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Born in , at the early age of eleven Tournemire was appointed organist at the church of Saint-Pierre in his native city of Bordeaux.
Charles Tournemire was born in Bordeaux on January 22, He died in Arcachon on November 3, At the age of sixteen he went to Paris.!
Charles Tournemire
French composer and organist (1870–1939)
Charles Arnould Tournemire (22 January 1870 – 3 or 4 November 1939) was a French composer and organist, notable partly for his improvisations, which were often rooted in the music of Gregorian chant.
His compositions include eight symphonies (one of them choral), four operas, twelve chamber works and eighteen piano solos. He is mainly remembered for his organ music, the best known being a set of pieces called L'Orgue mystique.
Tournemire: Organ Chorales by Timothy Tikker Charles Tournemire was born 22 January in Bordeaux, France.Biography
Born in Bordeaux, Tournemire moved in adolescence to Paris, and there became one of César Franck's three youngest students (the other two were Henri Büsser and a Belgian, Guillaume Lekeu, the latter having been born only two days before Tournemire).
From 1898 (on the resignation of Gabriel Pierné) to 1939, Tournemire served as the organiste titulaire at Franck's old church, the Basilique Ste-Clotilde, Paris. He was also professor of chamber music at the Paris Conserv
