TubeNet

Hello everyone!

I am working on my final project for my undergrad, and I'm writing about Paul Bernard and his presence as a french tuba player.

Does anyone know of any books, articles, journals, or even a webpage that has information about him? I am having a very hard time finding sources related to him.

Thank you!

Noah Reisdorff

Source for photo: http://saxhorneuphoniumtuba.free.fr/sec ... e&artid=38

Some recordings: https://pastdaily.com/2013/10/13/music- ... ramophone/

From the above site: "Two Serenades for Three Trombones and Tuba, featuring members of the Orchestre National Trombone section with Paul Bernard on Tuba. Since it’s a radio recital from the ORTF, it’s a best guess estimate this broadcast was from 1953. In any event, it is highly unlikely this recording has seen the light of day since it first aired." https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/upload ... d-tuba.mp3

This book mentions him (maybe consider ILL if you have time?): https://books.google.com/books/about/Fr ... YJAQAAMAAJ

Here is some info on him from an article on trombone (https://www.historicbrass.org/edocman/h ... _Lapie.pdf):

"A class for tuba and saxhorn was taught at the Conservatoire, first on a trial basis (1944-
56), but made official in 1956 by the director Marcel Dupré. Later, the bass trombone
was added to this class, which was taught by Paul Bernard (1912-1981), who had already
assumed this responsibility beforehand. A member of the Opéra orchestra, Bernard was
charged with ensuring the organization, administration, and development of this discipline,
which was in a state of confusion."

Hope this helps. This was just me Googling for five minutes, so maybe now that you have some leads, you can dig in a bit deeper!

I just checked my copy of Bernard's "Methode Complete", which is very interesting but contains no biographical info.

Listening to the "Two Serenades" recording linked above I wondered whether Bernard did it on the F tuba in photo or on the "petite tuba francais", i.e. 6-valve euphonium in C which was still in use back then. I heard what I thought sounded like a euph in one passage, and toward the end there was a low note on the tuba which was rather embarassing. Did anyone else listen to it?

Here is another photo of Monsieur Bernard and his studio in 1969 with a small six-valve French C tuba on the piano:

Based on the timbre of the lick at the end of that recording, my guess is that it's the small French C.