Bernard, Matvey Ivanovich
(1794–1871)
Bernard [Birnárt], Matvey (Moritz) Ivanovich (1794, Mitau [now Jelgava]; 4–27/5–9–1871, P.). Publisher, pianist, pedagogue, and comp. Brother of A. Bernard . A student of Field in M., he purchased a publ. firm in 1829 and made it a success. Was the first publisher of some of Glinka's and most of Dargomyzhsky's romances, as well as of pf pieces by A. Rubinshtein and of songs and romances by Alyab'yev , Pyotr Bulakhov, Dyubyuk (Dubuque), and A. Gurilyov . Also published the music journal…