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ERNEST BLOCH A.L.S.

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ERNEST BLOCH A.L.S.
<b>1382. ERNEST BLOCH </b>(1880 - 1959) American composer whose composition largely reflected Jewish themes. Very fine content A.L.S. "<i>Ernest Bloch</i>" 1p. 4to., Agate Beach, Oregon, Jan. 28, 1949, to Mr. Little describing the painful process of creativity. In part: ".<i>..I am overcrowded with work...and no help! No, I have neither `happiness' nor `serenity', alas...I try to get away...spiritual loneliness, preoccupied also with the great mysteries of Life and Death and human Fate and to embody all my readiness in my work...It is very rarely understood yet but I have now accepted by Destiny. A letter like yours gives me the confidence that when I pass away...the whole effort of my Life...may not be crushed and obliterated -- as it is now!...</i>". Attractively set into white matting and framed with a dramatic portrait in a simple wood frame. The usual folds, else near fine. Unexamined out of frame.<b> $250-350</b>