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Bruch

Max Bruch (1838–1920) was a German composer and conductor who spent three years as director of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society before returning to teach in Germany. His Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor became one of the most performed concertos in the repertoire, a distinction that gave him little pleasure; he considered his choral works more significant and grew increasingly frustrated that a single concerto defined his reputation. His Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra, based on the Jewish Day of Atonement prayer, became so beloved in Jewish communities that many assumed its composer was himself Jewish; Bruch was not.

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