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. He was 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.

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. He was 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.

The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a composition for organ from the Baroque period which was long attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, but whose authorship has been questioned since 1981. It is one of the most widely recognisable works in the organ repertoire. It was written between 1704 and the 1750s. The piece opens with a toccata section followed by a fugue that ends in a coda, and is typical of the north German organ school of the Baroque era. Little was known about its early existence until the piece was discovered in an undated manuscript produced by Johannes Ringk. It was first published in 1833 during the early Bach Revival period through the efforts of composer Felix Mendelssohn, who also performed the piece in 1840. In the 20th century, its popularity rose above that of other organ compositions by Bach, as exemplified by its inclusion in Walt Disney's 1940 animated film Fantasia using Leopold Stokowski's orchestral transcription from 1927. The piece has been subject to a wide, and often conflicting, variety of analyses. It is often described as a type of program music depicting a storm, while its depiction in Fantasia is suggestive of non-representational or absolute music. The English musicologist Peter Williams questioned its authorship in 1981, and as of 2026, there is no scholarly consensus.

Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn is a minuet for solo piano written by Maurice Ravel in 1909 to mark the centenary of Joseph Haydn's death.

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. He was 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.

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. He was 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.

The Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18, known as the Scottish, is a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, composed between 1829 and 1842.

An organ symphony is a piece for solo pipe organ in various movements. It is a symphonic genre, not so much in musical form (in which it is more similar to the organ sonata or suite), but in imitating orchestral tone color, texture, and symphonic process. Though the very first organ symphony was written by German composer Wilhelm Valentin Volckmar in 1867, the genre is mainly associated with French romanticism. César Franck wrote what is considered to be the first French organ symphony in his Grande Pièce Symphonique several years earlier, and the composers Charles-Marie Widor, who wrote ten organ symphonies, and his pupil Louis Vierne, who wrote six, continued to cultivate the genre. Modern composers such as Jean Guillou have written organ symphonies as well. The term organ symphony is also used occasionally to refer to orchestral symphonies with a prominent solo role for an organ (as distinct from an organ concerto). The best known examples of such pieces are Camille Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3 and the Symphony for Organ and Orchestra by Aaron Copland, though strictly speaking such pieces are closer in form to orchestral symphonies than to the solo organ works described above. This page lists the best known symphonies for solo pipe organ and symphonies for orchestra and organ. Organ concertos (such as those by George Frideric Handel, Francis Poulenc, and David Briggs) are not listed here; neither are orchestral symphonies featuring calling for organ where the organ does not have a prominent solo part (such as those by Gustav Mahler or Arnold Bax).

The Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18, known as the Scottish, is a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, composed between 1829 and 1842.

The Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18, known as the Scottish, is a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, composed between 1829 and 1842.

The Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18, known as the Scottish, is a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, composed between 1829 and 1842.

The Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1, is an organ symphony composed by Charles-Marie Widor between 1878 and 1879, whilst he was the organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris. It was first performed in public on 19 October 1879, when it was played by the composer at the city's Trocadéro Palace. Following its initial publication, Widor made changes to the work in four subsequent editions. The full symphony lasts for about 35 minutes, and was recorded by Widor in April 1932. The final movement, a toccata, is one of the most commonly-known and frequently recorded organ pieces, having come to widespread attention when it replaced Mendelssohn's Wedding March at the marriage of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960.

The Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1, is an organ symphony composed by Charles-Marie Widor between 1878 and 1879, whilst he was the organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris. It was first performed in public on 19 October 1879, when it was played by the composer at the city's Trocadéro Palace. Following its initial publication, Widor made changes to the work in four subsequent editions. The full symphony lasts for about 35 minutes, and was recorded by Widor in April 1932. The final movement, a toccata, is one of the most commonly-known and frequently recorded organ pieces, having come to widespread attention when it replaced Mendelssohn's Wedding March at the marriage of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960.

The Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1, is an organ symphony composed by Charles-Marie Widor between 1878 and 1879, whilst he was the organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris. It was first performed in public on 19 October 1879, when it was played by the composer at the city's Trocadéro Palace. Following its initial publication, Widor made changes to the work in four subsequent editions. The full symphony lasts for about 35 minutes, and was recorded by Widor in April 1932. The final movement, a toccata, is one of the most commonly-known and frequently recorded organ pieces, having come to widespread attention when it replaced Mendelssohn's Wedding March at the marriage of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960.

Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 2 in E♭ major, Op. 63, was completed on 28 February 1911 and was premiered at the London Musical Festival at the Queen's Hall by the Queen's Hall Orchestra on 24 May 1911 with the composer conducting. The work, which Elgar called "the passionate pilgrimage of the soul", was his last completed symphony; the composition of his Symphony No. 3, begun in 1933, was cut short by his death in 1934. The dedication reads: Dedicated to the memory of His late Majesty King Edward VII. This Symphony, designed early in 1910 to be a loyal tribute, bears its present dedication with the gracious approval of His Majesty the King. The more personal nature of this work, however, is clear in a letter to friend and close correspondent Alice Stuart-Wortley, in which Elgar states: I have written out my soul in the concerto, Symphony No. 2 and the Ode and you know it ... in these three works I have shewn myself.

Symphonie gothique, also unofficially known as Symphony for Organ No. 9 in C minor, Op. 70, is an organ symphony written by French organist and composer Charles-Marie Widor between 1894 and 1895.

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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. He was 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.

The Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1, is an organ symphony composed by Charles-Marie Widor between 1878 and 1879, whilst he was the organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris. It was first performed in public on 19 October 1879, when it was played by the composer at the city's Trocadéro Palace. Following its initial publication, Widor made changes to the work in four subsequent editions. The full symphony lasts for about 35 minutes, and was recorded by Widor in April 1932. The final movement, a toccata, is one of the most commonly-known and frequently recorded organ pieces, having come to widespread attention when it replaced Mendelssohn's Wedding March at the marriage of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960.

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. He was 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.

The Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18, known as the Scottish, is a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, composed between 1829 and 1842.

The Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18, known as the Scottish, is a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, composed between 1829 and 1842.

The Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1, is an organ symphony composed by Charles-Marie Widor between 1878 and 1879, whilst he was the organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris. It was first performed in public on 19 October 1879, when it was played by the composer at the city's Trocadéro Palace. Following its initial publication, Widor made changes to the work in four subsequent editions. The full symphony lasts for about 35 minutes, and was recorded by Widor in April 1932. The final movement, a toccata, is one of the most commonly-known and frequently recorded organ pieces, having come to widespread attention when it replaced Mendelssohn's Wedding March at the marriage of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960.

The Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1, is an organ symphony composed by Charles-Marie Widor between 1878 and 1879, whilst he was the organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris. It was first performed in public on 19 October 1879, when it was played by the composer at the city's Trocadéro Palace. Following its initial publication, Widor made changes to the work in four subsequent editions. The full symphony lasts for about 35 minutes, and was recorded by Widor in April 1932. The final movement, a toccata, is one of the most commonly-known and frequently recorded organ pieces, having come to widespread attention when it replaced Mendelssohn's Wedding March at the marriage of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960.