Charles-Marie Widor
Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies, especially the toccata of his fifth organ symphony, which is frequently played as recessional music at weddings and other celebrations. As of 2022, he is the longest-serving organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, a role he held for 63 years (January 1870 – 31 December 1933). He also was organ professor at the Paris Conservatory from 1890 to 1896 (following César Franck) and then he became professor of composition at the same institution, following Théodore Dubois. Widor was a prolific composer, writing music for organ, piano, voice and ensembles. Apart from his ten organ symphonies, he also wrote three symphonies for orchestra and organ, several songs for piano and voice, four operas and a ballet. He was one of the first composers to use the term "symphony" for some of his organ compositions, helped in this by the organs built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-1390 | 10-in. | 6/1/1904 | Tantum ergo | William F. Hooley | Male vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Victor | C-6200 | 12-in. | 5/18/1908 | Le marriage des roses | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-12840 | 12-in. | 1/24/1913 | Serenade | Tollefsen Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | C-21305 | 12-in. | 12/26/1917 | Sérenáde | Cherniavsky Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | B-21305 | 10-in. | 12/26/1917 | Sérenáde | Cherniavsky Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | B-32410 | 10-in. | 4/10/1925 | Ave Maria | Mrs. Hugh Ward | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | CS-04012 | 12-in. | 1/10/1937 | The Passion of our Lord according to St. Matthew : Finale | Charles M. Courboin | Organ solo | arranger | |
Victor | CS-04013 | 12-in. | 1/10/1937 | The Passion of our Lord according to St. Matthew : Finale | Charles M. Courboin | Organ solo | arranger | |
Columbia | 46162 | 10-in. | 10/27/1915 | Serenade | Columbia Instrumental Quartette | Instrumental quartet | composer | |
Columbia | 46232 | 10-in. | 12/2/1915 | Serenade | Trio de Lutece | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Columbia | 6898 | 12-in. | approximately 1916 | Sérénade | William Murdoch ; Albert Sammons ; W. H. Squire | Piano trio | composer | |
Columbia | 76975 | 12-in. | 5/8/1923 | Sérénade | Arthur Catterall ; William Murdoch ; W. H. Squire | Piano trio | composer | |
Brunswick | 3593-3594 | 10-in. | approximately Jan. 1920 | Serenade | Elshuco Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Edison | 2811 | 10-in. | Feb. 1914 | Sérénade | Gruppe Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Gramophone | BR186 | 10-in. | 3/3/1926 | Toccata in F | Reginald Goss-Custard | Organ solo | composer | |
Gramophone | CR880 | 12-in. | 3/30/1927 | Symphony no. 4 : Andante cantabile | Guy Weitz | Organ solo | composer | |
Gramophone | 2EA7398 | 12-in. | 3/17/1939 | Sérenáde | Clifford Greenwood ; London Palladium Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WFX217 | 12-in. | approximately July 1929 | Non credo | Jo Vincent | Female vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1490 | 10-in. | 3/5/1929 | Vieille chanson du jeune temps | Élie Cohen ; Lucien Fugère | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1608 | 10-in. | 4/18/1929 | Scherzo de la 2e symphonie : La chasse | Édouard Commette | Organ solo | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1609 | 10-in. | 4/18/1929 | Toccata | Édouard Commette | Organ solo | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1610 | 10-in. | 4/18/1929 | Toccata | Édouard Commette | Organ solo | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Widor, Charles-Marie," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103608.
Widor, Charles-Marie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103608.
"Widor, Charles-Marie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.
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