Vidui (No. 1 from Baal Shem)

Ernest Bloch · 1880–1959

Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9

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Type: Short piece
Setting: Piano
Length: About 12 min
Era: 20th century
Nationality: Swiss-American
Exam lists: ABRSM

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)

Vidui
Nigun
Simchas Torah

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ABRSM Gr 8

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