Albert Bertelin

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.

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.

Bertelin died in Paris in 1951 and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (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