Bloch (bl k, blôk, blô ), Ernest 1880-1959. Swiss-born American composer noted for his chamber music, such as Quintet for Piano and Strings (1923), and for works with Jewish themes, including Israel Symphony (1916). |
| Bloch, Konrad Emil 1912-2000. German-born American biochemist. He shared a 1964 Nobel Prize for research on cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism. |
Bloch [blɒk]
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1. (Biographies / Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959) M, USnational of birth: Swiss, MUSIC: composer) Ernest. 1880-1959, US composer, born in Switzerland, who found inspiration in Jewish liturgical and folk music: his works include the symphonies Israel(1916) and America (1926)
2. (Biographies / Bloch, Felix (1905-1983) M, USnational of birth: Swiss, SCIENCE: physicist) Felix. 1905-83, US physicist, born in Switzerland: Nobel prize for physics (1952) for his work on the magnetic moments of atomic particles
3. (Biographies / Bloch, Konrad Emil (1912 M, USnational of birth: German, SCIENCE: chemist) Konrad Emil. born 1912, US biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1964 for his work on fatty-acid metabolism
4. (Biographies / (French)) Marc. 1886-1944, French historian and Resistance fighter; author of Feudal Society (1935) and Strange Defeat (1940), an essay on the fall of France: killed by the Nazis
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| Noun | 1. | Bloch - United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959) |
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