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Charles-Marie Widor

1844 - 1937

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles-Marie Widor is the 199th most popular composer (up from 238th in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from France (up from 1,083rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Composer.

Charles-Marie Widor is most famous for his Symphonic Poem, "Organ Symphony."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Charles-Marie Widor ranks 199 out of 1,451. Before him are Stanisław Moniuszko, Samuel Barber, Michael Praetorius, Niccolò Piccinni, Jan Dismas Zelenka, and Luigi Nono. After him are Johann Stamitz, Witold Lutosławski, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Henry Mancini, Jordi Savall, and Anna Maria Mozart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Charles-Marie Widor ranks 24. Before him are Mary Cassatt, Pablo de Sarasate, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Ismail Qemali, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Muhammad Ahmad. After him are Abdur Rahman Khan, Julius Wellhausen, Adolf Engler, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Friedrich Miescher, and Sophia Tolstaya. Among people deceased in 1937, Charles-Marie Widor ranks 25. Before him are Gerda Taro, Austen Chamberlain, Gaston Doumergue, Andrew Mellon, Karol Szymanowski, and Jean Harlow. After him are Wallace Carothers, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Rudolf Otto, Keke Geladze, Frank B. Kellogg, and Ramsay MacDonald.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles-Marie Widor ranks 919 out of 6,770. Before him are Eleanor of Provence (1223), Martin Schongauer (1450), François Mansart (1598), Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Juliette Gréco (1927), and Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573). After him are Martin Bucer (1491), Victor of Aveyron (1793), Léon Gambetta (1838), Jacques Callot (1592), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Charles-Marie Widor ranks 33. Before him are Paul Dukas (1865), Marin Marais (1656), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Léonin (1135), Michel Legrand (1932), and François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775). After him are Pauline Viardot (1821), Fromental Halévy (1799), Lili Boulanger (1893), Philippe de Vitry (1291), Ernest Chausson (1855), and Albert Roussel (1869).

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