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

Life

Born in Paris, Bertelin studied at the Conservatoire de Paris where he was a pupil of Théodore Dubois, Raoul Pugno, Charles-Marie Widor and Jules Massenet. In 1902 he received a 2nd prize for composition at the Prix de Rome, alongside Aymé Kunc and Jean Roger-Ducasse. He then taught counterpoint and fugue at the École César Franck.

Albert Bertelin

Bertelin composed one symphony, one opera, two Oratorios, one Mass, motets, a cello, a violin and a piano concerto and chamber music works. He also published music reviews and several musicological works and was a member of the examination jury of the Conservatoire de Paris.

Albert Bertelin

Bertelin died in Paris in 1951 and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (31st division)

Albert Bertelin

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

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