Frontcover; Contents; List of Examples; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "You know Bach: you know all"; Part One. Background; 1 "Art does not know the absolute"; 2 "The art of organ playing has not changed at all since Johann Sebastian Bach"; 3 "In France we have neglected performance much too much in favor of improvisation"; Part Two. Maxims; 4 Excerpts fro m Widor's Preface to Jean-Sébastien Bach-OEuvres complètes pour orgue, Vols. 1-4, and Correlative Commentary; I. Pace; II. Phrasing; III. Registration; IV. The Use of the Manuals; V. Changing Manuals Appendix 1: Symphonies pour orgue, "Avant-propos"Appendix 2: Technique de l'orchestre moderne, "L'orgue"; Appendix 3: Initiation musicale, "L'orgue"; Appendix 4: L'orgue moderne; La décadence dans la facture contemporaine; Appendix 5: Key to Widor's System of Abbreviated Registration, Symphonie gothique, First Movement; Notes; Bibliography; Index Widor's pedagogical writings, translated for the first time, offer essential guidance for interpreting his organ compositions as well as those of his followers in the French Romantic organ school | 
