Background
His father was the famous American artist Joseph Frank Currier (1843–1909).
His father was the famous American artist Joseph Frank Currier (1843–1909).
Currier was a distant relative of Nathaniel Currier, the 19th century lithographer. The eldest of three children, he learned to play cello and other stringed instruments with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for many years. He led an orchestra and string quartet during the Boston"s off season.
Bertram"s wife, Olga (Brandenburg), majored in piano and graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music.
Both were composers and music teachers, and operated a family music school in Newton, Massachusetts. They had five children, including singer/actress Jane Morgan.
Bertram H. Currier died on May 10, 1934, aged 59, in Newton, Massachusetts.