Named in memory of the famous French composer and organist Charles-Marie Widor (1845–1937). At the age of 19, by recommendation of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll {see planet  (5184)}, Widor went to Brussels to study organ and composition with N. J. Lemmens and F. J. Fétis. After returning from Belgium, and after having inaugurated many organs built by Cavaillé-Coll, he was finally appointed to St. Sulpice in Paris in 1869. There he had at his disposal the most magnificient organ ever built by Cavaillé-Coll. Widor, who remained there for more than sixty years, is especially remembered for his ten Symphonies for organ, a genre he created. (M 34624) _ _.