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Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 21, 1844 – March 12, 1937) was a French organist, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and teacher.
r was born in Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
, France to a family of organ builders, and initially studied music there with his father, who was an organist himself. The French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll

Aristide Cavaill?-Coll was a France organ builder. He is considered by many to be the greatest pipe organ builder of the 19th century because he combined both science and art to make his instruments....
, reviver of the art of organ building, was a friend of the Widor family: he arranged for the talented young organist to study in Brussels, with Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens

Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens was an organist and composer for his instrument.He studied with Fran?ois-Joseph F?tis, who wanted to make him into a musician capable of renewing the organ-player's art in Belgium....
 for organ technique and with François-Joseph Fétis
François-Joseph Fétis

Fran?ois-Joseph F?tis was a Belgium musicology, composer, music critic and teacher. He was one of the most influential music critics of the 19th century, and his enormous compilation of biographical data in the Biographie universelle des musiciens remains an important source of information today....
, director of the Brussels Conservatoire
Koninklijk Conservatorium (Brussels)

The Koninklijk Conservatorium is a drama and music college in Brussels, Belgium. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in Belgium such as Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink....
 for composition.

In 1870, with the combined lobbying of Cavaillé-Coll, Charles Gounod
Charles Gounod

Charles-Fran?ois Gounod was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Rom?o et Juliette....
 and Camille Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saëns

Charles-Camille Saint-Sa?ns was a French composer, organist, Conductor , and pianist, known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre , Samson and Delilah , Havanaise , Introduction and Rondo capriccioso , and his Symphony No....
, the 26-year-old Widor was appointed as organist of Saint-Sulpice
Saint-Sulpice (Paris)

Saint-Sulpice is a famous Parisian church on the east side of the Place Saint-Sulpice, in the Luxembourg Quarter of the VIe arrondissement. At 113 meters long, 58 meters in width and 34 meters tall, it is only slightly smaller than Notre Dame de Paris and thus the second largest church in Paris....
 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, the most prominent position for a French organist.






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Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 21, 1844 – March 12, 1937) was a French organist, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and teacher.

Biography

Widor was born in Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
, France to a family of organ builders, and initially studied music there with his father, who was an organist himself. The French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll

Aristide Cavaill?-Coll was a France organ builder. He is considered by many to be the greatest pipe organ builder of the 19th century because he combined both science and art to make his instruments....
, reviver of the art of organ building, was a friend of the Widor family: he arranged for the talented young organist to study in Brussels, with Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens

Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens was an organist and composer for his instrument.He studied with Fran?ois-Joseph F?tis, who wanted to make him into a musician capable of renewing the organ-player's art in Belgium....
 for organ technique and with François-Joseph Fétis
François-Joseph Fétis

Fran?ois-Joseph F?tis was a Belgium musicology, composer, music critic and teacher. He was one of the most influential music critics of the 19th century, and his enormous compilation of biographical data in the Biographie universelle des musiciens remains an important source of information today....
, director of the Brussels Conservatoire
Koninklijk Conservatorium (Brussels)

The Koninklijk Conservatorium is a drama and music college in Brussels, Belgium. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in Belgium such as Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink....
 for composition.

In 1870, with the combined lobbying of Cavaillé-Coll, Charles Gounod
Charles Gounod

Charles-Fran?ois Gounod was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Rom?o et Juliette....
 and Camille Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saëns

Charles-Camille Saint-Sa?ns was a French composer, organist, Conductor , and pianist, known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre , Samson and Delilah , Havanaise , Introduction and Rondo capriccioso , and his Symphony No....
, the 26-year-old Widor was appointed as organist of Saint-Sulpice
Saint-Sulpice (Paris)

Saint-Sulpice is a famous Parisian church on the east side of the Place Saint-Sulpice, in the Luxembourg Quarter of the VIe arrondissement. At 113 meters long, 58 meters in width and 34 meters tall, it is only slightly smaller than Notre Dame de Paris and thus the second largest church in Paris....
 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, the most prominent position for a French organist. The organ at St-Sulpice was Cavaillé-Coll's masterwork; the instrument's spectacular capabilities proved an inspiration to Widor. Widor remained as organist at St-Sulpice for 64 years until the end of 1933. He was succeeded in 1934 by his former student Marcel Dupré
Marcel Dupré

Marcel Dupr? , was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue....
. Meanwhile, in 1890 he succeeded César Franck
César Franck

C?sar Franck , a Belgian composer, organist and music teacher who lived in France, was one of the great figures in Romantic music in the second half of the 19th century....
 as organ professor at the Paris Conservatoire; he later gave up his post in organ to become composition professor in 1896.

Widor's best-known single piece for the organ is the final movement, Toccata
Toccata

Toccata is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard instrument or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugue interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers....
, from his Symphony for Organ No. 5
Symphony for Organ No. 5 (Widor)

The Organ Symphony No. 5 in f Minor was composed by Charles-Marie Widor in 1879 in music. It lasts for about thirty-five minutes....
, which is often played as a recessional at wedding
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 ceremonies and even at the close of the Christmas
Christmas

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 Midnight Mass
Mass (music)

The Mass, a Musical form of sacred music, is a choir composition that sets the fixed portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music. Most Masses are settings of Mass in Latin, the traditional language of the Roman Catholic Church, but there are a significant number written in the languages of non-Catholic countries where vernacular worship h...
 at Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican City, Rome). This piece is simply known as "Widor's Toccata". Although the Fourth Symphony also opens with a Toccata, it is in a dramatically different (and earlier) style. The Toccata from Symphony No. 5 is the first of the toccatas characteristic of French Romantic organ music, and served as a model for later works by Boellmann, Mulet, and Dupré. Widor was pleased with the world-wide renown this single piece afforded him, but he was unhappy with how fast many other organists played it. Widor himself always played the Toccata rather deliberately. Many organists play it at speed whereas Widor preferred a more controlled articulation to be involved. He recorded the piece, along with his Symphony Gothique at St. Sulpice in his eighty-eighth year. The tempo used for the Toccata is quite slow.

Widor had several students in Paris who were to become famous composers and organists in their own right, most notably Louis Vierne
Louis Vierne

Louis Victor Jules Vierne was a renowned French organ ist and composer. He was born October 8, 1870 in Poitiers and died June 2, 1937 in Paris....
, Charles Tournemire
Charles Tournemire

Charles Tournemire was a France composer and organist, most famous for his improvisations. While he could play the conventional organ literature expertly, he rarely played anything in his titular post other than his own improvised works....
, Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six - also known as the Groupe des Six - and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century....
 (who was to later strongly influence jazz pianist Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck

David Warren Brubeck , better known as Dave Brubeck, is an United States Jazz piano. Regarded as a jazz icon, he has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke"....
), Marcel Dupré
Marcel Dupré

Marcel Dupr? , was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue....
, Alexander Schreiner
Alexander Schreiner

Alexander Schreiner was one of the most noted organists of the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ. He also wrote the music to several The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymns, several of which are in the Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....
, and Edgard Varèse
Edgard Varèse

Edgard Victor Achille Charles Var?se, whose name was also spelled Edgar Var?se , was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States....
. Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer was a German theology, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Kaysersberg in the province of Elsass-Lothringen of the German Empire....
 studied with him, especially from 1899, and master and pupil collaborated on an annotated edition of J. S. Bach's organ works published in 1912-14: Widor, whose own master Lemmens was an important Bach exponent, encouraged Schweitzer's theological exploration of Bach's religious music. He wrote music himself for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles (some of his songs for voice and piano are especially notable) and composed four opera
Opera

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s and a ballet
Ballet

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, but only his works for organ are played with any regularity today. Widor showed no interest in breaking new ground by stretching tonality to its limits, as many of his colleagues did. However, his music is not unoriginal or dull. Much of it is tremendously effective in the most idiomatic way for the organ, but it offers few startling surprises.

Over his career Widor returned again and again to edit his earlier music, even after publication. His biographer John Near reports "Ultimately, it was discovered that over a period of about sixty years, as many as eight different editions were issued for some of the symphonies." (ref. Near)

Widor's organ works include: ten Organ Symphonies
Organ Symphony

This page lists the best known Organ Symphony for solo pipe organ and Symphony for Orchestra and Organ. Organ concertos are not listed here....
, three Symphonies
Symphony

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 for orchestra with organ, Suite Latine, Trois Nouvelles Pièces, and six arrangements of works by Bach under the title Bach's Memento (1925). The organ symphonies are his most significant contribution to the organ repertoire.

It seems unusual to assign the term "symphony
Symphony

A symphony is a musical composition, often extended and usually for orchestra. "Symphony" does not imply a specific form. Many symphonies are tonality works in four movement with the first in sonata form, and this is often described by music theorists as the structure of a "Classical period " symphony, although even some symphonies by the ac...
" to a work written for one instrument. However, Widor was at the forefront of a revival in French organ music, which had sunk to its nadir during the nineteenth century. A prime mover in this revival was Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll

Aristide Cavaill?-Coll was a France organ builder. He is considered by many to be the greatest pipe organ builder of the 19th century because he combined both science and art to make his instruments....
, who pioneered a new organ that was "symphonic" in style. The organ of the Baroque and Classical periods was designed to project a clear and crisp sound capable of handling contrapuntal writing. Cavaillé-Coll's organs had a much warmer sound, ideal for the homophonic style of writing that now predominated, and a vast array of stops that extended the timbre
Timbre

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 of the instrument. This new style of organ with a truly orchestral range of voicing encouraged composers to write music that was truly symphonic in scope. This trend was not limited to France, and was reflected in Germany by the organs built by Eberhard Friedrich Walcker and the works of Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt was a Kingdom of Hungary composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher.Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 19th century....
, Julius Reubke
Julius Reubke

Julius Reubke was a Germany composer, piano and Pipe organ. In his short life — he died at the age of 24 — he composed the Sonata on the 94th Psalm, in C minor, which was and still is one of the greatest pipe organ works in the repertoire....
, and Max Reger
Max Reger

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.

Widor's symphonies can be divided into three groups. The first four symphonies comprise Op. 13 (1872) and are more properly termed "suites" (Widor himself called them "collections".) They represent Widor's early style. Widor made later revisions to the earlier symphonies. Some of these revisions were quite extensive. The early symphonies show great variety in writing, but neither the individual movements nor the symphonies themselves compare to his later works.

With the Opus 42 symphonies, Widor shows his mastery and refinement of his contrapuntal technique, while exploring to the fullest the capabilities of the Cavaille-Coll organs for which these works were written. The Fifth Symphony has five movements, the last of which is the famous Toccata. The Sixth Symphony is also famous for its opening movement. The Seventh and Eighth Symphonies are the longest and most obscure of Widor's Symphonies. The Seventh Symphony contains six movements, and the Eighth Symphony has seven.

The ninth and tenth symphonies, respectively termed "Gothique" (Op. 70, of 1895) and "Romane" (Op. 73, of 1900), are much more introspective. They both derive thematic material from plainchant. The second movement of the Symphonie Gothique, entitled "Andante sostenuto", is one of Widor's most-beloved pieces. The third movement of Symphonie Romane is entitled Cantiléne and is the only piece in his symphonies and possibly all his organ works to be written on 4 staves. In general, however, although these symphonies are considered to represent the pinnacle of Widor's development as a composer, they are not as well-known as the fifth and sixth symphonies.

Compositions

Rough dates of composition/publication are in brackets, along with the original publisher, if known.

Organ solo

  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 1 op. 13 no. 1 (1872, Hamelle)
  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 2 op. 13 no. 2 (1872, Hamelle)
  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 3 op. 13 no. 3 (1872, Hamelle)
  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 4 op. 13 no. 4 (1872, Hamelle)
  • Marche Americaine (transc. by Marcel Dupré: no. 11 from 12 Feuillets d’Album op. 31, Hamelle)
  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 5 op. 42 no. 1 (1887, Hamelle)
  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 6 op. 42 no. 2 (1887, Hamelle)
  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 7 op. 42 no. 3 (1887, Hamelle)
  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 8 op. 42 no. 4 (1887, Hamelle)
  • Marche Nuptiale op. 64 (1892) (trasc., from Conte d'Avril, Schott)
  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 9 "Gothique" op. 70 (1895, Schott)
  • Symphonie pour orgue No. 10 "Romane" op. 73 (1900, Hamelle)
  • Bach's Memento (1925, Hamelle)
  • Suite Latine op. 86 (1927, Durand)
  • Trois Nouvelles Pièces op. 87 (1934, Durand)


Piano solo

  • Sérénade op. 3 no. 4 (arr. Leistner) (Hamelle)
  • Airs de ballet op. 4 (Hamelle)
  • Scherzo-valse op. 5 (Durand)
  • Sérénade op. 6 (Benacci-Peschier)
  • La prière op. 7
  • L'orientale, scherzo op. 8
  • Caprice op. 9
  • Sérénade op. 10 (Hamelle)
  • 3 Valses op. 11 (Hamelle)
  • Impromptu op. 12 (Hamelle)
  • 6 Morceau de Salon op. 15 (1872, Hamelle)
  • Prelude, andante et final op. 17
  • Scènes de Bal op. 20
  • 6 Valses caractéristiques op. 26 (1877, Hamelle)
  • Variations sur un thème original pour piano op. 29 (1867, Hamelle)
  • 12 Feuillets d’Album op. 31 (1877, Hamelle)
  • [5 Valses] op. 33 (Hamelle)
  • Conte d'Automne op. 42 no. 1 (1904, Hamelle) (transc. of 2nd movement from Symphonie pour orgue No. 5)
  • Toccata op. 42 no. 1 (transc. of 5th mvt from Symphonie pour orgue No. 5) (Hamelle)
  • Dans les bois op. 44 (Hamelle)
  • Romance op. 46
  • Suite polonaise op. 51 (1885, Hamelle)
  • Suite op. 58 (1887, Hamelle)
  • Carnaval, douze pièces pour piano op. 61
  • Nocturne, from Contes d'Avril op. 64
  • [5 Valses] op. 71 (Hamelle)
  • Suite Écossaise op.78 (1905, Joseph Williams)
  • La Barque (Fantaisie Italienne) (1877, Durand)
  • La Corricolo (Fantaisie Italienne) (1877, Durand)
  • Fileuse (1909)
  • Introduction (Hamelle)
  • Intermezzo (Hamelle)


Piano duo

  • Sérénade op. 10 - 2 Pianos (arr. Frène) (Hamelle)
  • Symphony No. 1 op. 16 - Piano Duet (Durand)
  • March americaine op. 31 no. 11 - Piano Duet (1890, Hamelle)
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 op. 39 (1876, Hamelle) - 2 Pianos
  • Toccata op. 42 no. 1 - 2 Pianos (arr. Isidor Philipp) (transc. of 5th mvt from Symphonie pour orgue No. 5) (Schirmer)
  • Symphony No. 2 op. 54 - Piano Duet (Durand)
  • Fantaisie op. 62 - 2 Pianos (Durand)
  • Contes d'Avril op. 64 - Piano Duet (Schott)
  • Choral et Variations op. 74 - 2 Pianos (arr. Isidor Philipp)


Chamber works

  • 6 Duos op. 3 - Piano and Harmonium (1867, Regnier-Canaux/Renaud/Pérégally & Parvy/Schott)
  • Humoresque op. 3 no. 1 - Violin, Violoncello and Piano (arr. Widor) (Pérégally & Parvy)
  • Cantabile op. 3 no. 2 - Violin and Piano (arr. Vierne) (Pérégally & Parvy)
  • Cantabile op. 3 no. 2 - Violoncello and Piano (arr. Vierne) (Pérégally & Parvy)
  • Cantabile op. 3 no. 2 - Violin, Violoncello and Piano (arr. Widor) (Pérégally & Parvy)
  • Nocturne op. 3 no. 3 - Violin, Violoncello and Piano (arr. Widor) (Pérégally & Parvy)
  • Sérénade op. 3 no. 4 - Violin and Piano (arr. Vierne) (Pérégally & Parvy)
  • Sérénade op. 3 no. 4 - Violoncello and Piano (arr. Vierne) (Pérégally & Parvy)
  • Sérénade op. 3 no. 4 - Violin, Violoncello and Piano (arr. Widor) (Pérégally & Parvy)
  • Piano Quintet op. 7 (1890, Hamelle)
  • Sérénade op. 10 (1883, Hamelle) - Piano, Flute, Violin, Cello and Harmonium
  • Sérénade op. 10 - Violin, Cello and Piano (Hamelle)
  • Sérénade op. 10 - Violin (or Flute) and Piano (arr. Bordes) (Hamelle)
  • Sérénade op. 10 - Cello and Piano (arr. Delsart) (Hamelle)
  • Valse op. 11 no. 1 - Violin and Piano (Hamelle)
  • Valse impromptu op. 15 no. 6 - Violin and Piano (Hamelle)
  • Piano Trio op. 19 - Piano, Violin and Cello (1875, Hamelle)
  • Suite op. 21 nos.1-3 - Piano and Violin (Hamelle)
  • 3 Pieces op. 21 - Cello and Piano (Hamelle)
  • Valse op. 26 no. 6 - Piano and Violin (Hamelle)
  • Suite op. 34 - Flute and Piano (1898) (Heugel)
  • Toccata op. 42 no. 1 (transc. of 5th mvt from Symphonie pour orgue No. 5) (Hamelle)
  • Sonate op. 50 - Violin and Piano (Hamelle)
  • Soirs d'Alsace - 4 Duos op. 52 - Violin, Cello and Piano (1908) (Hamelle)
  • Cavatine op. 57 - Violin and Piano
  • Piano Quartet op. 66 - Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano (1891, Durand)
  • Piano Quintet op. 68 - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Piano (1896, Durand)
  • Introduction et Rondo op. 72 - Clarinet and Piano (1898, Leduc)
  • Suite op. 76 - Violin and Piano (Hamelle)
  • Sonate op. 80 - Cello and Piano (Heugel)
  • Salvum fac populum tuum op. 84 - 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Drum and Organ (Heugel)
  • 4 Pièces - Violin, Cello and Piano (1890)
  • 3 Pièces - Oboe and Piano (1891)
  • Suite - Cello and Piano (1912)
  • Suite Florentine - Flute or Violin and Piano (1920)


Symphonic works

  • Symphony No. 1 op. 16 (1870, Durand) - Orchestra
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 op. 39 (1876, Hamelle) - Orchestra and Piano solo
  • Cello Concerto op. 41 (1882, Hamelle) - Orchestra and Cello solo
  • Symphonie pour orgue et orchestre op. 42 (1882, A-R Editions) - Orchestra and Organ solo
  • Chant séculaire op. 49 - Soprano solo, Chorus and Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 2 op. 54 (1886, Heugel) - Orchestra
  • Maître Ambros op. 56 (Hamelle) - Orchestra
  • La nuit de Walpurgis - poeme symphonique op. 60 (1887, Hamelle) - Chorus and Orchestra
  • Fantaisie op. 62 (1889, Durand) - Piano and Orchestra
  • Contes d'Avril op. 64 (Heugel) - Orchestra
  • Suite, from Contes d'Avril op. 64 (1892, Heugel) - Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 3 op. 69 (1894, Schott) - Organ and Orchestra
  • Choral et Variations op. 74 (1900, Leduc) - Harp and Orchestra
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 op. 77 (1906, Heugel) - Piano and Orchestra
  • Sinfonia sacra op. 81 (1908, Otto Junne) - Organ and Orchestra
  • Symphonie antique op. 83 (1911, Heugel) - Soloists, Chorus, Organ and Orchestra
  • La Korrigane WoO (1882, Heugel) - Orchestra
  • Ouverture espagnole (1897, Heugel) - Orchestra


Songs and choral works

  • O Salutaris op. 8 (Hamelle) - Contralto or Baritone and Organ
  • 6 Mélodies op. 14 (1872, Hamelle)- Voice and Piano
  • Tantum ergo op. 18 no. 1 (Hamelle) - Baritone Choir, SATB Choir and Organ
  • Regina coeli op. 18 no. 2 (Hamelle) - Baritone Choir, SATB Choir and Organ
  • 6 Mélodies op. 22 (1875, Hamelle) - Voice and Piano
  • Quam dilecta tabernacula tua op. 23 no. 1 (1876, Hamelle) - Baritone Choir, SATB Choir, Choir Organ and Grand Organ
  • Tu es Petrus op. 23 no. 2 (1876, Hamelle) - Baritone Choir, SATB Choir, Choir Organ and Grand Organ
  • Surrexit a mortuis (Sacerdos et pontifex) op. 23 no. 3 (1876, Hamelle) - SATB Choir, Choir Organ and Grand Organ
  • Ave Maria op. 24 (Hamelle) - Mezzo-Soprano, Harp and Organ
  • Ave Maria op. 24 (Hamelle) - Voice and Piano
  • 3 Choruses op. 25 (Hamelle) - SATB Choir
  • 3 Mélodies op. 28 - Voice and Piano
  • 2 Duos op. 30 - Soprano, Contralto and Piano
  • 3 Mélodies italiennes op. 32 (Hamelle) - Voice and Piano
  • 3 Mélodies italiennes op. 35 (Hamelle) - Voice and Piano
  • Messe op. 36 (1890, Hamelle) - Baritone Choir, SATB Choir, Choir Organ and Grand Organ
  • 6 Mélodies op. 37 (Hamelle) - Voice and Piano
  • 2 Duos op. 40 (Hamelle) - Soprano, Contralto and Piano
  • 6 Mélodies op. 43 (Hamelle) - Voice and Piano
  • 6 Mélodies op. 47 (Hamelle) - Voice and Piano
  • 6 Mélodies op. 53 - Voice and Piano
  • Ave Maria op. 59 - Voice and Organ
  • O salutaris op. 63 - Voice, Violin or Cello and Organ
  • Soirs d'été op. 63 (1889, Durand) - Voice and Piano
  • Mon bras pressait (Hamelle) - Soprano and Piano
  • Ballade (Hamelle) - Voice and Piano
  • Contemplation (Hamelle) - Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
  • Ecce Joanna, Alleluia! (Schola Cantorum) - SATB Choir and Organ
  • Psalm 112 (1879) - Baritone Choir, SATB Choir, Choir Organ, Grand Organ and Orchestra
  • Da Pacem (1930, Durand) - SATB Choir and Organ or Piano
  • Non Credo (Durand) - Voice and Piano


Stage music

  • Conte d'Avril (1885) - Incidental music
  • Maître Ambros : drame lyrique en 4 actes et 5 tableaux de François Coppée & Auguste Dorchain (piano reduction published Heugel, 1886) - Opera
  • Les pêcheurs de Saint-Jean (1904, Heugel) - Opera
  • Nerto WoO (1924, Heugel) - Opera


External links

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