Contents

pp v-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-xii

Foreword

pp xiii-xiv

Preface

pp xv-xxii

Acknowledgments

pp xxiii-xxiv

Introduction: Tribute to Charles-Marie Widor

pp 1-2

Part One - Studies, Early Performances, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1844–69)

pp 3-4

1 - Childhood memories

pp 5-6

2 - 1863: Studies with Lemmens and Fétis

pp 7-9

3 - 1865: The Porto Exposition and Ouverture portugaise

pp 10-10

4 - 1866–69: Organ inaugurations: Kensington, Notre-Dame de Paris, La Trinité

pp 11-12

5 - Concerts at Cavaillé-Coll’s demonstration hall

pp 13-14

6 - The Cavaillé-Colls, and the Saint-Denis organ

pp 15-16

7 - Baron Émile d’Erlanger, Gioacchino Rossini, Richard Wagner

pp 17-20

Part Two - La Belle Époque: The Franco-Prussian War to The Great War (1870–1914)

pp 21-22

8 - 1870: Appointment to Saint-Sulpice, Paris

pp 23-24

9 - 1870–71: The Siege of Paris and the Commune

pp 25-27

10 - 1872: Symphonies for Organ, op. 13

pp 28-28

11 - Organs in the Chapel of the Palace of Versailles and the Chapel of Les Invalides

pp 29-30

12 - 1874–76: The Sheffield organ inauguration, a Trio, and two Concertos

pp 31-31

13 - 1876: Bayreuth and the premiere of Wagner’s Ring

pp 32-32

14 - 1877: Notre-Dame-des-Champs

pp 33-33

15 - 1878: The Trocadéro organ and Franz Liszt

pp 34-35

16 - 1878–80: Symphony no. 6 for Organ; Psaume 112; La Nuit de Walpurgis

pp 36-36

17 - 1880: La Korrigane, ballet fantastique in two acts

pp 37-38

18 - Franck’s opera Hulda

pp 39-39

19 - Concerts at the Brussels Conservatory, 1880 and 1935

pp 40-40

20 - 1882: Symphony in G Minor, for Organ and Orchestra, op. 42[bis] at Royal Albert Hall

pp 41-41

21 - La Concordia

pp 42-42