Albert Bertelin (26 July 1872 – 19 July 1951) was a French composer.

Life

Born in Paris, Bertelin studied at the

Conservatoire de Paris 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 ...

where he was a pupil of

Théodore Dubois Clément François Théodore Dubois (; 24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, organist, and music teacher. After study at the Paris Conservatoire, Dubois won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Ro ...

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Charles-Marie Widor Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies, especially the toccata of his fifth organ sympho ...

and

Jules Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884 ...

. In 1902 he received a 2nd prize for composition at the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

, alongside

Aymé Kunc Aymé Kunc (20 January 1877 – 13 February 1958) was a French composer and administrator. Career Born in Toulouse, Kunc won second prize alongside Maurice Ravel in the Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French schol ...

and

Jean Roger-Ducasse Jean Jules Aimable Roger-Ducasse (Bordeaux, 18 April 1873 – Le Taillan-Médoc (Gironde), 19 July 1954) was a French composer. Biography Jean Roger-Ducasse studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Émile Pessard and André Gedalge, and was the ...

. He then taught

counterpoint In music theory, counterpoint is the relationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines (also called voices) that are harmonically dependent on each other, yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. The term originates from the Latin ...

and

fugue In classical music, a fugue (, from Latin ''fuga'', meaning "flight" or "escape""Fugue, ''n''." ''The Concise Oxford English Dictionary'', eleventh edition, revised, ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson (Oxford and New York: Oxford Universit ...

at the

École César Franck The École César-Franck (César Franck School, named after César Franck) was a music school A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a s ...

. Bertelin composed one

symphony A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning c ...

, one

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

, two

Oratorio An oratorio () is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble. Similar to opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguisha ...

s, one

Mass Mass is an Intrinsic and extrinsic properties, intrinsic property of a physical body, body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the physical quantity, quantity of matter in a body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physi ...

motet In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the preeminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to the Eng ...

s, a cello, a violin and a piano concerto and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

works. He also published music reviews and several musicological works and was a member of the examination jury of the Conservatoire de Paris. Bertelin died in Paris in 1951 and was buried at

Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery (, , formerly , ) is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at . With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Buried at Père Lachaise are many famous figures in the ...

(31st division)

Works

*''Goïtza'', Opera *''Légende de Loreley'' for Choir and Orchestra *''Choral'' for Orchestra, 1902 *''Sub umbra Crucis'', Oratorio, 1917 *''In nativitate Domini'', Oratorio, 1922 *''Sonate en mi mineur'' for cello and piano, 1933 *''Sonate'' for violin and piano, 1937

Publications

*''Traité de composition musicale'', 4 volumes, 1931–34 *''Traité de contrepoint modal et tonal'', 1951 *'' Les Bases de l’harmonie''

External links

Notice on Website Musica et Memoria
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertelin, Albert French male classical composers French opera composers Prix de Rome for composition Conservatoire de Paris alumni 20th-century French composers Composers from Paris 1872 births 1951 deaths Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 20th-century French male musicians