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
Tunes by Jacques Berthier (107)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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ADORAMUS TE (Berthier 55555) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 55555 17777 77123 |
[Adoramus te Domine] (Berthier 32144) | Jacques Berthier, b. 1923 (Composer) | 6 | 32144 442 |
ADOREMUS TE (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 2 | 55111 12323 45343 |
[Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 3 | 54511 34512 1765 |
[Let us sing to the Lord] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 5 | 11543 22265 43336 |
[All you heavens, bless the Lord] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 3 | 35655 66554 34535 |
[Alleluia] (Alleluia 17) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 6 | 13271 44344 34566 |
[Alleluia] (Alleluia 18) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 23432 34543 23454 |
[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia] (Berthier 12315) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 12315 51177 12315 |
[Alleluia, Alleluia, alleluia] (Berthier 33135) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 3 | 33135 55653 |
[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia] (Berthier 54345) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 54345 57755 43213 |
[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!] (Bethier 33214) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 4 | 33214 32161 |
[Alleluia, alleluia] (Berthier 11111) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 11111 11711 11112 |
ALLELUIA II (Berthier 66171) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 3 | 61171 3321 |
[Sixforld Amen] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 13565 31356 53 |
BE NOT AFRAID (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 4 | 13564 245 |
[There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 14 | 33322 23335 55555 |
[Beati in domo Domini] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 2 | 61755 756 |
[Benedictus qui venit] | Jacques Berthier, b. 1923 (Composer) | 2 | 11233 22334 55655 |
BERTHIER (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 2 | 32343 12336 53421 |
[Bless the Lord, my soul] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 27 | 53411 51174 5 |
BONUM EST | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 2 | 11217 67712 23454 |
[Cantate Domino] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 45446 75665 61145 |
[C'est toi ma lampe] | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 56677 45344 55223 |
[Chantez pour Dieu un chant nouveau] | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 2 | 13213 56551 53214 |
[Christus resurrexit] | Jacques Berthier, b. 1923 (Composer) | 2 | 32312 37537 71531 |
CHUYO | Jacques Berthier, 1923-94 (Composer) | 2 | 75175 31713 751 |
CONFITEMINI DOMINO (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 22 | 33333 31134 43352 |
[Come and pray in us, Holy Spirit] | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 3 | 12321 43455 55645 |
[Credo in unum Deo] | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 53565 43 |
DA PACEM (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 4 | 22222 22222 22264 |
DE NOCHE (Berthier 54457) | Jacques Berthier (francés, 1923-1994) (Composer) | 2 | 54457 23156 65723 |
DE NOCHE IREMOS (Berthier 55555) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 5 | 55555 56665 55542 |
[Dona la pace, Signore] | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 55555 51771 53345 |
[Dona nobis pacem, Domine] | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 7 | 33335 43233 33354 |
EAT THIS BREAD | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 48 | 55666 77771 71223 |
[Gloria, gloria, in excelsis Deo] (Berthier 32342) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 45 | 32342 12366 23453 |
[Gloria, gloria, in excelsis Deo] (Berthier 5555) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 55555 56654 55115 |
[Holy Spirit, come to us] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 11 | 55551 27112 33434 |
[Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in excelsis] | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 4 | 16713 2123 |
IN GOD ALONE | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 9 | 23334 32112 72354 |
[Within our darkest night] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 14 | 77767 11112 32123 |
[In the Lord I'll be ever thankful] | Jacques Berthier, b. 1923-1994 (Composer) | 27 | 12333 21651 23311 |
[Jubilate Deo] (Praetorius) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Arranger) | 8 | 12311 71654 34215 |
[Is any sorrow like the sorrow that afflicts me] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 6 | 33671 1717 |
JESUS, REMEMBER ME | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 56 | 33343 42222 12323 |
[Jubilate coeli, jubilate mundi] | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 31231 55535 1765 |
[Jubilate Deo] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 23 | 13653 11365 31565 |
KYRIE 13 | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 51734 51345 1717 |
KYRIE 5 | J. Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 51156 54534 321 |
KYRIE 8 | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 12321 71671 7 |
KYRIE 9 | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 55677 12243 2171 |
[Kyrie, eleison] (Berthier 63367) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 2 | 63367 33166 12 |
[Kyrie eleison] (Berthier 55656) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 7 | 55656 67771 43221 |
[Kyrie, eleison] (Berthier 15512) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 15512 55311 34 |
[Kyrie, eleison] (Berthier 33667) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 33667 71224 3223 |
[Kyrie, Kyrie eleison. Kyrie Kyrie eleison] | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 77122 32177 12234 |
[Kyrie, Kyrie, eleison] (Berthier 551223) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 3 | 55122 32177 1 |
[Kyrie, Kyrie, Kyrie eleison] (Berthier 31642) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 3 | 31642 75312 |
LAUDATE OMNES GENTES | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 12 | 33343 21712 34233 |
LE TENEBRE | Jacques Berthier, 1923-94 (Composer) | 2 | 67111 22333 66556 |
LLAMA DE AMOR VIVA (Taizé) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 66671 56666 66 |
[Lord God, you love us] | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 11232 1127 |
[Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 11 | 11564 77455 33344 |
[Magnificat] (Berthier 11235) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 11235 43235 56543 |
[Magnificat, magnificat] (Berthier 32167) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 24 | 32167 67155 56671 |
[Mandatum novum do vobis] | Jacques Berthier, b. 1923 (Composer) | 2 | 33366 5433 |
[Maranatha, Maranatha] (Bethier) | Jacques Berthier, b. 1923 (Composer) | 2 | 11342 17111 34217 |
[Mi alma canta la grandeza del Señor] | Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 55111 21231 42312 |
MY SOUL IS AT REST | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 3 | 23212 2334 |
[Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine] | Jacques Berthier, b. 1923 (Composer) | 4 | 56765 56765 3566 |
[O Christe Domine Jesu] (Taizé) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 23332 34443 33212 |
[O Lord, hear my prayer] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 49 | 55555 34444 34323 |
[Crucem tuam adoramus Domine] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 7 | 51715 56677 53344 |
[O Veni Creator Spiritus] | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 53655 35176 6565 |
LA TÉNÈBRE | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 8 | 12333 44551 17711 |
[Our eyes are turned to the Lord Jesus Christ] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 3 | 33455 43342 11233 |
PAROLE | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 2 | 11237 11231 234 |
[Pater noster] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 3 | 23211 11122 232 |
POBREZA | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 3 | 31275 13532 25575 |
[Prepare the Way of the Lord] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 24 | 55566 61133 4445 |
[Psallite Deo, psallite] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 3 | 51733 32211 77625 |
PSALM 92 | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 11217 67712 3 |
[Salvator mundi salvanos] | Jacques Berthier, b. 1923 (Composer) | 4 | 12233 22133 44556 |
SANCTUS DOMINUS II | Jacques Berthier, 1923-94 (Composer) | 2 | 33334 34 |
[Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 2 | 11223 14325 54323 |
[Seek first the kingdom of God] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 2 | 35216 13667 23 |
LAUDATE DOMINUM (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 30 | 11176 71112 12332 |
[Sing to the Lord all the earth] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 2 | 31551 25671 54326 |
NADA TE TURBE | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 36 | 55766 44655 11122 |
[Stay here and keep watch with me] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 9 | 53335 12334 12256 |
STAY WITH ME | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 23 | 33223 332 |
STAY WITH US (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Composer) | 2 | 55551 12732 12533 |
[Surrexit Christus, alleluia] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 9 | 35655 66554 345 |
[Surrexit Dominus vere] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 5 | 11355 51531 25656 |
[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia] (12333) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 28 | 12333 45555 17512 |
[Kyrie, Kyrie eleison] (Berthier 345123) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 23 | 34512 36171 |
VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 22 | 13212 66113 21633 |
[The Lord is my light, my light and salvation] (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 5 | 15431 15431 11134 |
UBI CARITAS (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 38 | 33221 14323 32216 |
VENI CREATOR (litany) | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 11113 211 |
VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS (Berthier) | Jacques Berthier, 1923-94 (Composer) | 2 | 11217 66765 46714 |
VENI LUMEN CORDIUM I | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 44554 3234 |
VENI LUMEN CORDIUM II | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 1 | 32143 221 |
WAIT FOR THE LORD | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 28 | 33133 22234 45565 |
[We shall stay awake and pray at all times] | Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 (Composer) | 2 | 33332 23344 55544 |
WITH YOU | Jacques Berthier (Composer) | 2 | 11233 44321 77336 |