Widor, Charles-Marie

Widor, Charles-Marie (24 February 1845, Lyons; 12 March 1937, Paris), composer, studied organ with his father in his native city and with Nicolas Jacques Lemmens in Brussels before becoming organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris in 1870. Ultimately he succeeded César Franck as professor of organ at the Paris Conservatory. The organist’s other activities embraced providing music criticism for Estafette and serving as secretary to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, but he found additional time and energy…