Bloch - Switzerland-USA. Although Bloch was not formally traditional, his music is suffused with Jewish themes. In Bloch’s words, "This it is which I seek to feel within me and to translate in my music-the sacred race-emotion that lies dormant in our souls." His well-known works include the Shelemo, Baal Shem, America (an epic rhapsody) Symphony in C Sharp Minor and Avodat HaKodesh (sacred service for the Sabbath).