Charles-Marie Widor

Synopsis

French composer, organist, teacher

• 1844 born in Lyon
• 1863 Brussels to study organ with Lemmens and composition with Fétis
• to 1937 Paris

For details, see the Wikipedia article.

List of Organ Works

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Opus	Title
13/1	Symphonie pour orgue No. 1 (1872, Hamelle)
13/2	Symphonie pour orgue No. 2 (1872, Hamelle)
13/3	Symphonie pour orgue No. 3 (1872, Hamelle)
13/4	Symphonie pour orgue No. 4 (1872, Hamelle)
31	Marche américaine (transc. by Marcel Dupré: no. 11 from 12 Feuillets d’Album op. 31, Hamelle)
42/1	Symphonie pour orgue No. 5 (1879, Hamelle)
42/2	Symphonie pour orgue No. 6 (1879, Hamelle)
42/3	Symphonie pour orgue No. 7 (1887, Hamelle)
42/4	Symphonie pour orgue No. 8 (1879, Hamelle)
64	Marche Nuptiale op. 64 (1892) (transc., from Conte d'Avril, Schott)
70	Symphonie Gothique pour orgue (No. 9), (1895, Schott)
73	Symphonie Romane pour orgue (No. 10), (1900, Hamelle)
73+	Bach's Memento (1925, Hamelle)
86	Suite Latine (1927, Durand)
87	Trois Nouvelles Pièces (1934, Durand)

General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works

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Registration and Organs

Quentin Faulkner, "Information on Organ Registration From a Student of J.S. Bach."

Translation and commentary by Quentin Faulkner on a 1758 article by Agricola, student of J. S. Bach, on organ registration.

Stephen Roberts, "A Visit to Arnstadt."

A detailed description of the organ at which Bach presided at the beginning of his career as organist, a report of the restoration of the organ in 1999, and the author's conclusions on registration for that organ.

Fingering and Pedaling

Faulkner, Quentin. J. S. Bach's Keyboard Fingering: New Evidence. Lincoln, NE: Univ. of Nebraska, 1980.

An analysis of three early fingering sources.