Short Name: | Jacques Berthier |
Full Name: | Berthier, Jacques, 1923-1994 |
Birth Year: | 1923 |
Death Year: | 1994 |
Jacques Berthier (b. Auxerre, Burgundy, June 27, 1923; d. June 27, 1994) A son of musical parents, Berthier studied music at the Ecole Cesar Franck in Paris. From 1961 until his death he served as organist at St. Ignace Church, Paris. Although his published works include numerous compositions for organ, voice, and instruments, Berthier is best known as the composer of service music for the Taizé community near Cluny, Burgundy. Influenced by the French liturgist and church musician Joseph Gelineau, Berthier began writing songs for equal voices in 1955 for the services of the then nascent community of twenty brothers at Taizé. As the Taizé community grew, Berthier continued to compose most of the mini-hymns, canons, and various associated instrumental arrangements, which are now universally known as the Taizé repertoire. In the past two decades this repertoire has become widely used in North American church music in both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions.
Bert Polman
Texts by Jacques Berthier (29)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Bless the Lord my soul, And bless God's holy name | Jacques Berthièr (Author) | English | 1 |
It is He who forgives all your guilt | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 3 |
Come and fill our hearts with your peace (Confitemini Domino) | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English, Latin | 4 |
Come and pray in us, Holy Spirit | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 1 |
Come, Holy Spirit, from heaven shine forth | Jacques Berthier (Adapter) | English, Latin | 2 |
Dona nobis pacem Domine | Jacques Berthier (Author) | 2 | |
Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo (Glory to God, Glory to God) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Author) | Latin | 1 |
Ĝoju do en Li | Jacques Berthier (Author) | Esperanto, German | 2 |
Veni Sancte Spiritus | Jacques Bertheir (Adapter) | English, Latin | 2 |
In God is my safety and glory | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 2 |
In the Lord I'll be ever thankful | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 2 |
Jesus, remember me | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 2 |
Jubilate Deo omnis terra | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Author) | Latin | 4 |
Laudate omnes gentes | Jacques Berthier (Author) | Latin | 1 |
Laudate Dominum, laudate Dominum | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Author) | Latin | 1 |
Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 1 |
Magnificat, magnificat | Jacques Berthier (Author) | Latin | 1 |
O Christe Domine Jesu | Jacques Berthier (Author) | Latin | 2 |
O Lord, hear my prayer, O Lord, hear my prayer | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 4 |
Oculi nostri ad Dominum Jesum (Our eyes are tuned to the Lord Jesus Christ) | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English, Latin | 3 |
Pour tes merveilles, Seigneur Dieu | Jacques Berthier (Author) | French | 2 |
Słysz, Panie, möj glos | Jacques Berthier (Author (st. 1)) | English, Polish | 2 |
Stay with me, remain here with me | Jacques Bertheir (Author) | English | 1 |
Stay here and keep watch with me. Watch and pray | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 1 |
Stay with us, O Lord Jesus Christ | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 1 |
[The Spirit is Willing] | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English | 2 |
Ubi caritas et amor | Jacques Berthier (Author) | Latin | 1 |
Wait for the Lord whose day is near | Jacques Berthier (Alterer) | English | 4 |
We adore you, Jesus Christ (Adoramus te Christe) | Jacques Berthier (Author) | English, Spanish | 2 |