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Aug 03, 1901 Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland Died on 10 Dec 1992 (aged 91)
Swiss musician (1901-1992)
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About Bernard Reichel
- Bernard Reichel (August 3, 1901 – December 10, 1992) was a 20th-century classical composer from the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Born in Montmirail (canton of Neuchâtel), he settled in Geneva in his twenties.
- He spent most of his life there, writing a great deal of music, mostly sacred, and working as a music educator.
- He taught harmony at the Geneva Conservatory for twenty years, and various classes at the Dalcroze institute for 53 years.
- He was also an organist, serving at the Protestant churches of Chêne-Bougeries and Eaux-Vives, two downtown parishes in Geneva. His musical language is militantly tonal considering the time in which he wrote and taught, and informed by folk music and medieval modes in a way reminiscent of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
- His work is little-known outside of Switzerland, overshadowed by that of his contemporaries, Frank Martin and Arthur Honegger. He died in 1992, in Lutry, in the canton of Vaud.
