Concerto Grosso No. 1

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Concerto Grosso No. 1 is a 1925 neo-Baroque orchestral work by composer Ernest Bloch, notable for blending Baroque forms with modern harmonies and a prominent piano obbligato.

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Concerto Grosso No. 1 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concerto grosso
orchestral work
belongsToRepertoire 20th-century neo-classical and neo-Baroque repertoire
catalogNumber Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1
commissionedBy San Francisco Conservatory of Music
composer Ernest Bloch
composerCitizenship Swiss-American
countryOfOrigin United States
dateOfComposition 1925
dedicatedTo students of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
educationalContext written while Bloch taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
firstPublisher G. Schirmer
form concerto grosso
genre neo-Baroque
hasInstrumentation piano
string orchestra
hasMovement Dirge
Fugue
Pastorale
Prelude
hasPart piano obbligato
hasTexture predominantly contrapuntal
hasTonality largely tonal with extended harmonies
historicalSignificance important example of Bloch’s neo-Baroque phase
often cited in debates about the future of tonality in the 1920s
influencedBy Baroque concerto grosso tradition
Johann Sebastian Bach
intendedPurpose demonstrate viability of tonality
key A minor
languageOfWork none (instrumental)
movementCount 4
notableFeature fusion of Baroque forms with modern harmony
prominent piano obbligato part
period 20th-century classical music
placeOfComposition San Francisco
premiereConductor Alfred Hertz
premiereEnsemble San Francisco Symphony
premiereLocation San Francisco
relatedWork Concerto Grosso No. 2
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 25 minutes
usesForm fugue in final movement
passacaglia-like procedures
usesStyle Baroque forms
modern harmonies
yearOfPremiere 1925

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Ernest Bloch notableWork Concerto Grosso No. 1
Concerto Grosso No. 2 follows Concerto Grosso No. 1