Jean Émile Auguste Bernard (28 November 1843 – 11 September 1902) was a French Romantic composer and

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

. Bernard was born in

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

and studied at the

Paris Conservatoire The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

; his organ teacher was

François Benoist François Benoist (; 10 September 1794 – 6 May 1878) was a French organist, pedagogue, and composer. Life and career Benoist was born in Nantes on 10 September 1794. He took his first music lessons under Georges Scheuermann. Benoist studied m ...

and his piano teacher was

Antoine François Marmontel Antoine François Marmontel (; 18 July 1816 – 16 January 1898) was a French pianist, composer, teacher and musicographer. He is mainly known today as an influential teacher at the Paris Conservatory, where he taught many musicians who became l ...

. He was organist at the Notre Dame des Champs from 1885 until his retirement in 1895. He died in

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. His ''Fantasy and Fugue'' won the 1877 prize of the Société de Compositeurs de Paris. His ''Violin Concerto'' was dedicated to and performed by

Pablo de Sarasate Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués (; 10 March 1844 – 20 September 1908), commonly known as Pablo de Sarasate, was a Spanish violinist, composer and Conducting, conductor of the Romantic music, Romantic period. His best known work ...

in 1895 at the Conservatoire. Other works include a ''Suite for Violin and Piano'', a ''Concertstück for Piano and Orchestra'', a ''Rondo for Cello and Orchestra'', and a ''Divertissement for Doubled

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'' (Op. 36) which was first written for the Société des Instruments à Vent.

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