ContentsOrganization of the Charles Tournemire Collection Container List Music, circa 1868-1962, undated |
Charles Tournemire CollectionProcessed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress1998
Biographical NoteCharles Tournemire, a composer, organist, and teacher, was born in Bordeaux, France, on Jan. 22, 1870. He was appointed organist of the church of St. Pierre in Bordeaux at the age of eleven. After studying at the Bordeaux Conservatoire, he transferred to the Paris Conservatoire at the age of sixteen, where he studied the piano with Bériot and harmony with Taudou. Around 1889, he joined César Franck's organ class and in 1891 Tournemire won first prize for organ in Charles-Marie Widor's class. After working briefly at Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, he succeeded Gabriel Pierné as organist at the Basilique Sainte Clotilde, a post he held for the rest of his life. Between 1900 and 1904 he composed his first five symphonies. He achieved his first major recognition as a composer when he won the concours musicale de las ville de Paris for his choral work Le sang de la siréne in 1904. In 1908, Tournemire married the sister of the wife of Josephin "Sâr" Péladan, a French mystic who was the founder of the Ordre de Rose-Croix in Paris. Tournemire began immersing himself in nineteenth century French mystical writers, such as Hello, Huysmans, and Péladan. Beginning in the late 1920s, Tournemire increasingly withdrew from the musical establishment becoming heavily involved with not only mystical writers, but medieval architecture and early Christian spirituality. Tournemire composed three more symphonies after the First World War, none of which were performed in his lifetime. In 1919, he became professor of chamber music at the Paris Conservatoire where he also taught organ improvisation. Tournemire was an influential teacher whose students included Maurice Duruflé, Jean Langlais, and Daniel Lesur, among others. After 1921, many of his best compositions were written for the church. He wrote the immense L'orgue mystique (1927-1932) which was a cycle of fifty-one organ suites, one for every Sunday of the church year, each based on the appropriate plainsong. In 1931, Tournemire recorded five organ improvisations at Sainte Clotilde. These were later transcribed from the phonograph recordings by Maurice Duruflé and are among his best known works. His last composition was the opera Il poverello di Assisi (1937-1938) based on a text by "Sâr" Péladan. The precise cause and date of his death are uncertain. He died at Arcachon around Nov. 4, 1939. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe collection primarily consists of manuscript and printed music, but also includes librettos, a scrapbook, books, and one issue of a journal. The music includes items by Tournemire and by other composers. The Tournemire materials include six holographs, including an arrangement for piano (four hands) of the First symphony by Raoul Moreau, three manuscripts, and eight printed scores. There are two additional Tournemire holographs, one is an arrangement of the sixth suite from Walther's Hortulus chelicus, and the other a transcription of Frescobaldi's Toccata per l'Elevazione. The printed scores by other composers include items from the Ecole classique de l’Orgue series, edited by A. Guilmant. Additional materials include two librettos for Tournemire works, a lyric sheet of a poem by Verlaine, and a scrapbook entitled Le sang de la siréne, after Tournemire's prize-winning composition. Six books came with the collection, four of which are annotated and one printed especially for Tournemire. Two books were transferred to the Library of Congress general collections (see "Transfers" above). Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the Charles Tournemire CollectionThe Charles Tournemire Collection is organized in five series: Return to the Table of Contents Container ListMusic, circa 1868-1962, undatedMusic by Charles Tournemire, 1899-1962, undatedOriginal compositions, including manuscripts and printed scores, and arrangements and transcriptions. Arranged by opus number. Manuscripts1re Symphonie romantique, op. 18 bis Holograph in ink; 86 p.Poème [mystique] pour piano, op. 33 Manuscript in ink; 40 p.(Chryséis) Les Dieux sont morts, drame lyrique, op. 42 (fragments for the concert performance) Holograph in ink, 122 p.La Legénde de Tristan, op. 53 Manuscript in ink; 25 p.La Legénde de Tristan, op. 53 Manuscript (holograph?) in ink; 6 p.Fantasie symphonique pour orgue, op. 64 Holograph in ink; 18 p.Symphonie-choral d’orgue, op. 69 Holograph in ink; 44 p.Symphonie sacrée pour orgue, op. 71 Holograph in ink, 44 p.Deux fresques symphoniques sacrées pour orgue, op. 75 and op. 76 Holograph in ink, 14 + 23 p.Printed MusicPièce symphonique pour grand orgue, op. 16. Paris : Schola Cantorum, [1899]Suite de Morceaux pour grand-orgue, op. 19 (Toccata, Interludes). Paris : Pérégally & Parvy, 1900Sagesse, poème pour chant et piano, op. 34. Lyon : Janin, 1921Triple choral pour orgue, op. 41. Lyon : Janin, 1912Triple choral pour orgue, op. 41. Paris : Schola Cantorum, Procure générale de musique, [1962]Les Dieux sont morts, drame lyrique, op. 42. Paris : Choudens, 1921 Piano-vocal scoreSuite evocatrice pour grand orgue, op. 74. Paris : Bornemann, 1938L’orgue mystique, op. 55, 56, 57. Cycle de Noël, op. 55. Paris : Heugel, 1928-1930Cycle de Paques, op. 56. Paris : Heugel, 1928-1930Cycle après la Pentacôte, op. 57. I: No. 26-38. Paris : Heugel, 1928-1932Cycle après la Pentacôte, op. 57. II: No. 39-51. Paris : Heugel, 1934-1936Arrangements and TranscriptionsWalther, Johann Jakob. 6e suite de l’Hortulus chelicus, accompagment arrangée par Ch. Tournemire, op. 13. Violin part. Arranger’s holograph in ink; [3] p.Frescobaldi, Girolamo. Toccata per l’Elevazione Manuscript in ink; [2] p.Music by Other Composers, circa 1868-circa 1938, undatedPrinted scores, including several from the series Ecole classique de l’Orgue. Arranged alphabetically by composer or title. Bach, Johann Sebastian. Chorals-Préludes, Ier Livre. Paris : Heugel, [19--]Bach, Johann Sebastian. Chorals-Préludes, 4er Livre. Paris : Heugel, [19--]Bach, Johann Sebastian. Chorals-Préludes, 5e Livre. Paris : Heugel, [19--]Buxtehude, Dietrich. Werke für orgel, v. 1. Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel, 1903-1904Buxtehude, Dietrich. Werke für orgel, v. 2. Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel, 1903-1904Cabanilles, Iohannis. Opera omnia, vol. 1. Barcelona : Biblioteca de Cataluña, 1927Cabanilles, Iohannis. Opera omnia, vol. 2. Barcelona : Institut d’estudis Catalans, Biblioteca de Catalunya, 1933Cabanilles, Iohannis. Opera omnia, vol. 3. Barcelona : Institut d’estudis Catalans, Biblioteca de Catalunya, 1936Franck, Cèsar. 6 pièces d’orgue. Paris : Durand, 1868-1890?Frescobaldi, Girolamo. Fiori musicali. Paris : Senart, 1922Frescobaldi, Girolamo. Sammlung von orgelsätzen. Leipzig : Breikopf & Härtel, 1889?Frescobaldi, Girolamo. Toccata XII. Paris : Hérelle, [19--]Griguy, Nicolas de. Oeuvres d’orgue. London : Schott, 1904Liszt, Franz. Zwölf Kirchen-Chor-Gesänge mit Orgelbegleitung; no. 12: Pro Papa: Dominus conservet eum. Leipzig : C. F. Kahnt, [189-?]Mathey, Paul. Ante et post praedicationem, op.2. Zwei Stücke für Orgel und Violine (ohne Obligatespedal), 2 v. Zürich ; Leipzig : Gebrüder Hug, 1938?Matthews, Edmund. Chorale prelude on “St. Mary” for the organ. London : Novello, 1933Matthews, Edmund. Interlude on “Strength and Stay” for the organ. London : Novello, 1933Ropartz, Joseph Guy. Intermède. Paris : Schola Cantorum, [189-?]Ropartz, Joseph Guy. Sur un thème Breton. Paris : Schola Cantorum, 1900Items in the Ecole classique de l’orgue/A. Guilmant series:Bruhns, Nicolas. Choral Nun komm, der heiden Heiland. Paris : Durand, circa 1900Buxtehude, Dietrich. Fugue en Ut. Paris : Durand, circa 1900Buxtehude, Dietrich. Prélude et Fugue en La. Paris : Durand, circa 1900Frescobaldi, Girolamo. Fugue en Sol mineur. Paris : Durand, circa 1900Krebs, Johann Ludwig. Fugue en Sol. Paris : Durand, circa 1900Murschhauser, F. X. A. Praeambulum du 3e ton, Arpeggiata, Fuga. Paris : Durand, circa 1900Scheidt, Samuel. Cantilena anglica fortunae. Paris : Durand, circa 1900Sweelinck, Jan Pieters. Fantasie en Ré mineur. Paris : Durand, circa 1900Walther, Johann Gottfried. Prélude et fugue en La majeur. Paris : Durand, circa 1900Concert historique d’orgue / revus par Alexandre Guilmant. Paris : Durand, 1889?Unidentified. Compositions for organ pp. 105-112.LibrettosManuscript librettos and lyric sheet for compositions by Tournemire. Arranged by opus number. Nittetis, tragédie lyrique en 3 actes et 7 tableaux, op. 30. Acte I. Holograph in ink; around 120 p.Nittetis, tragédie lyrique en 3 actes et 7 tableaux, op. 30. Acte II. Holograph in ink; around 120 p.Nittetis, tragédie lyrique en 3 actes et 7 tableaux, op. 30. Acte III. Holograph in ink; around 120 p.Sagesse, op. 34; poem by Paul Verlaine Manuscript in ink; [1], 4 leavesTrilogie Faust - Don Quichotte - Saint François d’Assise, op. 52 Holograph in ink; 16 + 25 + 14 leavesScrapbook, 1904, 1909Articles and correspondence about Le sang de la siréne, by Tournemire (1904). Le Sang de la Sirène (title on the cover), 1904, 1909 200 p.Books, circa 1899-1923, undatedTwo books were transferred to the Library of Congress general collections. Arranged alphabetically by author. Bédier, Joseph. Le roman de Tristan et Iseut. Paris : L’Edition d’Art, 1914.Emmerich, Anne-Catherine. La douloureuse passion de Notre-seigneur Jésus-Christ. Tournai : Casterman, [18-- ]Pauphilet, Albert. La queste du Saint Graal. Paris : Les éditions de la Sirène, 1923Theocritus. uvres complètes de Théocrite. Paris : Garnier frères, 1899Ruskin, John. La Bible d’Amiens. Paris : Societé du mercure de France, 1904Schuré, Eduard. L’évolution divine du sphinx au Christ. Paris : Perrin, 1921Journal, 1928Contains one issue. Cahiers Rhodaniens. January 1928Return to the Table of Contents |
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