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Baal Shem (version for violin & orchestra)

Ernest Bloch · 1880–1959
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT
MinorDramaticFolkLyricalLesser-known

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Type
Concert piece
Setting
Orchestra (piano reduction)
Length
About 12 min
Era
20th century
Nationality
Swiss-American
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Notes

Bloch's orchestral version of the three Baal Shem pictures (published 1940)

About this work

Composed
1923, 1939 (version with orchestra)
Dedicated to
To the Memory of my Mother
First performed
1924/02/06 (entire work); 1941/10/19 (version with orchestra)
  1. Vidui
  2. Nigun
  3. Simchas Torah

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