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	Charles-Marie Widor: Biography - Classic Cat
		Widor was born in Paris to a family of organ-builders, and initially studied music there with his father, who was an organist himself.
		The French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, reviver of the art of organ-building, was a friend of the Widor family: he arranged for the talented young organist to study in Brussels, with Jacques Lemmens for organ technique and with François-Joseph Fétis, director of the Brussels Conservatoire for composition.
		Widor's best-known single piece for the organ is the final movement, Toccata, from his Symphony for Organ No. 5, which is often played as a recessional at wedding ceremonies and even at the close of the Christmas Midnight Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica.
	www.classiccat.net /widor_c/biography.htm (1356 words)

	Charles Marie Widor biography - 8notes.com
		Widor is best remembered today for the Toccata from his Symphony for Organ No. 5, which is often played as a recessional at wedding ceremonies.
		As a boy, Widor was a skilled improviser.
		In 1890 Widor succeeded Franck as organ professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
	www.8notes.com /biographies/widor.asp (243 words)

	Embellishments 2: Charles-Marie Widor: Complete Organ Symphonies
		The renowned French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, friend of the Widor family, was highly impressed by the young boy's talent and arranged for him to study organ in Brussels with Jacques Lemmens and composition with François-Joseph Fétis, director of the Brussels Conservatory.
		The preface to Symphonie I of the Widor edition includes essays on the place of organ music in Widor's oeuvre, his musical heritage, his development of the organ symphony, the first performances and publications, the sources, performance guidelines, and a technical description of the organ of Saint-Sulpice.
		Widor's "Avant-propos"; is given in a new English translation, side-by-side with the original French.
	www.areditions.com /rr/embellish/1997_02/widor.html (1112 words)

	THE WESTFALEN DRESSAGE STALLION WIDOR IS TRAINED TO GRAND PRIX AND STANDS AT STUD AT WINDSONG IN ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
		Ulla trained Widor, a Westphalian dressage stallion, and he stands at stud at Windsong in Albuquerque, NM.
		In 1998, at the Pantano CDI show in Arizona, she and Widor won all eight classes at Second Level.
		Widor is trained to Grand Prix and now stands at stud at Windsong.
	www.windsongdressage.com /widor.html (187 words)

	Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Piece Detail
		Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) was a pivotal exponent of this new genre.
		Widor cast his Sixth Symphony in a grand, five-movement arch - three bravura demonstrations in the tonic key separated by two tonally remote, lyrical introspections.
		Widor may have disdained "scholastic polyphony," but he is not above employing canonic devices or stressing his main tune with Lisztian thematic transformations.
	www.laphil.org /resources/piece_detail.cfm?id=1623 (659 words)

	Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Piece Detail
		Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) was a pivotal exponent of this new genre.
		Widor cast his Sixth Symphony in a grand, five-movement arch - three bravura demonstrations in the tonic key separated by two tonally remote, lyrical introspections.
		Widor may have disdained "scholastic polyphony," but he is not above employing canonic devices or stressing his main tune with Lisztian thematic transformations.
	www.laphil.com /resources/piece_detail.cfm?id=1623 (659 words)

	WIDOR in Maribo
		Widor was born in Lyon in 1844 and came - thanks to the intervention of Cavaillé-Coll - to Brussels from 1858 to study organplaying with Lemmens.
		On the organloft in St. Sulpice Widor was the king - a fact that is strongly emphasized by the stately photos that are preserved of him at the fantastic console of the organ.
		Widor was an advocate for the part of the teaching pertaining to repertoire and technical skills and soon caused a revolution in the area due to the ideas that he brought with him from his own learning years with Lemmens.
	www.sitecenter.dk /domorganist-maribo/widorinmariboenglish (2583 words)

	First Presbyterian Church - Music Ministries, Charles-Marie Widor Mass, Op. 36, February 29, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Widor (1844-1937) was a late Romantic French composer.
		Widor was to remain at this post for 64 years.
		Widor's only Mass was written around 1890 and was originally scored for a choir of male singers and a mixed choir, to be accompanied by two organs.
	www.fpcpdx.org /music/widormass.html (247 words)

	Charles-Marie Widor
		Although Widor's prime interest was the organ, he was in fact a man of the world who as a composer worked in many different styles.
		Charles-Marie Widor was born in 1844 at Lyon.
		Widor's 8th Organ Symphony is a milestone in the organ literature.
	home.hetnet.nl /~a.f.reijnaerdts/Widor.htm (1708 words)

	Widor Organ Symphony 3,4 9 [JPh]: Classical CD Reviews- Nov 2003 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This has caused Widor’s Organ symphonies to become relatively unknown but as with other works of similar composers this does not mean that the works here should be ignored.
		Widor’s 10 Organ Symphonies are superb examples of the organ composer’s art.
		Their relative obscurity can be put down to a number of factors including Widor’s prime activity which led him to be known as organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris and this at the tender age of 24.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /classrev/2003/Nov03/Widor3.htm (710 words)

	R E U T E R 8 2 2 . c o m
		The French organ builder Aristide Cavaille-Coll, reviver of the art of organ-building, was a friend of the Widor family: he arranged for the talented young organist to study in Brussels, with Jacques Lemmens for organ technique and with Francois-Joseph Fetis, director of the Brussels Conservatoire for composition.
		In 1870, with the combined lobbying of Cavaille-Coll, Charles Gounod and Camille Saint-Saens, the 24-year-old Widor was appointed as organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, the most prominent position for a French organist.
		Widor had several students in Paris who were to become famous composers in their own right, most notably Darius Milhaud, Marcel Dupre and Edgar Varese.
	www.reuter822.com /demowidor.html (832 words)

	GMCD 7182 - Widor Jongen and Parker
		At the age of 11 Widor was appointed organist at the Lycée in his home city of Lyon where his playing attracted the attention of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, one of the most influential organ builders in the history of the instrument.
		Widor remained there for an amazing 64 years becoming one of the most important and influential figures in the city’s musical life and a key figure in turn-of-the-century French music.
		Widor is now remembered almost exclusively for his compositions for solo organ.
	www.guildmusic.com /catalog/gui7182z.htm (1471 words)

	Charles-Marie Widor: Works for Violin & Piano
		There Janet Packer found one of Widor's violin and piano scores and was impressed enough to seek out other of his works for that combination.
		Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) is best known today as a composer for the organ.
		Inspired by his teacher César Franck, he created the genre of the organ symphony and was for 64 years the organist at Saint-Sulpice, which housed one of the finest organs in France.
	www.classical-music-review.org /reviews/Widor.html (550 words)

	David Aprahamian Liddle - Composer and concert organist
		This work was perhaps Widor's personal favourite, and we have the wonderful legacy of a recording of the 88 year old composer playing much of the Gothique in April 1932.
		Widor and Schweitzer were prominent collaborators and exponents of Bach's organ music.
		For example, in the 2nd movement of Widor's 7th Symphony there is an extraordinary texture, created by having two voices in the pedals under 4 voices in the manuals: strongly echoing the lay-out of Bach's 6-part "Aus tiefer Not".
	www.davidliddle.org /Widor7.htm (1256 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Widor - 10 organ symphonies: Music: Charles-Marie Widor,Pierre Pincemaille (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Widor may take the credit for creating the French organ symphony, but those by his pupil Louis Vierne seem more popular both with organists and recording companies.
		What makes this issue a must for organ buffs is that each one of Widor's symphonies is recorded on an instrument by Aristide Cavaille-Coll, who built the instrument at Saint-Sulpice in Paris (heard in Symphony No. 6), where Widor was organist for 64 years.
		Widor himself gave the first performance of No. 5 on the organ of St Fran?ois-de-Sales, Lyon, and wrote his last organ symphony for St Sernin, Toulouse, both accordingly featured in those works here.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Widor-10-organ-symphonies-Charles-Marie/dp/B000055Y1V (674 words)

	Charles-Marie Vidor
		In his works for the organ we see his preoccupation with creating the sweeping gesture, and he, more than Franck, was the creator of the symphony for organ.
		He didn't shrink from feats of technique - certainly always in the interest of convincing musical development - and took command of the symphonic tone colours and flexibility of Cavaillé-Coll's works to raise them to the same rank as the orchestral symphony.
		Widor repeated many times what he owed to Cavaillé-Coll both musically and in terms of his career.
	www.culture.gouv.fr /culture/cavaille-coll/en/vidor.html (369 words)

	- Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3
		Widor occupies an important position in the idiosyncratic tradition of French organ music, serving as organist at St Sulpice in Paris for 64 years.
		His symphonic poem La nuit de Walpurgis (Walpurgis Night) is scored for chorus and orchestra and the Ouverture espagnole suggests the interest in Spain that led Widor to establish a house in Madrid for the use of French musicians.
		While the name of Widor is not immediately associated with opera, he nevertheless had some success with his Les pêcheurs de Saint-Jean (The Fishermen of St John) at the Opéra-Comnique in 1905.
	www.karadar.it /Dictionary/widor.html (261 words)

	Classy Classical: Charles-Marie Widor's Toccata
		Widor is best remembered today for the Toccata, but he was a brilliant composer, organist and teacher.
		Widor wrote a total of ten symphonies for the organ.
		Interestingly, Widor's education on the organ can be traced in an unbroken line back to Bach himself.
	classyclassical.blogspot.com /2005/10/charles-marie-widors-toccata.html (386 words)

	Bombarde's French Organ Music Pages: Widor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Widor composed a huge amount of music for orchestra and other instruments besides the organ, but his organ music remains more famous today.
		Of these, I have to start with a recommendation of the famous 5th Symphony, which is actually in a less symphonic style than the later works like 7 and 8.
		However, they still display plentiful hints of Widor's character forming, and are enjoyable pieces nonetheless.
	members.tripod.com /bombarde/orgwidor.html (384 words)

	Widor Santiago : Melt Music, An exciting mix of world music and music from South Africa
		Widor Santiago started his musical studies at the age of 7 with his father, who plays the saxophone, as his tutor.
		Widor moved to Brasilia, where he formed a group called Quattuor Jazz and became well known by jazz fans.
		Over the past three years, Widor has dedicated himself to instrumental jazz and is generally considered to be one of the best saxophone players around.
	www.melt2000.com /page.html?chapter=0&id=56 (255 words)

	Widor, Jongen, Parker: organ music [HC]: Classical Reviews- August 2001 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Charles-Marie Widor has written a huge amount of organ music, the crown of it being his ten organ symphonies, a genre he really created.
		Though the original commission was for an organ concerto, Widor decided - for whatever reason - not to compose a new work but rather to rework some existing material.
		The symphony was performed in Philadelphia in March 1919, the conductor then was Stokowski who apparently made some changes to Widor's orchestration though we are not told to what extent he "tinkered" with it.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /classRev/2001/Aug01/Widor_Jongen.htm (602 words)

	- Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3
		Widor occupies an important position in the idiosyncratic tradition of French organ music, serving as organist at St Sulpice in Paris for 64 years.
		His symphonic poem La nuit de Walpurgis (Walpurgis Night) is scored for chorus and orchestra and the Ouverture espagnole suggests the interest in Spain that led Widor to establish a house in Madrid for the use of French musicians.
		While the name of Widor is not immediately associated with opera, he nevertheless had some success with his Les pêcheurs de Saint-Jean (The Fishermen of St John) at the Opéra-Comnique in 1905.
	www.karadar.com /dictionary/widor.html (261 words)

	Widor: Organ Symphonies 3, 4, 9 - Marie-Claire Alain : album review
		Charles-Marie Widor played a big part in forming the genre of the organ symphony.
		Strange, you might think, to write a symphony for organ when there's a full orchestra available to you, but when you consider the organs that Widor would have been writing for in France, they have enough voices in their own right.
		Widor's organ symphonies have suffered through the relative popularity of his Toccata, often extracted from the fifth symphony and performed alone.
	www.musicomh.com /albums/widor.htm (353 words)

	DoveSong.com -- Widor
		Widor, born in Lyons, France, was the organist at great Saint-Sulpice cathedral in Paris from 1870 to 1934.
		Widor's last symphony, the "Romane", is very beautiful.
		Works performed by Charle-Marie Widor at Saint-Sulpice, Louis Vierne at Notre-Dame, and by Marcel Dupre in London, and Olivier Messiaen's Le Banquet céleste and L'Ascension played at the L'eglise de la Trinité in Paris.
	www.dovesong.com /positive_music/archives/romantic/Widor.asp (121 words)

	Widor, Symphonie Gothique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		These had their origins in improvised Magnificat versets played by Widor at the inauguration of the Cavaillé-Coll organ of St. Ouen in Rouen.
		This new edition of the Wiener Urtext edition is based upon the first edition (no manuscript scores have survived) and on further editions published during Widor’s lifetime.
		A recording made in 1932 of Widor’s own playing has been studied in conjunction with the printed source materials.
	www.schott-music.com /pservice/wienerurtextnews/show,3491.html (144 words)

	WIDOR, Charles Marie
		He collaborated with his pupil, the German theologian, organist, and missionary Albert Schweitzer, on an edition of the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
		Widor’s organ works, particularly the ten symphonies, or suites, exploit the resources of the organ to the full and bring forth its grandest effects.
		It's another chapter of complex, deadly and controversial engineering failures, using 3-D animation, forensic engineering experts, and footage of the actual.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=225848 (464 words)

	CNP Articles - In Church with Widor
		Widor was one of the greatest of improvisers, and on several occasions I have heard him improvise movements of such splendor as to rival the greatest movements of his symphonies.
		Then the organ down in the choir answered, and again Widor pressed down the five banks of keys and we were riven with vast peals of sound.
		The ritual, the liturgy, and most especially the chant are exactly the same as empowered Charles-Marie Widor in the Parisian Church of Saint-Sulpice at the turn of the 20th century.
	www.canticanova.com /articles/misc/art7ad1.htm (884 words)

	CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR & PHILIPPE BELLENOT: The Widor Mass, with improvisations & LEFEBURE-WELY: O Salutaris - Daniel ...
		Widor was one of the important figures in the French symphonic organ school and he wrote his mass especially for these two organs and for a double chorus of St. Sulpice.
		The choir organ usually doubles the choral parts, and with both organs in action plus the double choruses, the extended reverberation of the St. Sulpice interior sets up a rich overstuffed sonic stew that is something to hear.
		There are a total of 22 tracks to the Mass, because in between Widor's compositions for the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus etc., we have various improvisations on the preceding music - played by organist Roth at the Grand Organ.
	www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=1599 (506 words)

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