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".. .French organ music, which had sunk to low heights during the 18th century..." I believe the century intended is the nineteenth, but I hesitate to polish this pearl. --Wetman 10:30, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
"Low heights" is an odd way of putting it, as well. Also the article makes no mention of Widor's considerable quantity of other music - stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, choral and songs. Mike wheeler 10:19, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
"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 contolled articulation to be involved. He recorded the piece, along with his Symphony Gothique at St. Sulpice in his eighty-eighth year."
I should be grateful for evidence to support these claims. (Anon.)
I've changed Widor's birthdate from February 24 to February 21. The former date can often be found, but is incorrect (as is the birth year 1845, also frequently found). February 21, 1844 is the correct date according to Widor's birth certificate, which still exists in his native town of Lyons. 82.230.232.194 14:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
The intent of the works listed is to provide the original publisher for each work. It may be worthwhile to mention CMP's rerelease of some of these works in a footnote or at some other appropriate place in the article, but it should not be mentioned in the works list. Random Pipings (talk) 14:16, 29 December 2007 (UTC)Random Pipings
While making my previous post on the talk page, I noted Wetman's concern about the use of the phrase "reached its low point in the 18th century". This is a valid concern; it would be more accurate to place the low point of French organ music in the 19th century, and the article has been changed to reflect this. Random Pipings (talk) 14:24, 29 December 2007 (UTC)Random Pipings
I've reviewed this article as part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles. This article is not B-class. It is missing to much basic biographical information--we know nothing about his personal life, or e.g. if he traveled at all. The musicology also needs some work; details are in my review on the comments page. Questions and comments should be left here or on my talk page. Magic♪piano 18:51, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
I've reviewed the worklist and added missing dates and publishers, and also tidied up some titles. Here are some further suggestions: 1) Could we remove the many arrangements from this list, at least the ones not identified as being from Widor himself? These more properly belong in worklists of the arrangers, I think. Most of the piano duet/duo items are arrangements. 2) How about seperating the choral music from the vocal works? 3) Some of the items in the orchestral section seem to be duplicates of stage works - or are these suites/excerpts? Some further info on this would be appreciated. Greatorex (talk) 17:11, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
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==Composers Project Assessment of Charles-Marie Widor: 2009-02-23==
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===Summary=== This is a somewhat basic biography. It gives adequate coverage to Widor's professional life, but there are no personal details beyond the childhood years. Considering a biography of him exists and is used as a source, I find this lack problematic. More context on when works were written would also be useful. The musicology discussion is at times unfocused; we don't need to know how many movements a work has, if that's all that will be said about it. Use more space to tell me about performances, with popular and critical reception. Also, I suspect most readers will not know, when the word "symphony" appears, that it seems to mean "organ symphony" in this article (important, considering he did write orchestral symphonies as well). It would be better to be clear about which is being referred to at any given time. Article is Start-class; notable gaps in material that ought to be available. Magic♪piano 18:47, 23 February 2009 (UTC) |
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