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===Free Online===
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[http://youtu.be/J8vz1D_L_OE Toccata from 5th Symphony as performed by Charles Marie Widor]


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Revision as of 12:32, 29 September 2014

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)

Background and General Perspectives on Performing Widor Organ Works

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Registration and Organs

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See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page[1]

Fingering and Pedaling

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Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Toccata from 5th Symphony as performed by Charles Marie Widor

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Notes

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