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fiENRI BERTINI, sometimes styled
" le Jeune " to distinguish him
from his elder brother Benoit Auguste,
was born in London on October:8th,
r798. He received instruction in piano-
playing from his father and brother,
both of whom were accomplished
pianists and musicians, the latter being
a pupil of Clementi and a writer of
some note (principal work:,,Phonological system for
acquiring extraordinary facitity on all musical instruments
as well as in singing," London, r83o). Under the stimu_
lating influence of his musical environnrent, Henri l.regan
his public career as a pianist at an early age. When
hardly twelve years old he undertook a professional tour
with his father through the Netherlands and Germany; he
was also for a considerable period in England and Scotland;
but despite his remarkable successes as a public perfornrer,
and the flattering attentions paid him on irll sides, he
steadily prosecuted his studles under his f:rther's tuitiorr,
devoting himself later on chiefly to composition, and, ;rfter
settling in Paris in r8:r, to his work as a teacher. Here
he remained almost continuously until r856 (r8t9?), when
he retired to his country seat at Meylan, near Grenoble,
having thenceforward but little to do with the world at
large, and limiting his work as a composer to occasional
pieces written for a society of orpheonists of which he
was president. He died at Meylan October tst, r876.
Bertini was a finished pianist of the Clementi school
as extended by Cramer and Hummel ; his style was equally
admirable in phrasing and execution, and he enjoyed the
reputation of being one of the foremost players of his time.
His renrarkable talent found its perhaps most notable
expression in the celebrated grand Sextets; at the present
time, however, he is best known by his truly excellent
course of studies, published in z9 sets, nearly all of these
having been issued originally by Lemoine, of Paris, though
their extreme popularity caused them to be reprinted in
most of the chief cities of Europe and America. Opinion
is divided concerning the value of these studies rs compared
with other and more recent works of the same class, and
for attaining the ends of the Liszt school of technique
studies of a different and more modern
kind naturally have to be taken up;
nevertheless, they still remain standard
works of instruction, and ..L'6cole de
la musique d'ensemble," which is a
collection of preludes and fugues by
J. S. Bach, arranged for four hands,
may be mentioned as peculiarly valu-
able; likewise the '' Etudes caracteris-
tiques," the " Caprices:Etudes," the ,,Etudes artistiques,"
etc. The above studies are still great favorites, being dis-
tinguished not only for their melodiousness and well-con-
sidered harmonic structure, but also fortheireminent useful-
rressin building up the technique. In this connection the
Etudes op. too, zg, and )2 mly be mentioned as preparatory,
in the given order, to Czerny's op. 2gg. A selection of
to of these'Etudes, provided with excellent notes and
rnodern fingering, hls been issued by Giuseppe Buonamici.
As rr composer, apart from works written for the
purpose of instruction, Bertini was an outspoken adherent
of the classic school, and the stand which he took in France
in regard to the prevailing light rnusical literature and
salon-virtousity has been compared with that taken by.
Schumann irnd Mendelssohn in Germany. About :oo of
his compositions are extant; a complete list may be found
in Fetis' " Biographie universelle des musiciens." The
following are the most important: 5 Trios for pianoforte
and strings (Paris, Lemoine); 5 Serenades for pianoforte
and strings (ibid.);4 Sextets (tbid.\; and a Nonet for piano-
forte and wind instruments. The followingare posthumous
works: 3 Nonets for pianoforte and wind instruments; 3
Symphonies for pianoiorte and orchestra; :o pieces for
pianoforte; zr?ie Jesu composed for and sung at Bertini's
funeral. lt rnay be said of his compositions in general
that thev are melodious and well-planned, although it must
be admitted that on the whole they discover a decided
lack of originality.
It was as a teacher, however, that Bertini won his most
brilliant and enduring successes. lt is reported that, when
at the height of his fame, the decoration of the Legion of
Honor was offered to him in recognition of his distinguished
services to the cause of musical ar!, and that he refused to
accept it.
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