at Seashore, undated
EB Profile Shot, undated
EB Snapshots, undated
Photograph of St. Francis Auditorium, undated
Programs
1937/1938: Three Concerts of Chamber Music by Ernest Bloch
1947: A Festival of Three Concerts presenting Music of Ernest Bloch
1950: A Six-day Ernest Bloch Music Festival in honor of EB on occasion of his 70th birthday
Mar. 29 (year unknown): Sunday Evening Ensemble Concert; EB's Sonata for violin and piano
Writings About Ernest Bloch
Biographical
Ernest Bloch, by Mary Tibaldi Chiesa; reprinted from The Jewish Chronicle Supplement, Nov. 25, 1932
Ernest Bloch, [by] Mary Tibaldi Chiesa. Torino, Italy: G.B. Paravia & C., 1933; autographed by EB
Articles in Serials
Mr. Bloch's lectures; The Outpost, issued by the Cleveland Institute of Music, Jan. 6, 1923; p. 4
Ernest Bloch at 70 -- a musician apart, by Howard Taubman; in The New York Times Magazine, July 16, 1950; pp. 17-19
Ernest Bloch discusses his art; Ernest Bloch Society Bulletin, No. 7, 1974; p. 1
Centennial commission to honor music of Ernest Bloch; Jewish Cultural News, Fall 1979; pp. 1-2
Clippings
Clippings, 1926-1975, undated
Printed Matter
Promotional Material [brochures and flyers]