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  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Carl Engel, chief of the Music Division, Library of Congress, and Ernest Bloch in Peterborough, New Hampshire photograph | 1 photo, b&w, 25 x 20cm. | Eric Johnson Collection of Ernest Bloch Photographs (Source). Photograph (Form).
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1923
  • Article
    Ernest Bloch and the Library of Congress By Music Division Chief Carl Engel Reprinted from Musical America, Nov. 10, 1928
  • 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: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1888

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  • Notated Music
    Fantaisie, violin, piano manuscript score | 1 ms. score (9 p.) + 1 ms. part (3 p.) ; 35 cm. | Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink, with corrections in pencil. The date of the manuscript was originally written in ink as 1896; the last digit was written over "7" in pencil. At head of title: A Eugéne Ysaye. "V" on the upper left corner....
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Fantaisie-lied pour violon et piano manuscript score | 1 ms. score (14 p. ) + 1 ms. part (4 p.) ; 36 cm. | Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). 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....
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Lá-bas mélodie pour piano & chant : (mezzo ou soprano) manuscript score | 1 ms. score (6 p.) ; 36 cm. | poésie de Jacques Madeleine ; musique de Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink. Singed by the composer at end. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Madeleine, Jacques - Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Larmes d'automne pour piano et chant manuscript score | 1 ms. score (4 p.) ; 36 cm. | poésie de Franz Foulon ; musique de Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink, with corrections in pencil. At head of title: A Mademoiselle L. Wisard. "VII" on the upper left corner. Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Foulon, Franz - Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Le saule pour piano et chant manuscript score | 1 ms. score ([3] p. ) ; 36 cm. | poësie de Louis Avennier ; musique de Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink. "VIII" on the upper left corner. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Avennier, Louis - Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Lied, piano manuscript score | 8 p. of ms. music ; 36 cm. | par Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink. 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. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Lied, voice, piano, B♭ minor
    C'est le temps d'hiver     manuscript score | 1 ms. score ([6] p. ) ; 36 cm. | poésie de Louis Duchosal ; Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in pencil. For voice and piano. Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Duchosal, Louis - Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1900

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  • Notated Music
    Lied, voice, piano, F major
    C'est un air lointain     manuscript score | 1 ms. score ([4] p. ) ; 36 cm. | poésie de Louis Duchosal ; Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in pencil. For voice and piano. Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Duchosal, Louis - Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1900

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  • Notated Music
    Méditation pour violon et orgue
    Aria pour violon et orgue     manuscript score | 1 ms. score (7 p.) + 1 ms. part ([3] p.) ; 35-36 cm. | Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). 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. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1896

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  • Notated Music
    Musette, voice, piano manuscript score | 1 ms. score (4 p. ) ; 36 cm. | poësie de Louis Avennier ; musique de Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink. At head of title: A Madame Eugéne Ysaye. "VI" on the upper left corner. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print...
    • Contributor: Avennier, Louis - Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Orientale: pour grande orchestre manuscript score | 59 p. (bound) | On cover: Genève-Bruxelles, juillet- Octobre 1898 (Date). Manuscript Score (Form).
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Pastorale, piano manuscript score | [11 ] p. of ms. music ; 36 cm. | Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink, with corrections in pencil. "A. Joliet 12/6 96"--At end. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1896

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  • Notated Music
    Près de la mer mélodie pour mezzo-soprano manuscript score | 1 ms. score (4 p. ) ; 36 cm. | poësie de Jean Lahor ; musique de Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink. Date of composition in pencil. Signed by the composer at end. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Lahor, Jean - Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Regrets-- pour piano seul manuscript score | [3 ] p. of ms. music ; 36 cm. | Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink. 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. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form)....
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1897

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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...
  • Web Page
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  • Notated Music
    Schelomo rapsodie hébraïque pour violoncelle solo et grand orchestre manuscript score | 1 ms. score (61 p.) ; 46 cm. | par Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, signed. At end: Janvier-février 1916, Genève. In the Moldenhauer Archives collection of the Library of Congress. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Moldenhauer Archives - Library of Congress - Moldenhauer Archives - Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1916

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  • Notated Music
    Serenade, violin, piano
    Morceau p[ou]r violon & piano     manuscript score | 1 ms. score (4, [1] p. ) + 1 ms. part ([2] p. ) ; 36 cm. | Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink. Title written in pencil. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1898

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  • Notated Music
    Sonatas, violoncello, piano manuscript score | 1 ms. score (15 p. ) + 1 ms. part (7 p.) ; 36 cm. | Ernest Bloch. (Statement Of Responsibility). Holograph, in ink, with corrections in pencil. In the Ernest Bloch Collection of the Library of Congress. acquire 1 shelf copy [policy default] (Selection Decision). Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1897

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  • Notated Music
    Symphonie orientale manuscript score | Full score, 85 p., in 2 vols. | Manuscript Score (Form).
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1896

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  • Notated Music
    Vivre-aimer, poème symphonique pour grande orchestre manuscript score | 93 p. (bound) | 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. (Date). Manuscript Score (Form).
    • Contributor: Bloch, Ernest
    • Date: 1901

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