Bernier, Conrad 9.may.1904-7.nov.1988 Canada, Quebec City - USA, Washington DC
pianist, organist, studied solfege, organ and piano with his father, studied piano with Berthe Roy, 1920-1923 organist of the St Sacrement Church and St Jean Baptiste Church in Quebec City, 1923-1926 in Paris studied piano with Sylva Herard and Simone Ple Caussade, organ with Joseph Bonnet and theory with Georges Caussade, 1927-1974 taught organ at the Catholic University of Washington, 1943-1947 taught at the Conservatories of Quebec in Montreal and Quebec City, 1935-1969 organist of St Anne's Church in Washington DC, 1962 DM from Saint Francis University in Loretto Pennsylvania, 1974-1988 as professor emeritus taught counterpoint, fugue and composition at the Catholic University of Washington ; son of composer Arthur Bernier and Marie Louise Cote who married 8.may.1899 at St Sauveur in Quebec City ; 1927 he married teacher french Denise de Gorostiaga (Monaco, Monte Carlo 1905-)

Title Parts

[] Croquis petit capiens. 2 Pianos
dedication A monsieur le directeur et les pensionnaires du Petit-Cap de 1921
publisher Edition Belgo Canadienne, Montreal 1928

[] Priere. Organ. 1926
[] Silhouette. Piano
publisher Editions Dupasse-Temps Inc., Montreal 15mar1945

[] Variations et fugue. 2 Pianos
[] Esquisse in b. Organ
[] Reverie. Organ
[] Eclogues. Organ
[] Prelude in f. Organ
[] Les Colombes. Song
[] Les Berceuses. Song
[] Mass. Mixed choir and 2 organs
[] Organ method. Technical studies for manuals and pedals with a classical repertoire (Methode d'orgue. Etudes techniques pour les claviers et la pedale avec repertoire classique)
publisher Gregorian Institute of America, Toledo, Ohio 1961

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