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Eric Johnson Collection of Ernest Bloch PhotographsProcessed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress2010
Biographical NoteWell known to most as a composer, Ernest Bloch is also recognized for his considerable genius in the field of photography. Bloch took up the camera in his teenage years and constantly documented his experiences using still images until his death in 1959. Throughout his life, he produced over 6000 negatives and 2000 prints that are now housed in the Ernest Bloch Archive at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. Bloch’s subject matter ranged from landscapes to self-portraits, family portraits, and other images of nature and people that surrounded him. His photographs were praised by such contemporary authorities as Alfred Stieglitz and captured the interest of other prominent photographers, including Ansel Adams, Georgia O’Keeffe, Edward Weston, and Diego Rivera. The prints in this collection were selected for development as a product of photographer Eric Johnson's exploratory study of relationships between music and photography conducted in the early 1970s. The resulting publication, A Composer’s Vision: Photographs by Ernest Bloch (1972) documents his findings. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Eric Johnson Collection of Ernest Bloch Photographs contains 105 black and white prints, the majority of which date from 1896-1937. Notable prints include "mushroom lady" (1912), trees depicting the characters of various composers, including Bach, Beethoven, and Debussy (1931 and 1935), and images of Alexandre Barjansky, Catherine Barjansky, Ada Clement, Lillian Hodgehead, Yehudi Menuhin, Roger Sessions, and Eugène Ysaÿe. Photographs are arranged by date of inscription. "Research materials" contains preliminary and final drafts of Johnson's article, as well as a pamphlet on Bloch published by the Ernest Bloch Legacy Project in 2008. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Arrangement of the Eric Johnson Collection of Ernest Bloch PhotographsThe Eric Johnson Collection of Ernest Bloch Photographs is organized in 2 series: Return to the Table of Contents Container ListPhotographs, 1896-19761896-1900 11 photographs1901-1910 10 photographs1911-1915, 1917-1920 14 photographs1916 18 photographs1921-1923 14 photographs1924-1930 9 photographs1931-1935 12 photographs1936-1937, 1956-1957, 1976 10 photographsUndated 7 photographsResearch Materials, 1971-2008Articles and publicationsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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