Person - Bernard, Robert (1901-1971)
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Geneva 1900-10-10 - Paris 1971-05-02
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Swiss composer, music writer, pianist, critic and teacher.
He was born on 10 October 1900 in Geneva (Switzerland), and passed away on 2 May 1971 in Paris. He studied with George Templeton Strong, Otto Barblan and Joseph Lauber at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, and with Louis Aubert in Paris, where he lived from 1926. He worked as a pianist, conductor and choir director. He also taught at the Conservatoire International de Musique de Paris and the Schola Cantorum but was better known as a critic, lecturer and composer. President and member of various associations, Bernard founded the Nouvelle Société d'Art en 1918 and was the editor-in-chief of "La Revue Musicale" from 1936 to 1946, which published many of his compositions. He contacted Manuel de Falla on several occasions to ask if he would contribute to "La Revue Musicale". He composed "Le chevalier au barizel" (1919), "Les bergers d'Arcadie", "Prélude au cimetière marin", and short songs. Bernard published several monographs on French music, including "Albert Roussel, sa vie, son oeuvre" (1948) and "Histoire de la musique" (1961-1964).
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