Hans Kindler

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), the great Swiss-born Jewish composer, was particularly fond of the Cello. A student of the Violin as well as composition, he wrote two of his most notable works for Cello and...

In 1924 Ernest Block composed FROM JEWISH LIFE (B. 54/ IEB 6), a set of three short pieces for cellist Hans Kindler. The popular first song, PRAYER, was written in the style of a hymn of petition in a...