Also known as
  • Charles Tournemiere
Charles Tournemire (Bordeaux, January 22 1870 – Arcachon, November 3 1939), was a French composer and organist, most famous for his improvisations. While he could play the conventional organ literature expertly, he rarely played anything in his titular post other than his own improvised works. His improvisations were consistently brilliant, and most often rooted in Gregorian thematic material. His output contains many organ works, eight symphonies (one of them choral), four operas, and several... full article at wikipedia
Gender
Date of birth
  • 1870
Place of birth
Country of nationality
Profession
Spouse (or domestic partner)
Employment history
Height
Weight
Quotations
Places lived
Date of death
  • 1939
Place of death
Cause of death
Date of cremation
Place of cremation
Date of burial
Place of burial
Musical Genres
Place Musical Career Began
Similar Artists
Record Labels
Active as Musical Artist (start)
Active as Musical Artist (end)
Instruments Played
Vocal Range
Album Contributions
Track Contributions
With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the content on this page is typically distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license or Public Domain.
The original description for this topic was automatically generated from the Wikipedia article "Charles Tournemire" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License .
The album, artist, and track information originated from the MusicBrainz page entitled "Charles Tournemire." The information is Public Domain .
Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by mw_gender_bot Jun 25, 2008
View topic history »
Gallery add edit
There are no images for this topic yet.

Recent Discussions about Charles Tournemire

There are no conversations on this topic. Would you like to start one?

Start the Discussion »