Charles Tournemire is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Charles Tournemire as French composer and organist (1870–1939).
Charles Tournemire was born at Bordeaux in 1870. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at Conservatoire de Paris.
This was the century of the virtuoso and the touring soloist, when a performer could become famous across a continent.
He worked as composer, organist and music educator.
The instruments recorded are pipe organ.
His work is classed as opera and symphony.
What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.
The honours record reads: Knight of the Legion of Honour (1921).
That the work came out of France shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Charles Tournemire died in 1939, aged 69. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 1921
- Instruments: pipe organ
- Genres: opera and symphony
