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Albert Schweitzer
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view. His contributions to the interpret…
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Born 14 January 1875 · Died 4 September 1965 · Q49325
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2026· 7 entries
아시아경제: "Live Happily Until You Die"... 'Nepal Schweitzer' Keunhu Lee, Ewha Womans University Emeritus Professor, Passes Away
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ArchDaily: Galería de Centro comunitario Albert Schweitzer / mobile architectural office - 5
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“True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness, and this may be formulated as follows:”
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“The African is indeed my brother but my junior brother.”
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The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Albert Schweitzer, 'Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful' teaches ...
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Time: Africa: Albert Schweitzer: An Anachronism
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2025· 3 entries
The New England Journal of Medicine: Albert Schweitzer: Physician, Philosopher, Theologian, Musician
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Aspen Daily News: The second coming of Albert Schweitzer
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“(tłum. Marcin Walter, My Book, Szczecin 2025, ISBN 9788375647334)”
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2022· 1 entry
Metro Weekly: Albert Schweitzer
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2018· 1 entry
The Harvard Crimson: Albert Schweitzer
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2013· 1 entry
“Das Wenige, das du tun kannst, ist viel." - Straßburger Predigten. hrsg. von Ulrich Neuenschwander, München: C.H. Beck, 2013, S. 133-142.”
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Albert Schweitzer, der Organist”.
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2009· 1 entry
JSTOR Daily: Albert Schweitzer in Thought and Action: A Life in Parts
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2008· 1 entry
And is growing by nearly 1,000 every four years
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Orgel Werke”.
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “Werke für Orgel”.
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Released album “Albert Schweitzer Plays Bach, Volume 2”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Albert Schweitzer Plays Bach, Volume I”.
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1972· 1 entry
“Albert Schweitzer como citado in Boletim UEG. - Edições 69-70 - Página 187, Universidade do Estado da Guanabara - 1972”
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1966· 1 entry
“Der größte Feind der Sittlichkeit ist die Abstumpfung." - Strassburger Predigten. Hrsg. von Ulrich Neuenschwander. München: Beck, 1966. S. 129”
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1965· 25 entries
Died 1965-09-04.
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“Viel Kälte ist unter den Menschen, weil wir nicht wagen, uns so herzlich zu geben, wie wir sind. (niem.)”
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“Kein Sonnenstrahl geht verloren. Aber das Grün, das er weckt, braucht Zeit zum Sprießen. (niem.)”
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“Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life — it is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound and universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion.”
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“Tylko przez chwilę zaskakuje zupełna obojętność wczesnego chrześcijaństwa w odniesieniu do życia historycznego Jezusa. Jeśli Paweł, w imieniu tych, którzy rozumieli znaki czasu, nie chce znać Chrystusa według ciała, to jest to pierwszy krok instynktu samozachowawczego, który następnie kierował chrześcijaństwem przez wieki.”
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“Wielka ilość powieściowych biografii Jezusa dziwnie maleje, gdy przyjrzy im się bliżej. Czytając z nich dwie lub trzy, zna się wszystkie.”
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“Cała historia „chrześcijaństwa” aż do dnia dzisiejszego, to znaczy jego rzeczywista, wewnętrzna historia, opiera się na opóźnieniu paruzji, czyli na braku jej realizacji, porzuceniu eschatologii i związanym z tym postępującym i mającym istotny wpływ odeschatologizowaniu religii.”
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“Vivemos em uma época perigosa — o homem domina a natureza antes que tenha aprendido a dominar a si mesmo.”
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“A tragédia da vida é o que morre dentro do homem enquanto ele vive.”
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“Quando o homem aprender a respeitar até o menor ser da criação, seja animal ou vegetal, ninguém precisará ensiná-lo a amar seus semelhantes.”
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“Prymitywna metafizyka późnego judaizmu, w której Jezus wyraża swój światopogląd, skrajnie utrudnia tłumaczenie jego idei na formuły naszych czasów.”
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“Muito pouco da grande crueldade mostrada pelos homens pode ser atribuída realmente a um instinto cruel. A maior parte dela é resultado da falta de reflexão ou de hábitos herdados.”
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“Nazwy, którymi w wyobrażeniach późnego judaizmu określano Jezusa, takie jak Mesjasz, Syn Człowieczy i Syn Boży, stały się dla nas historycznymi przypowieściami. Kiedy sam odnosił te tytuły do siebie, wyrażał w języku własnych czasów myśl, że jest władcą. Dzisiaj nie mamy określenia, które wskazywałoby, kim jest dla nas.”
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“Die Ethik der Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben. (niem.)”
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“Die Soldatengräber sind die größten Prediger für den Frieden. (niem.)”
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“The African is my brother — but he is my younger brother by several centuries.”
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“Harmonia i siła są w nas, gdy nasze myślenie i działanie stanowią jedność.”
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“Ich bin Leben, das leben will, inmitten von Leben, das leben will. (niem.)”
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“Na pytanie, czy jestem optymistą czy pesymistą, odpowiadam, że moje poznanie jest pesymistyczne, a moje pragnienia i nadzieje – optymistyczne.”
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“Die Propaganda die Mutter des Geschehens. (niem.)”
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“Szczęścia nie ma, ale istnieją przyjemności.”
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“Ten, kto ma odwagę sądzić samego siebie, staje się coraz lepszy.”
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“To, co możesz uczynić, jest tylko maleńką kroplą w ogromie oceanu, ale właśnie jest tym, co nadaje znaczenie twojemu życiu.”
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“Trzeci tytuł doktora otrzymałem dlatego, że miałem już dwa poprzednie. Drugi za to, że byłem już doktorem, a pierwszy dlatego, że… nie miałem dotąd żadnego.”
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“Früher oder später muß die wahre endgültige Renaissance anbrechen, die der Welt den Frieden bringt. (niem.)”
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1962· 1 entry
And stories told that "his fingers were still lively" on the old instrument at 88 years of age
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1961· 1 entry
“Letter to a Japanese Animal Welfare Society (1961); also in The Words of Albert Schweitzer (1984) edited by Norman Cousins, p. 37”
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1960· 2 entries
"No society can go from the primeval directly to an industrial state without losing the leavening that time and an agricultural period allow
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“No society can go from the primeval directly to an industrial state without losing the leavening that time and an agricultural period allow.”
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1959· 3 entries
Won Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès (1959).
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Awarded Sonning Prize (1959).
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Won James Cook Medal (1959).
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1958· 1 entry
“Radio appeal for peace, Oslo, Norway (30 March 1958); also in Peace or Atomic War (1958) Three Appeals Broadcast from Oslo, Norway, on April 28, 29, and 30, 1958.”
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1957· 3 entries
And he was "living almost entirely on lentil soup"
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And 1958, he broadcast four speeches over Radio Oslo, which were published in Peace or Atomic War
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Schweitzer was one of the founders of The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy
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1955· 4 entries
Awarded Honorary member of the Order of Merit (1955).
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Was made an honorary member of the Order of Merit (OM) by Queen Elizabeth II
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“Nicht auf das, was geistreich sondern auf das, was wahr ist, kommt es an." - Verfall und Wiederaufbau der Kultur. 12., unveränd. Aufl., München: Beck, 1955. S. 23”
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“Optimistisch ist diejenige Weltanschauung, die das Sein höher als das Nichts stellt und so die Welt und das Leben als etwas an sich Wertvolles bejaht." - Verfall und Wiederaufbau der Kultur. 12., unveränd. Aufl., München: Beck, 1955. S. 58”
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1954).
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1953· 1 entry
The journalist James Cameron visited Lambaréné, when Schweitzer was 78, and found significant flaws in the practices and attitudes of Schweitzer and his staff
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1952· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1952).
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Won Prince Carl Medal (1952).
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Won Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association (1952).
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1951· 2 entries
Awarded Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (1951).
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Awarded Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis (1951).
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1950· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1950).
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1950).
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“Aus meinem Leben und Denken" - página 146, Albert Schweitzer - R. Meiner, 1950 - 219 páginas”
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1948· 4 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1948).
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Returned for the first time to Europe and kept travelling back and forth (and once to the US) as long as he was able
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“Ethisch werden heißt, wahrhaft denkend werden." - Kultur und Ethik. Olaus Petri Vorlesungen an der Universität Upsala. 7., unveränd. Aufl. München: Biederstein, 1948. S. 237”
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“Ethik ist ins Grenzenlose erweiterte Verantwortung gegen alles, was lebt." - Kultur und Ethik. Olaus Petri Vorlesungen an der Universität Upsala. 7., unveränd. Aufl. München: Biederstein, 1948. S. 241”
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1940· 1 entry
By Schweitzer to unite US supporters in filling the gap in support for his Hospital when his European supply lines were cut off by war, and continues to support the Lambaréné Hospital today
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1934· 1 entry
And 1935 he resided in Britain, delivering the Gifford Lectures at Edinburgh University, and those on Religion in Modern Civilization at Oxford and London
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1932· 1 entry
Awarded Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt (1932).
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1931· 3 entries
“Alles Denken, das in die Tiefe geht, endet in ethischer Mystik." - Aus meinem Leben und Denken. Leipzig: Meiner, 1931. S. 174”
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Published Mystik des Apostels Paulus (The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle)
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“Wer erkannt hat, daß die Idee der Liebe der geistige Lichtstrahl ist, der aus der Unendlichkeit zu uns gelangt, der hört auf, von der Religion zu verlangen, daß sie ihm ein vollständiges Wissen von dem Übersinnlichen bietet." - Aus meinem Leben und Denken. Leipzig: Meiner, 1931. S. 207”
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1928· 1 entry
Awarded Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt (1928).
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1927· 2 entries
This time leaving a functioning hospital at work
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Effectively launched the 20th-century Orgelbewegung, which turned away from romantic extremes and rediscovered baroque principles—although this sweeping reform movement in organ building eventually went further than Schw
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1924· 3 entries
“Viel Kälte ist unter den Menschen, weil wir nicht wagen, uns so herzlich zu geben, wie wir sind." - Aus meiner Kindheit und Jugendzeit (1924). München: Beck, 2006. S. 77. ISBN 978-3-406-52862-0, Google Books”
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Schweitzer returned to Africa without his wife, but with an Oxford undergraduate, Noel Gillespie, as his assistant
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“So weiß auch keiner von uns, was er wirkt und was er Menschen gibt." - Aus meiner Kindheit und Jugendzeit (1924). München: Beck, 2006. S. 73. ISBN 978-3-406-52862-0, Google Books”
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1923· 2 entries
The family moved to Königsfeld im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, where he was building a house for the family
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“Civilization and ethics - página 255, Albert Schweitzer - A. & C. Black, ltd., 1923 - 298 páginas”
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1922· 1 entry
Delivered the Dale Memorial Lectures in the University of Oxford, and from these in the following year appeared Volumes I and II of his great work, The Decay and Restoration of Civilization and Civilization and Ethics
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1917· 1 entry
Exhausted by over four years' work and by tropical anaemia, they were taken to Bordeaux and interned first in Garaison and then from March 1918 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
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1913· 2 entries
Containing theologically significant revisions and expansions: this revised edition did not appear in English until 2001
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Was presented with a pedal piano, a piano with pedal attachments to operate like an organ pedal-keyboard
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1912· 1 entry
Now armed with a medical degree, Schweitzer made a definite proposal to go as a physician to work at his own expense in the Paris Missionary Society's mission at Lambaréné on the Ogooué river, in what is now Gabon, in Af
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1910· 1 entry
1911], The Quest of the Historical Jesus; A Critical Study of Its Progress From Reimarus To Wrede, translated by Montgomery, William, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, ISBN 978-0-8006-3288-5
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1909· 1 entry
Addressed the Third Congress of the International Society of Music at Vienna on the subject
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1908· 1 entry
And translated into English by Ernest Newman in 1911
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1906· 1 entry
Published Geschichte der Leben-Jesu-Forschung (History of Life-of-Jesus research)
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1905· 3 entries
Widor and Schweitzer were among the six musicians who founded the Paris Bach Society, a choir dedicated to performing J
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Schweitzer answered the call of The Society of the Evangelist Missions of Paris, which was looking for a physician
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Schweitzer began his study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg, culminating in the degree of M
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1900· 1 entry
With the completion of his licentiate in theology, he was ordained as priest, and that year he witnessed the Oberammergau Passion Play
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1899· 3 entries
Schweitzer became a deacon at the church of Saint Nicholas in Strasbourg
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Astonished Widor by explaining figures and motifs in Bach's chorale preludes as painter-like tonal and rhythmic imagery illustrating themes from the words of the hymns on which they were based
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Schweitzer spent the summer semester at the University of Berlin and eventually obtained his theology degree at the University of Strasbourg
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1898· 1 entry
Returned to Paris to write a PhD dissertation on The Religious Philosophy of Kant at the Sorbonne, and to study in earnest with Widor
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1896· 1 entry
Managed to afford a visit to the Bayreuth Festival to see Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen and Parsifal, both of which impressed him
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1893· 1 entry
Played for the French organist Charles-Marie Widor (at Saint-Sulpice, Paris), for whom Johann Sebastian Bach's organ music contained a mystic sense of the eternal
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1875· 1 entry
Born 1875-01-14.
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