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L'orgue Mystique by Charles Tournemire L L’Orgue Mystique by Charles Tournemire L’Orgue Mystique by Charles Tournemire N THE TIME BETWEEN THE TWO GREAT WORLD WARS —or as the historian Eugen Weber termed the entire æra, the “Second Thirty Years War”— there emerged a musical Imonument which the critic Pierre Giriat called a “sonorous Summa Theologica”. It was the culmination of great musical, religious, and philosophical movements which thrived and vied for attention in the Christian Church and through French society. THIS MONUMENT WAS “L’ORGUE MYSTIQUE” BY CHARLES TOURNEMIRE. This recondite magnum opus of two-hundred-fifty-three movements composed from 1927 to 1932 is fifteen hours in duration and employs over three-hundred chants both as an act of devotion and as musical exegesis based upon a chant libretto with the goal of celebrating fifty-one Sundays and Liturgical Feasts throughout the Church Calendar. Its haunting transcendent beauty and musical allegory, written by a pious, unassuming genius, constitutes one of the greatest single liturgical achievements in music history, and yet its utterances were little heard in the mælstrom of its time. “LA MUSIQUE D’ORGUE DONT DIEU EST ABSENT, EST UN CORPS SANS ÂME.” E E E —Charles Tournemire P r o g r a m m e XXX. DOMINICA V POST PENTECOSTEN. • Pièce Terminale: Alléluia Nº II XLVI. DOMINICA XIX POST PENTECOSTEN • Pièce Terminale: Choral Alléluiatique Nº IV XV. LÆTARE: DOMINICA IV IN QUADRAGESIMA • Pièce Terminale: Postlude-Fantaisie XXXII. DOMINICA VII POST PENTECOSTEN • Pièce Terminale: Alléluia Nº IV A l l S a i n t s K i n g s w a y XXXVIII. DOMINICA XII POST PENTECOSTEN • Offertoire: Precatus est Moyses XLII. NATIVITAS BEATÆ MARIÆ VIRGINIS. • Pièce Terminale: Prélude et Louanges T o r o n t o , O n t a r i o XXXV. IN ASSUMPTIONE B.M.V. • Pièce Terminale: Paraphrase-Carillon W e d n e s d a y , 2 9 M a y 2 0 1 9 XV. Lætare: Dominica IV in Quadragesima Pièce Terminale: Postlude-Fantaisie (Date of Completion: 18 January 1930) L’Orgue Mystique by Charles Tournemire A son ami André Fleury, organiste de St Augustin, à Paris E E E A n t i p h o n • R a b b i , q u i d p e c c a v i t h o m o i s t e BcèFTcgzgvv[vvvvfcvvhcâkclcijchÅIcïijcßìgvvvv[vv Ab-bi, * quid pec-ca-vit ho-mo i- ste, &c. R ASTER, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, XXX. Dominica V post Pentecosten MNeither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be Pièce Terminale: Alléluia Nº II made manifest in him. —Benedictus Antiphon (Feria Quarta) (Saint John ix) ; (Date of Completion: 10 January 1931) A n t i p h o n • C u m s u b l e v a s s e t o c u l o s J e s u s A son éminent confrère et ami Ernest Mitchell, organist & choirmaster Grace Church, New York E E E BcvscvacsÁRcë4zë4cêsêdêscAWcèFTcescrdcsmcv{c A l l e l u i a • D o m i n e , i n v i r t u t e t u a C Um sub-le- vas- set o-cu-los Je-sus, &c. HEN Jesus lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Bcscfzfvv\vfgfz7z^ß%zhc6.vfgfz7z%$zhzyÎf,c{c WPhilip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? And this he said to prove him; A L- le- lu- ia. &c. for he himself knew what he would do. —Benedictus Antiphon (Saint John vj) LLELUIA, alleluia. = The king shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord. Exceeding glad shall H y m n • A u d i , b e n i g n e C o n d i t o r Ahe be of thy salvation. Alleluia. (Psalm xix/xx) XcrdcfcygchcFTcvvfcvvDRcvf,c[c A U- di, be-ni-gne Con-di-tor &c. MERCIFUL Creator, hear! To us in pity bow thine ear: Accept the tearful prayer we raise OIn this our fast of forty days. Our hearts are open, Lord, to thee: Thou knowest our XLVI. Dominica XIX post Pentecosten infirmity; Pour out on all who seek thy face Abundance of thy pardoning grace. Our sins are Pièce Terminale: Choral Alléluiatique Nº IV many, this we know; ;Spare us, good Lord, thy mercy shew; And for the honour of thy (Date of Completion: 16 December 1931) Name Our fainting souls to life reclaim. Give us self-control that springs From discipline A Jean de Valois of outward things, That fasting inward secretly The soul may purely dwell with thee. We pray E E E thee, Holy Trinity, One God, unchanging Unity, That we from this our abstinence May reap G r a d u a l • D i r i g a t u r o r a t i o m e a the fruits of penitence. Amen. —Lenten Office Hymn (Gregory the Great, 540-604; translated by John Mason Neale, 1818-1866) CcacA×TcgcìtÍdzfgÍszwaNc[cacÖaftcGYcÎ6TcGY7z^%zhcGYzuh<>c{vv D I- ri- ga- tur * o- ra- ti- o me- a &c. ET my prayer be set forth in thy sight, as the incense, O Lord. = And let the lifting up Lof my hands: Be an evening sacrifice. (Psalm cxl/cxlj) XXXII. Dominica VII post Pentecosten Eva’s bonds were broken. Bound by Satan’s fetters, Health and vision needing, God will aid Pièce Terminale: Alléluia Nº IV and light us At thy gentle pleading. So, as now we journey Aid our weak endeavour, Till we (Date of Completion: 13 February 1931) gaze on Jesus, And rejoice for ever. That, O matchless maiden, Passing meek and lowly, Thy A son ami Marius Monnikendam (de La Haye) dear Son may make us Blameless, chaste, and holy. So, as now we journey Aid our weak E E E endeavour, Till we gaze on Jesus, And rejoice for ever. Father, Son, and Spirit, Three in One A l l e l u i a • O m n e s g e n t e s p l a u d i t e m a n i b u s confessing, Give we equal glory Equal praise and blessing. Amen. —Marian Office Hymn (IX † Tournemire mistakenly uses the Alleluia chant tune from the previous week: “Alleluia. In te Domine speravi”. century; translated by John Athelstan Laurie Riley, 1858-1945) Musical citation employed by Tournemire: Actual chant for the text below: A n t i p h o n • N a t i v i t a s t u a BcfcfGYcGY7z^ß%vkck/c[ckzkcGYz%$MvviÐhzzîuÏgzzygzyÎfzzrdMc{v Bcscfzfc5<vfÎhYcïhÐïkÐïhÅv8z&à^vygv»zHUz^ß%vtfMcv{vv VcscéwacfcgcèFYcàíhvv[vvhcgcçDRczgczrdczsmczsmc{c A L- le- lu- ia. * &c. A L- le- lu- ia * &c. A- ti- vi-tas tu-a, * De-i Ge-ni-trix Vir-go &c. N LLELUIA, alleluia. = O clap your hands together, all ye people: Sing unto God with the HY Nativity, O Virgin Mother of God, doth proclaim joyful tidings unto all the world: Avoice of melody. Alleluia. (Psalm xlvj/xlvij) Tfor out of thee arose the Sun of Righteousness, even Christ our God; which same hath taken away the curse to bestow a blessing, and despoiling death hath given unto us life everlasting. —Magnificat Antiphon A n t i p h o n • V i r g o p r u d e n t i s s i m a XXXVIII. Dominica XII post Pentecosten BvvscÞfcvscvvwavcvfcGYcàíhc[cvhcvìtÍdcfÃvíhgcë4z#@csmc{c Offertoire: Precatus est Moyses V Ir-go pru-den-tis-si-ma, * quo pro-gre- de- ris, &c. (Date of Completion: 2 May 1931) WISEST of virgins, whither goest thou, like to the Day-Spring gloriously rising? O A son illustre confrère Mgr. Raffaele Manari, professore d’organo daughter of Sion, altogether lovely art thou, and pleasant for delights, fair as the moon, alla Pontificia Scuola Superiore di Musica Sacra, Roma O E E E clear as the sun. —Magnificat Antiphon for First Vespers of the Assumption O f f e r t o i r e • P r e c a t u s e s t M o y s e s VcscfÎhÎdcsÁvfRcërdc[cfchchjhzz6z%zz#zzf,c{c P Re-ca- tus est * Mo-y- ses &c. XXXV. In Assumptione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis OSES besought the Lord his God, and said: Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against Pièce Terminale: Paraphrase-Carillon Mthy people? Turn from thy fierce wrath: remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy (Date of Completion: 4 February 1928) servants, to whom thou swearest to give a land flowing with milk and honey. And the Lord A l’ami, au maître, à Joseph Bonnet, organiste de Saint-Eustache repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. (Exodus xxxij) E E E I n v i t a t o r y • V e n i t e , e x s u l t e m u s D o m i n o BcFYckckckchcvhcvjcvvjcvhcvhc[c V E-ni-te, ex-sul-te-mus Do-mi-no, &c. XLII. Nativitas Beatæ Mariæ Virginis COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Pièce Terminale: Prélude et Louanges Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him (Date of Completion: 26 May 1930) O with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
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