Ernest Bloch Collection, 1888-1981 Span: 1888-1981 Bulk: 1912-1959 English collection 30 ft. 64 boxes The Swiss-born composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)attracted international attention in 1919 by winning the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge prize for his Suite for Viola and Piano. He became a well-known conductor and teacher, serving as director of the Cleveland Institute of Music, director of the San Francisco Conservatory, and, in his later years, professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1925, Bloch deposited at the Library a large number of music holographs, correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, and other personal papers. The early holographs include sketches and finished scores for symphonic works, chamber music, piano compositions, songs, and the opera Macbeth. After the composer's death, his children donated additional material. Eight recordings of lectures delivered by Bloch at the University of California in 1951 under the title "The Language of Music," recordings of a special lecture given in 1952, and a broadcast recording of a memorial tribute aired on Swiss radio in 1959 may be found in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. The Library's Bloch music manuscript holdings are described in Ernest Bloch, 1880-1959: Music Manuscripts in the Library of Congress, available online. The collection includes manuscripts (music and lecture material), correspondence, business papers, photographs, programs, promotional material, writings about Ernest Bloch, personal papers, and printed matter. Spoken word recordings of Bloch were transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Ernest Bloch Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Bloch, Ernest Music manuscripts, papers, and spoken word recordings of composer Ernest Bloch. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Composers Bacon, Ernst Bauer, Harold Bloch, Ernest Carre, Albert Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague Downes, Olin Engel, Carl Fortas, Abe Griller, Sidney Mörike, Eduard Friedrich Mengelberg, Willem Menuhin, Yehudi Messager, Andre Monteux, Pierre Pierne, Gabriel Salzedo, Carlos Schillings, Max von Stokowski, Leopold Zweig, Stefan Flonzaley Quartet ML31.B56 Performing Arts Encyclopedia Ernest Bloch, 1880-1959: Music Manuscripts in the Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200033347/default.html print material scdb Music Division, Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003009 IHAS 111222 loc.natlib.scdb.200033822