Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1

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Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1 is a celebrated large-scale Romantic organ work by Charles-Marie Widor, best known for its famous Toccata finale frequently performed at weddings and festive occasions.

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Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
organ symphony ⓘ
approximateDuration about 35 minutes ⓘ
associatedEvent Easter and other major church festivals ⓘ
wedding ceremonies ⓘ
associatedWith Cavaillé-Coll organs ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 42, No. 1 ⓘ
composer Charles-Marie Widor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dedicatedTo Charles-Marie Widor’s friend and colleague (general dedication; specific dedicatee varies by edition) ⓘ
difficulty virtuosic and technically demanding ⓘ
educationalUse advanced organ study repertoire ⓘ
famousFor its Toccata finale ⓘ
finale Toccata ⓘ
genre Romantic organ music ⓘ
organ symphony ⓘ
hasRecording numerous commercial recordings by concert organists ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped establish the organ symphony as a major concert genre ⓘ
one of the most famous organ works of the Romantic era ⓘ
influencedBy French symphonic organ tradition ⓘ
instrumentation solo organ ⓘ
key F minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
movement I. Allegro vivace ⓘ
II. Allegro cantabile ⓘ
III. Andantino quasi allegretto ⓘ
IV. Adagio ⓘ
V. Toccata ⓘ
notableFeature brilliant manual and pedal figurations in the Toccata ⓘ
majestic chordal theme in the pedals in the Toccata ⓘ
use of repeated semiquaver patterns in the Toccata ⓘ
notableMovement Toccata ⓘ
numberInSeries 5 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 42, No. 1 ⓘ
originalTitle Symphonie pour orgue No. 5 en fa mineur, Op. 42, No. 1 ⓘ
partOfSeries Widor’s organ symphonies ⓘ
performanceContext concert repertoire ⓘ
liturgical services ⓘ
structure five-movement symphonic form ⓘ
stylePeriod Romantic ⓘ
texture orchestral writing for organ ⓘ
virtuosic ⓘ
typicalUse festive occasions ⓘ
wedding recessional music ⓘ
typicalVenue cathedrals ⓘ
large Romantic church organs ⓘ

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Charles-Marie Widor → notableWork → Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1 ⓘ
Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42, No. 2 → relatedWorkByComposer → Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1 ⓘ
Organ Symphony No. 8 in B major, Op. 42, No. 4 → relatedWorkByComposer → Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1 ⓘ