BLOCH, ERNEST ), composer, was born at Geneva, Switzerland, July 24 1880. He studied harmony under Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, the violin with Ysaye, Brussels, and composition under Ivan Knorr, Frankfort. His lyric drama Mac beth was performed at the Paris Opera Comique, 1911. He ar rived in America in i q 16, and was appointed director, Cleveland Institute of Music, 192o. His compositions include Hebraic Rhapsody for 'cello and orchestra, a violin concerto, two sym phonies, Hiver Printemps and Vivre Ajmer, symphonic poems, suite for viola and pianoforte which won the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge prize 1919, first performed at the Berkshire festivals, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a violin sonata and a quintet. In 1926 he gave the music division, Library of Congress, the greater part of his finished manuscripts, sketches, correspondence and family papers.