Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

Nationality: French

Born: February 21, 1844, Lyons Died: March 12, 1937, Paris (age 93)

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3 pièces

(for oboe and piano)

Composed: 1909 (age 64-65)

Student

Nationality: French

Born: March 1, 1878, Caen Died: August 2, 1914, Le Vésinet (age 36)

Student

Nationality: French

Born: December 10, 1908, Avignon Died: April 27, 1992, Paris (age 83)

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Nationality: Swiss

Born: March 10, 1892, Le Havre Died: November 27, 1955, Paris (age 63)

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Nationality: French

Born: December 22, 1883, Paris Died: November 6, 1965, New York (age 81)

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Nationality: French

Born: February 27, 1891, Paris Died: January 5, 1976, Levallois (age 84)

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Nationality: Swedish

Born: March 1, 1839, Rantasalmi, Finland Died: February 10, 1927, Stockholm (age 87)

chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
elegy, elégie [F], elegie [G], elegisch, elegiaco, elegaico [I], élégiaque [F]—a plaintive, mournful poem, more specifically a lament for the dead. Usually implies a slow tempo, a minor key and a dark poignancy with potential spikes of tragic agony or, just as well, a gentle, bright flowering into nostalgic love of great tenderness. A musical narrative combining all of these moods is a hauntingly faithful representation of grief
pastorale, pastoral—referring to the bucolic setting of shepherds, the countryside and an idealized relationship to nature
pavane, pavan, padouana—a slow processional dance common in Europe during the late Renaissance, most likely of Italian orign. It was usually coupled with a quicker triple time dance which in Italy would be the saltarello and in France and England the 'galliard'. During the late sixteenth century, the pavan was also known in Italy as the passamezzo