Think of the Tournemire way of writing an
organ score as a "pictural" way of writing.

The manuals and the pedal are placed in the
score as they are situated in front of you
at the console of the organ. So it is (sort
of) an picture where you get a spacial feeling
for "hight=up/down" and "depth=far away/closer
to the organ bench".

Sorry that a little more complicated thoughts
easily get even more difficult to understand
when I try to discribe them in my second language
(the first being Swedish:-)


Yours
/ Siggy


--- In thejoyoforganplaying@y..., sigvard_selinus <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> What I find interesting in Tournemire's organ
> score writing, is that he often uses a "sort
> of an orchestral writing" (I can't find better
> words for it for the moment).
>
> He often has, from top to bottom of the score:
> Man III, Man II, Man I and Pedal.
>
> It might not sound very advanced to you, but
> it can be. Imagine for instance reading from
> top to bottom of an organ score: tenor on
> 3rd manual, alto on 2nd manual, soprano on
> 1st manual and pedal.
>
> I can tell you it isn't easy the first time
> you try playing it. But it gets easier over
> time. Also it makes it easier if you come to
> different solutions for which hand is to play
> which part.
>
> So even if it starts as The Pain of Organ
> Playing, it developes soon to The joy of
> Organ Playing (just to make sure this is
> topic:-)
>
>
> Also Bengt Hambraeus (Swedish/Canadian composer)
> uses the same kind of scoring, I've noticed.
>
>
> Yours
> / Siggy