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

Romantic Romantic may refer to: Genres and eras * The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of the 18th and 19th centuries ** Romantic music, of that era ** Romantic poetry, of that era ** Romanticism in science, of that e ...

composer and organist. Bernard was born in Marseille and studied at the Paris Conservatoire; his organ teacher was

François Benoist François Benoist (10 September 1794 – 6 May 1878) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Benoist was born in Nantes. He took his first music lessons under Georges Scheuermann. Benoist studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris and ...

and his piano teacher was Antoine François Marmontel. He was organist at the Notre Dame des Champs from 1885 until his retirement in 1895. He died in Paris. 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 (Navarrese) violin virtuoso, composer and conductor of the Romantic period. His best known works include ...

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

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