Main article:Bloch's musical style does not fit easily into any of the usual categories; he studied variously with, and, as well as corresponding with and meeting. Many of his works - as can be seen from their Hebrew-inspired titles - also draw heavily on his Jewish heritage. Bloch's father had at one stage intended to become a rabbi, and the young Ernest had a strong religious upbringing; as an adult he felt that to write music that expressed his Jewish identity was 'the only way in which I can produce music of vitality and significance'.The music of Bloch uses a variety of contemporary harmonic devices. These are enumerated in ’s book.According to Persichetti, these include the use of the Dorian mode and of harmony with extensive alterations in his No. 1, tone clusters in his No. 1, the percussive use of harmony, as well as serial harmony, in his.Family.