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LEADER: 01952cam a2200325 a 4500
001 012729702-2
005 20110708103508.0
008 100903s2011 nyua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2010038177
020 $a9781580463690 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a158046369X (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 0 $aocn635468558
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043 $ae-fr---
050 00 $aML410.W648$bN44 2011
082 00 $a780.92$aB$222
100 1 $aNear, John Richard.
245 10 $aWidor :$ba life beyond the Toccata /$cJohn R. Near.
260 $aRochester, NY :$bUniversity of Rochester Press,$c2011.
300 $axxiv, 588 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aEastman studies in music,$x1071-9989
490 0 $aEastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ;$vv. 83
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWidor's ancestry, musical education, and heritage (1844-63) -- The first creative period (1864-79) -- The years of mastery (1880-94) -- The twilight of Widor's compositional career (1895-1909) -- Mr. Widor, member of the Institute of France (1910-37).
520 $aWidor: A Life beyond the Toccata brings to light the life and work of one of France's most distinguished musicians. Charles-Marie Widor is considered one of the greatest organists of his time, a prolific composer in nearly every genre, professor of organ and composition at the Paris Conservatory, academician and administrator at the Institute of France, journalist, conductor, music editor, scholar, correspondent, inspired visionary, and man of deep culture. Widor: A Life beyond the Toccata illuminates the life and work of one of France's most distinguished yet neglected musicians of the belle époque. [Publisher description].
600 10 $aWidor, Charles-Marie,$d1844-1937.
650 0 $aComposers$zFrance$vBiography.
830 0 $aEastman studies in music.
988 $a20110328
906 $0DLC