Widor: The Life and Times of Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937.

New York, NY Oxford University Press, 1987. Hardcover First Edition (1987): Second Printing with corrections (1989). EX-LIBRARY, showing the usual marks and treatments. Else, Fine in Fine DJ: The Book is flawless but for the library markings; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only the expected library marks and treatments..The DJ is also flawless but for the library treatments; mylar-protected, NOT a Remainder or Book-Club. 8vo. (8.75 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches). ix, 116 pages. Notes, Appendix, Bibliography. Index. Foreward by Felix Aprahamian. Language: English. Weight: 10.7 ounces. Blue cloth over boards with stamped gilt titles at the backstrip. First Edition (1987): Second Printing with corrections (1989). Hardback with DJ. Charles-Marie Widor was a French organist, composer and teacher of the mid-Romantic era, most notable for his ten organ symphonies. His Toccata from the fifth organ symphony has become one of the best known and most often performed works for organ. He is the longest-serving organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, a role he held for 63 years. 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 unjustly overshadowed by contemporaries Saint-Saëns, Franck, and Debussy. This comprehensive biography describes his life amid the intellectual and political ferment of the Third Republic and his relations with a variety of musicians, authors, artists, politicians, Popes, and Kings.