About Jacques Berthier
Jacques Berthier was a French composer of liturgical music, best known for writing much of the music used at Taizé. Jacques Berthier (27 June 1923 – 27 June 1994) was a French composer of liturgical music, best known for writing much of the music used at Taizé. Learning first from his parents, Berthier was trained in music at the École César Franck in Paris. In 1955 Berthier was first asked to compose music for the Taizé Community, which was then just a monastic community of twenty brothers.
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