Charles Tournemire

Charles Tournemire ( born January 22, 1870 in Bordeaux, † November 4, 1939 in Arcachon ) was a French organist and composer.

• 4.1 Orchestral works 4.1.1 symphony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8
• 4.1.2 Symphony No. 6

• 4.2.1 L' orgue mystique

Life

Charles Tournemire completed his musical studies in Paris with César Franck (organ and counterpoint), Charles- Marie Widor (organ), Vincent d' Indy (composition) and A. Toudou (harmony ). Since 1898 he has held the position of organist at the Paris Ste- Clotilde; its local predecessor had been the famous organist César Franck and Gabriel Pierné. 1919 Tournemire professor of chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris.

Work

During his lifetime to Tournemire reputation was based mainly on his qualities as an outstanding organist and organ improviser. Today, he has remained primarily for his eight symphonies orchestra in mind, added his monumental work L' Orgue Mystique (op. 55-57 ). There is a cycle of compositions containing bound to the Catholic liturgy for each Sunday in Ordinary five pieces that are inspired by the equivalent Gregorian melody curves and must be interpreted with flexible tempi. Because of the tight binding to the liturgy they are barely played in concerts. Particularly noteworthy is the Choral Symphony, Op 69 is for organ, which is applied monothematic and has a very complex, partly polychord tonal language. This work, as well as the symphony sacrée evidence of the profound mystical Catholicism Tournemire.

The composer had a small house on the lonely, windswept West Coast French island of Ouessant, where he liked to stay up. There, under the influence of the raging of the elements, he was inspired to his visionary organ works. Happy to Tournemire held at the Abbey of Solesmes and the Cathedral of Amiens. From his contemporaries he was described as temperamental and unpredictable. All music that was not composed for the glory of God appeared to him senseless. Tournemire was also a famous improviser with extraordinary powers of invention, inspiration and visionary expression. The improvisation on Victimae paschali laudes that was recorded on LP, gives witness to his skills. To date, the organ works of Tournemire at least hardly brought into Germany to be heard.

In addition to his organ works are the Douze Poèmes - Prélude for piano, created as to mention Meditations on the Stations of the human life. In this cyclical business Tournemire skillfully explores the resonance of a concert grand. Tournemire also wrote operas and other orchestral works.

Known students Tournemire were Maurice Duruflé and Jean Langlais. Olivier Messiaen, already a significant whose style in Tournemire orchestral symphonies appear in batches, called him "the master of the arabesque ".

Works (selection)

Orchestral works

• Symphony No. 1, Op. 18 " Romantique "
• Symphony No. 2, Op. 36 " Ouessant "
• Symphony No. 3, Op. 43 "Moscow 1913 "
• Symphony No. 4, Op. 44 " Pages symphoniques "
• Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
• Symphony No. 6, Op. 48 for tenor, chorus, organ and orchestra
• Symphony No. 7, Op. 49 " Les danses de la vie"
• Symphony No. 8, Op. 51 " Le triomphe de la mort"

Organ Works

• L' orgue mystique: Le Cycle de Noël, Op. 55
• Le Cycle de Pâques, Op 56
• Le Cycle après la Pentecôte, Op. 57

Harmonium works

• Petites fleures musicales, Op. 66

Piano Works

• Cloches de Châteauneuf -du -Faou, Op. 62

Discography (selection)

Orchestral works

Symphony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8

• Moscow Symphony Orchestra - Antonio de Almeida (1994 - 1995)

Symphony No. 6

• Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Choeur Symphonique de Namur, Chœur polyphonia de Bruxelles - Pierre Bartholomée

Organ Works

L' orgue mystique

• Georges Delvallée (complete)
• Sandro R. Müller ( complete - http://www.cybele.de/charles-tournemire-l-orgue-mystique-gesamteinspielung-complete-edition )
• Harald Feller No.3, 7,17,23 with Gregorian chants ( Ars Musici )

No.25 ( with Messiaen and Durufle ) Calig literature

• Peter Ewers: Charles Tournemire: aspects of his life and work. Publisher Peter Ewers, Paderborn 2003, ISBN 3-928243-17-9.

• Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
• French composer
• Classic organist
• Organ improviser ( 20th century)
• University teachers ( CNSMD Paris)
• Born 1870
• Died in 1939
• Man