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(1887-1964), Vienna, Austria. Well known composer in Germany until he had to flee the Nazi regime in the 1930's. He eventually came to America and supported himself and his family writing music for films for which he received three Academy Award nominations. Symphony no. 3 won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1956.

Resources in This Category

• Atlantic: Ernst Toch Resources

  http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96dec/toch/resources.htm
  Provides addresses for the Ernst Toch Archive at the University of Southern California Music Library and the Ernst Toch Society. Also includes the availability of various works.

• Ernst Toch

  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9473
  The composer's grave.

• Ernst Toch

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006324/
  Filmography at IMDb with composer and orchestrator listings and Oscar nominations. Many entries are for stock or otherwise uncredited music.

• Ernst Toch: Reconciling Traditional and Modern Trends

  http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=96
  Biographical notes, portrait, key works, suggested reading, timeline, recommended reading, and historical and societal context from Heart's Ease.

• My Grandfather's Last Tale

  http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96dec/toch/weschler.htm
  An extended biography and analysis of Ernst Toch's life by his eldest grandson. Includes links to other resources by Atlantic Magazine.

• Toch Unbound

  http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96dec/toch/tochside.htm
  Atlantic Magazine resource includes several Real Audio recordings of excerpts of the composer's works.

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