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<strong>Ernest</strong> <strong>Bloch</strong> was born in Geneva in 1880.<br />
Although his parents were not particularly<br />
artistic, music called to <strong>Bloch</strong> even as a child. At<br />
the age of nine he vowed to become a composer<br />
and then ritualistically burned the written vow<br />
on a mound of stones. That same year he began<br />
learning to play the violin, quickly proving<br />
himself to be a prodigy. He began composing<br />
shortly thereafter, starting with some violin<br />
melodies.<br />
<strong>Bloch</strong> moved to Brussels at the age of 16 to<br />
study with the noted violinist Eugene Ysaÿe.<br />
He continued to compose during his three years<br />
of study with Ysaÿe, and grew as a musician,<br />
conductor and composer. After he finished his<br />
studies in Brussels, he moved to Germany, then<br />
on to Paris in 1903 and back to Geneva. While<br />
in Geneva he married Marguerite Schneider.<br />
The couple soon had three children: Ivan<br />
(born in 1905), Suzanne (1907), and Lucienne<br />
(1909).<br />
a brief biography<br />
Self portrait (w/Beethoven) Geneva, Switzerland<br />
His body of important works was beginning<br />
to grow. His notable early works include his<br />
1903 Symphony No. 1 in C-sharp minor and his<br />
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