A fund of $100,000 has been set aside by the family of the late Jacob and Rosa Stern, wealthy San Francisco music lovers, to provide an income for ten years for Ernest Bloch, noted composer of Jewish music and other works. The fund will be kept intact by the University of California and the interest from its investment will be used to furnish Mr. Bloch with an annual income of $5,000 for the period specified. After that the income will be used by the University for the founding of a chair in music and for musical scholarships.
During the time he is receiving the income from the Stern fund Mr. Bloch will accept no permanent employment. It is the desire of the Stern family that during that period he be free from routine work so that he may devote his time and energies to creative work. Mr. Bloch’s symphony, “America,” won the “Musical America” prize in 1928.
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