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Ernst Toch. Ernst Toch ( German: [ˈtɔχ]; 7 December 1887 – 1 October 1964) was an Austrian composer of European classical music and film scores, who from 1933 worked as an émigré in Paris, London and New York. He sought throughout his life to introduce new approaches to music.
Apr 11, 2024 · Ernst Toch (born Dec. 7, 1887, Vienna, Austria—died Oct. 1, 1964, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.) composer whose works, noted for their perfection of form, fused elements from the classical tradition with modern musical ideas. Although he rarely carried innovation to great lengths, he was considered a leader of the avant-garde composers in pre ...
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Born in Vienna in 1887 as the son of a Jewish leather merchant, he was expected to continue his father’s business one day. But Ernst Toch discovered music early on, especially composing, which he said gave him many an “ecstasy”. At first he was self-taught and studied mainly works by Mozart and Bach, who he described as his first teachers.
Ernst Toch. Ernst Toch, vor 1919. Ernst Toch, später auch Ernest Toch geschrieben (* 7. Dezember 1887 in Wien, Österreich-Ungarn; † 1. Oktober 1964 in Santa Monica, Kalifornien, USA ), war ein österreichischer Komponist und Professor für Komposition im Übergang vom Stil des Neoklassizismus zur Moderne .
Ernst Toch. 1887 – 1964. Late in his life, despite his earlier prominence in Weimar, Germany, Ernst Toch sadly assessed his standing as “the world’s most forgotten composer.”. Toch was among those Jewish refugee composers from the Third Reich who, having been disinterested (to varying degrees) in the religious practices of their ...
Jun 18, 2015 · Such at any rate was the melancholy experience of my own grandfather, the composer Ernst Toch, a dachshund who really had been a St Bernard back in the old country.Vienna-born (1887), largely self ...
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