Music for Cello and Piano, Ernest Bloch

Music for Cello and Piano, Ernest Bloch

Arranger: Kindler, Hans
Composer: Bloch, Ernest
Publisher: Carl Fischer Music

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), the great Swiss-born Jewish composer, was particularly fond of the Cello. A student of the Violin as well as composition, he wrote two of his most notable works for Cello and Orchestra (Schelomo and Voice In the Wilderness). The volume collects the Bloch works written or arranged for cello and piano into one book. The works included are: "Prayer," No. 1 from Jewish Life, "Supplication," No.2 from Jewish Life, "Jewish Song," No. 3 from Jewish Life, Meditation H??bra?»que, and "Nigun (Improvisation)," from Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life).

Content

Ernest Bloch Biography
Prayer (from Jewish Life, No.1)
Supplication (from Jewish Life, No.2)
Jewish Song (from Jewish Life, No.3)
Meditation Hebraique
Nigun (Improvisation) from Baal Shem (Three Pictures from Chassidic Life)