Sacred Service

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Sacred Service is a major choral-orchestral work by composer Ernest Bloch that sets the Jewish Sabbath morning liturgy in a symphonic, concert-style format.

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Sacred Service canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral work
symphonic psalm setting
commissionedBy Jacob Sonderling
Temple Emanu-El of San Francisco
composer Ernest Bloch
compositionEndYear 1933
compositionStartYear 1930
dedicatedTo Temple Emanu-El of San Francisco
duration approximately 45 minutes
form symphonic
genre concert work
liturgical setting
sacred music
instrumentation orchestra
intendedUse concert performance
non-ritual presentation
language Hebrew
liturgicalContext Jewish Sabbath morning service
liturgicalSectionsIncluded Amidah
Kedushah
Psalm texts
Shema and its blessings
concluding prayers
notableRecordingArtist Georg Solti
Leonard Bernstein
Zubin Mehta
period 20th-century music
placeInComposerOutput major sacred work by Ernest Bloch
premiereCity Turin
premiereCountry Italy
premiereYear 1934
relatedWorkByComposer Baal Shem
Schelomo
religiousTradition Judaism
structure five-part work
style late Romantic
modernist influences
textSource Hebrew Sabbath morning liturgy
Jewish Reform liturgy
textType liturgy
thematicFocus Jewish identity
spiritual reflection
titleVariant Avodath Ha-Kodesh
linked to: Avodath Hakodesh

Avodath Hakodesch
linked to: Avodath Hakodesh

Avodath Hakodesh
vocalForces baritone solo
cantor (optional)
mixed chorus

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Ernest Bloch notableWork Sacred Service
Avodath Hakodesh titleTranslation Sacred Service
David Schiff notableWork Sacred Service