Herman Bemberg

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Herman Bemberg (born 1859 or 1861 in Buenos Aires or Paris; died 1931 in Berne) was a French musical composer.

He was born of French parents, and studied at the Paris Conservatoire, under Massenet, whose influence, with that of Gounod, is strongly marked in his music. As a composer he is known by numerous songs and pieces for the piano, as well as by his cantata La Mort de Jeanne d'Arc (1886), comic opera Le Baiser de Suzon (1888) and grand opera Elaine (produced at Covent Garden in 1892). Among his songs the dramatic recitative Ballade du Desespere is well known.

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