René Eugène Camilla Henri Alfred Albert Bernier (Saint-Gilles, 10 March 1905 - Elsene, 8 September 1984) was a Belgian composer and music teacher.
René Bernier was a son of the painters Géo Bernier en Jenny Hoppe and a student of Paul Gilson. After completing his studies, Bernier became a teacher of music history at the Conservatory of Liège. Afterwards he also worked at the Music Academy of Brussels. Just like the other students of Gilson, Bernier was a member of the group Les Synthétistes. Other members of this group included : Francis de Bourguignon, Théo De Joncker, Marcel Poot, Maurice Schoemaker, Jules Strens and Robert Otlet. Bernier became a member of the Royal Flemish Academy in 1963.
1945 Epitaphe symphonique for orchestra
1948 Ode à une Madone for orchestra
1952 Le tombeau devant l'Escaut for orchestra
1956 Le bal des ombres ou danses parodiques for orchestra
1957 Symphoniette for strings orchestra
1970 Menestrandie for violin and orchestra
1970 Tanagras for orchestra
Works for brassband
1954 Hymne de Paix
1958/1964 Hommage à Sax for alto-saxophone and brassband
1959 Le tombeau devant l'Escaut for brassband
1969 Danse parodiques for brassband
1961 Épitaphe II for brassband
1981 Fanfare Du Triton for brass and percution
1943 Sonatina for violin and viola
1956 Bassonnerie for bassoon and piano
1960 Reverdies for clarinet and piano
1962 Offrande à Erard for harp
1973 Suite pour le plaisir de l'oreille for saxophone quartet
1980 Parabole for viola and piano
1939 Sabots de la Vierge for choir with 4 mixed voices a capella - text: Maurice Carême
1940 Liturgies for mixed choir a cappella - text: Paul Verlaine
1947 Hymne de paix for mixed choir a capella - text: Maurice Carême
1951 Du coq à l'âne - nº1 for mixed choir a capella - text: Maurice Carême
1951 Du coq à l'âne - nº2 for mixed choir a capella - text: Maurice Carême
1951 Du coq à l'âne - nº3 for mixed choir a capella - text: Maurice Carême
1951 Du coq à l'âne - nº4 for mixed choir a capella - text: Maurice Carême
1951 Du coq à l'âne - nº5 for mixed choir a capella - text: Maurice Carême
1951 Du coq à l'âne - nº6 for mixed choir a capella - text: Maurice Carême
1951 Du coq à l'âne - nº7 for mixed choir a capella - text: Maurice Carême
1968 Chants incantatoires for 4 mixed voices a capella - text: Géo Libbrecht
1924 Poèmes exotiques for soprano and piano - text: Thou Fou
1925 Entrevisions for soprano and piano - text: Charles van Lerberghe
1927 Trois quatrains pour ma mie for middle voice and piano - text: R. Denobele
1931 Le blé est blond for soprano and piano - text: Maurice Carême
1936 Éternité for middle voice and piano - text: Franz Hellens
1941 Evasions for middle voice and piano - text: Maurice Quoilin
1942 Présages for soprano and piano - text: Auguste Marin
1944 Chanson archaïque for middle voice and piano or harp - text: Maurice Maeterlinck
1944 Dévotions for soprano and piano - text: Maurice Carême
1948 Eclaircies for high voice and orchestra - text: Franz Hellens
1952 Le cerisier extrait du 2ème recueil des Sortilèges ingénus for mezzo-soprano and piano - text: Maurice Carême
1956 Fantaisie de tous les temps for middle voice and piano - text: Lucienne Desnoues
1964 Chanson marine for low voice and orchestra - text: Edmond Vandercammen
1979 Parabole chantée for contra-alto and piano
Agnus dei for middle voice and organ
Ecoute, d'autres femmes... for soprano, clarinet and piano - text: Franz Hellens
Le poète et l'oiseau for soprano or tenor, clarinet and piano - text: Armand Bernier
1947 Hymne de paix for grand organ
1927 Berceuse divine
1930 Humoresque dans le style galant
1976 Epitaphe sonore for two piano’s
1978 Danses parodiques for two piano's
1981 Le clavier chantant
Complainte du "Petit Chose" (Feuille d'album)
Le jardin secret (Moment lyrique)
In memoriam Gaston Brenta, Academie Royale de Belgique. Bulletin de la Classe des Beaux-Arts. 51 (1969), S. 151-155.
