Jean Bowen BLOCH
Jean Bowen Bloch died on April 27, 2019 at her residence in Washington, DC. She was ninety-two years of age at the time of her death.
Jean was born in Albany, NY. She attended Smith College, where she received a Bachelor’s degree as well as a Master’s degree in Music. She earned a Master’s degree in Library Science at Columbia University.
Jean had a long career at NYPL, where she was Head of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, Assistant Chief, then Chief of the Music Division, and finally Director of the Central Research Library (now the Schwarzman Building). She retired from NYPL on January 4, 2000.
Jean was a consultant with the New York Philharmonic, the Schubert Archive, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the New-York Historical Society. She was a board member for numerous organizations, including the America Music Center (now New Music USA), Composers’ Recordings, Inc., and the Amphion Foundation. She contributed articles to the Saturday Review, Opera News, America Record Guide, and the Music Library Association Notes. She also wrote for the New Oxford Dictionary of American Music.
Jean’s life was enriched by the art of music. She had an optimistic nature and an inquiring mind throughout her life. She was pre-deceased by her husband, the conductor Henry F. Bloch. She is survived by her daughter, Pam Bloch Mendelson, her son-in-law, Michael Aaron Mendelson, and two grandchildren.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 43, page 2.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 38, page 10.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 34, page 4, 6.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 33, page 23.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 32, page 5.
Jean Bowen Bloch died on April 27, 2019 at her residence in Washington, DC. She was ninety-two years of age at the time of her death.
Jean was born in Albany, NY. She attended Smith College, where she received a Bachelor’s degree as well as a Master’s degree in Music. She earned a Master’s degree in Library Science at Columbia University.
Jean had a long career at NYPL, where she was Head of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, Assistant Chief, then Chief of the Music Division, and finally Director of the Central Research Library (now the Schwarzman Building). She retired from NYPL on January 4, 2000.
Jean was a consultant with the New York Philharmonic, the Schubert Archive, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the New-York Historical Society. She was a board member for numerous organizations, including the America Music Center (now New Music USA), Composers’ Recordings, Inc., and the Amphion Foundation. She contributed articles to the Saturday Review, Opera News, America Record Guide, and the Music Library Association Notes. She also wrote for the New Oxford Dictionary of American Music.
Jean’s life was enriched by the art of music. She had an optimistic nature and an inquiring mind throughout her life. She was pre-deceased by her husband, the conductor Henry F. Bloch. She is survived by her daughter, Pam Bloch Mendelson, her son-in-law, Michael Aaron Mendelson, and two grandchildren.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 43, page 2.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 38, page 10.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 34, page 4, 6.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 33, page 23.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 32, page 5.