Ernest Bloch

Study Score No. 63-Bloch was 73 years old when the String Quartet No. 3 was premiered in 1953 by the Griller Quartet. It is far more 'pared-down' than his earlier works and avoids the influence of Jewish music which he was well-known for in works such as 'Schelomo' and the 'Suite Hebraique for viola'. The first movement is forceful; trills and stark rhythms predominate whereas the second is more tranquil. Next there is is a strange kind of off-kilter scherzo followed by a finale based on a 12-tone theme. This is the Schirmer edition of the Score.

Score-Psalm 22 is famous as the source of Christ's most touching words from the cross: 'Lord Lord why have You Forsaken Me?' and it is one of three psalms that Ernest Bloch set for solo voice and orchestra during the first great blooming of his mature 'Jewish Style' in 1900-1906. It is one of the most intense of all settings of religious texts a work of blazing passion moving from despair to exultant triumph in just eight minutes. This is the Score of this work intended for study purposes.