Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th
Century
Born: Saturday, July 24, 1880 in Geneva,
Switzerland
Died: 1959 in Portland, Oregon (USA)
Nation of Origin: Switzerland
Major Works:
Schelomo
Symphony in C Sharp Minor
His music shows the influence of Jewish music.
Other Information:
Bloch taught Roger Session, Halsey Stevens, and Randall
Thompson.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900,
Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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