Biography
Charles-Marie Widor
Real name: Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor
Effective period / Period of releases: 1954 - 2021
French organist and composer, born February 21, 1844, in Lyon, died March 12, 1937, in Paris.Charles-Marie Widor was introduced to the art of the organ by his father François-Charles Widor (1811-1899). He was appointed to the post of organist of the Saint-Sulpice Church in Paris in 1870.
He wrote ten symphonies for organ.