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Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 21, 1844 – March 12, 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher. He is best remembered today for the Toccata from his Symphony for Organ No. 5, which is often played at the end of wedding ceremonies. Widor was born in Lyon, and initially studied music there with his father, who was himself an organist. He got his first major job as an organist at the church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris in 1870, a post he held for the next 67 years. In 1890 he took over from Cesar Franck as organ professor at the Paris Conservatoire, where he later also became composition professor. Widor had several students in Paris who were to become famous composers in their own right, most notably Darius Milhaud and Marcel Dupr. He wrote music himself for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles, but only his works for organ are played with any regularity today. He wrote ten symphonies for the organ, of which the fifth is probably the best known thanks to its Toccata finale. He died in 1937, the same year as his former student, friend, and colleague Louis Vierne.

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Widor's "Toccata" (Vorbis format, 20 seconds, 79KB), from the Organ Symphony No. 5, probably Widor's best known movement

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