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Neuchatel 1909. His Macbeth produced at Opera-Comique in Paris, 1910, revived Teatro San Carlo, Naples, March 1938. Lectured on musical aesthetics at Geneva Cons. 1911-15; then to U.S. as conductor of orchestra for dancer Maud Allan on American tour. In 1917 settled in New York, teaching and lecturing at Mannes School, 1917-18. In 1919, won Coolidge prize with his Suite for Viola and piano; 1927, Musical America $3,000 award for orchestral composition America, played by most major symphony orchestras. Director of Cleveland Institute of Music 1920-25, then head of San Francisco Conservatory until 1930 when received substantial subsidy to finance ten years composition abroad. He remained in Switzerland and France, conducting his works in Amsterdam, Italy, London, and Paris (1929-37). Returned to U.S. December 1938; since 1940 has been teaching and lecturing as Prof, of Music at Univ. or California at Berkeley. Honorary Member of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome 1928. Doctor in Hebrew Letters, 1943. Selected by American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1943 to receive Society's Gold Medal, first composer to be so honored. Other works: Symphony in C-Sharp Minor; symphonic poem, Hiver-Printemps; Poemes dAutomne (voice and orch.); the opera* Macbeth; Three Jewish Poems for orch.; Psalms One Hundred and Thirty-Seven, One Hundred and Fourteen, Twenty-Two for voice and orch.; Israel Symphony; String Quartet; Suite for Viola and Orch.; Violin Sonata; Quintet, Concerto Grosso for string orchestra and piano; Poeme Mystique for violin and piano; Four Episodes for chamber orch. (Beebe Prize 1926); America, an epic rhapsody for orch.; Avodath Hakodesh, Sacred Jewish Service for baritone, mixed chorus and orch.; Voice in the Wilderness, symphonic poem for |
'cello and orchestra; Piano Sonata; Evocations, symphonic suite; Violin Concerto (U.S. premiere by Cleveland Symphony orchestra with Szi-geti, under conductor Mitropolous, in December, 1938; Suite Symphonique (Ouverture; Passacaglia; Finale), 1944. Widely performed Schelomo, Hebrew rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Second String Quartet (1945); Concerto Symphonique for piano and orchestra (1947-48); Scherzo Fantasique for piano and orchestra (1948). Several smaller works for piano, violin, cello, organ, string quartet. Home: Agate Beach, Ore.
Bloch, Raymond A., composer, conductor, arranger in radio, vaudeville and television fields; b. Alsace-Lorraine, Aug. 3, 1902. ASCAP 1939. Began musical career as boy soprano at eight, and at twelve, was choir leader. Escaped from native land concealed in load of hay during World War I, made way to America. Became pianist N.Y. Ballroom; organized own orchestra, toured country in vaudeville. First a radio pianist, became musical director major networks. Appeared in musical shorts; made recordings. Songs: "When Love Has Gone"; "You're Everything That's Lovely"; "In the Same Old Way"; "In My Little Red Book"; "The Wide Open Spaces"; "Sam the Vegetable Man"; "Let's Make Up a Little Party." Also has written many radio commercials. Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Bloom, Marty, composer; b. Chicago, 111., Nov. 9, 1893. ASCAP 1925. Works: "Home James, Home"; "Susie"; "Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor?"; "Ukulele Baby"; "Snap Out of It"; "Tell Me Bright Eyes ; "What, No Women?"; "Dolores"; "Down By the Old Front Gate"; "Sweetest Little Honey"; "America Did It Again"; "Willie the Weeper"; "One Kind Word"; "Melancholy." |
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