List of organ composers
The following is a list of organ composers. It lists the more-important composers of music for the pipe organ.
Argentina
Modern
Australia
Austria and Germany
Renaissance
Baroque
- Johann Friedrich Alberti
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Georg Böhm
- Nicolaus Bruhns
- Arnold Brunckhorst
- Johann Heinrich Buttstett
- Dieterich Buxtehude (born in Denmark)
- Andreas Düben
- Johann Ernst Eberlin
- Daniel Erich
- Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
- Johann Philipp Förtsch
- Johann Jakob Froberger
- Christian Geist
- Georg Friedrich Händel
- Johann Nikolaus Hanff
- Peter Hasse
- Wilhelm Karges
- Johann Caspar Kerll
- Johann Erasmus Kindermann
- Andreas Kneller
- Johann Ludwig Krebs
- Johann Tobias Krebs
- Johann Krieger
- Johann Kuhnau
- Georg Dietrich Leyding
- Vincent Lübeck
- Johann Mattheson
- Georg Muffat
- Gottlieb Muffat
- Franz Xaver Murschhauser
- Johann Pachelbel
- Alessandro Poglietti
- Jacob Praetorius
- Michael Praetorius
- Johann Adam Reincken
- Ferdinand Tobias Richter
- Christian Ritter
- Heinrich Scheidemann
- Gottfried Scheidt
- Samuel Scheidt
- Sebastian Anton Scherer
- Melchior Schildt
- Heinrich Schütz
- Paul Siefert
- Johann Speth
- Johann Staden
- Johann Steffens
- Johann Ulrich Steigleder
- Delphin Strungk
- Franz Tunder
- Nicolaus Vetter
- Johann Gottfried Walther
- Georg Caspar Wecker
- Matthias Weckmann
- Andreas Werckmeister
- Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow
Classical
Romantic
- Johannes Brahms
- Anton Bruckner
- Immanuel Faisst
- Robert Fuchs
- Heinrich von Herzogenberg
- Adolf Friedrich Hesse
- Sigfrid Karg-Elert
- Theodor Kirchner
- Franz Paul Lachner
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Gustav Merkel
- Wilhelm Middelschulte
- Julius Reubke
- Josef Rheinberger (born in Liechtenstein)
- August Gottfried Ritter
- Franz Schmidt
- Robert Schumann
- Waldemar von Baußnern
- Max Wagenknecht
- Alexander Winterberger
- Philipp Wolfrum
Modern
- Joseph Ahrens
- Juan Allende-Blin (born in Chile)
- Peter Bares
- Max Baumann
- Jürg Baur
- Johann Nepomuk David
- Hugo Distler
- Max Drischner
- Hans Gál
- Zsolt Gárdonyi (born in Hungary)
- Harald Genzmer
- Hermann Grabner
- Joseph Haas
- Peter Michael Hamel
- Josef Matthias Hauer
- Anton Heiller
- Kurt Hessenberg
- Paul Hindemith
- Karl Höller
- Bertold Hummel
- Werner Jacob
- Mauricio Kagel (born in Argentina)
- Heinrich Kaminski
- Ernst Krenek
- Tilo Medek
- Wolfgang Mitterer
- Ernst Pepping
- Peter Planyavsky
- Günter Raphael
- Max Reger
- Mathias Rehfeldt
- Wolfgang Rihm
- Thomas Daniel Schlee
- Dieter Schnebel
- Hermann Schroeder
- Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling
- Johanna Senfter
- Gerhard Stäbler
- Wolfgang Stockmeier
- Gottfried von Einem
- Heinz Wunderlich
- Gerd Zacher
- Ruth Zechlin
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Romantic
- Joseph-Arthur Bernier
- Gustave Gagnon
- Benoit Poirier
- Healey Willan (born in the United Kingdom)
Modern
Croatia
Modern
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Romantic
Denmark
Romantic
Finland
Romantic
France
Renaissance
Baroque (French classical)
- Louis Archimbaud
- Jacques Boyvin
- Guillaume-Antoine Calvière
- Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
- Gaspard Corrette
- François Couperin
- Louis Couperin
- François d'Agincourt
- Jean-François Dandrieu
- Pierre Dandrieu
- Jean-Henri d'Anglebert
- Louis-Claude Daquin
- Nicolas de Grigny
- Louis-Antoine Dornel
- Pierre Dumage
- Dom George Franck
- Nicolas Gigault
- Jean-Adam Guilain (born in Germany)
- Gilles Jullien
- Mathieu Lanes
- Nicolas Lebègue
- Louis Marchand
- Christophe Moyreau
- Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers
- Charles Piroye
- Charles Racquet
- André Raison
- François Roberday
Late Classical
Romantic
- Augustin Barié
- Édouard Batiste
- Erik Satie
- François Benoist
- Émile Bernard
- Léon Boëllmann
- Joseph-Ermend Bonnal
- Joseph Boulnois
- Henri Büsser
- Alexandre Eugène Cellier
- Charles-Alexis Chauvet
- Henri Dallier
- Léonce de Saint-Martin
- Théodore Dubois
- Paul Fauchet
- Félix Fourdrain
- César Franck (born in Belgium)
- Dynam-Victor Fumet
- Eugène Gigout
- Alexandre Guilmant
- Charles Koechlin
- Maurice Le Boucher
- Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély
- Henri Letocart
- Clément Loret (born in Belgium)
- Édouard Mignan
- Henri Mulet
- Henri Nibelle
- Gabriel Pierné
- Albert Renaud
- Marcel Samuel-Rousseau
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Alphonse Schmitt
- Déodat de Séverac
- Charles-Marie Widor
Modern
- Albert Alain
- Jehan Alain
- Paul Allix
- Valéry Aubertin
- Dom Paul Benoit, OSB
- Jacques Berthier
- Jean Marie Berveiller
- Joseph Bonnet
- Michel Boulnois
- Pierre Camonin
- Pierre Cochereau
- Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur
- Jeanne Demessieux
- Marcel Dupré
- Maurice Duruflé
- Rolande Falcinelli
- André Fleury
- Jean-Louis Florentz
- Jean Françaix
- Raphaël Fumet
- Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
- Jean Guillou
- Naji Hakim (born in Lebanon)
- André Jolivet
- Jean Langlais
- Jean-Pierre Leguay
- Gaston Litaize
- Olivier Messiaen
- Guy Morançon
- Thierry Pallesco
- Henriette Puig-Roget
- Eugène Reuchsel
- Jean-Baptiste Robin
- Daniel Roth
- Pierre Pincemaille
- Charles Tournemire
- Louis Vierne
- René Vierne
Hungary
Romantic
Israel
Modern
Italy
Renaissance
- Vincenzo Bellavere
- Girolamo Cavazzoni
- Marco Antonio Cavazzoni
- Giovanni de Macque (born in Netherlands)
- Girolamo Diruta
- Giacomo Fogliano
- Andrea Gabrieli
- Giovanni Gabrieli
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi
- Ascanio Mayone
- Claudio Merulo
- Annibale Padovano
- Rocco Rodio
- Giulio Segni
- Antonio Valente
- Claudio Veggio
- Adrian Willaert (born in what is now Belgium)
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Japan
Latvia
Netherlands
Renaissance
Baroque
Romantic
Norway
Romantic
Poland
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Portugal
Renaissance
Baroque
Classicism
Modern
Romania
Modern
Russia
Romantic
Modern
- Fred Momotenko (Russian-Dutch composer)
- Mikael Tariverdiev (born in Georgia)
- Valeri Kikta
Slovakia
Romantic
South Africa
Modern
Spain
Renaissance
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Sweden
Switzerland
Renaissance
United Kingdom
Renaissance
Classical
Romantic
Modern
- Lennox Berkeley
- Jonathan Bielby
- Judith Bingham
- Hugh Blair
- Frank Bridge
- David Briggs
- James Francis Brown
- Lawrence Crane
- Harold Darke
- David Gwerfyl Davies
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Peter Dickinson
- James Douglas
- George Dyson
- Michael Finnissy
- Graham Fitkin
- Percy Fletcher
- Sebastian Forbes
- Peter Fribbins
- Patrick Gowers
- Thomas Vernon Griffiths
- William Henry Harris
- Derek Healey
- Alfred Hollins
- Herbert Howells
- Peter Hurford
- Francis Jackson
- Gabriel Jackson
- Craig Sellar Lang (born in New Zealand)
- Kenneth Leighton
- William Mathias
- Peter McGarr
- Herbert Murrill
- Harrison Oxley
- Ian Parrott
- Paul Patterson
- Francis Pott
- Simon Preston
- Alan Ridout
- Martin Shaw
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
- Christopher Steel
- Herbert Sumsion
- George Thalben-Ball (born in Australia)
- Eric Thiman
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Percy Whitlock
- Malcolm Williamson (born in Australia)
- Arthur Wills
Ukraine
Modern
United States
Romantic
Modern
- Samuel Adler
- Miguel del Aguila
- William Albright
- George C. Baker
- Samuel Barber
- Edward Shippen Barnes
- Herman Berlinski
- Seth Bingham
- Roberta Bitgood
- William Bolcom
- John Cage
- Clay Christiansen
- Joseph W. Clokey
- Carson Cooman
- David Conte
- David Dahl
- Emma Lou Diemer
- Robert Elmore
- Isadore Freed
- Philip Glass
- Calvin Hampton
- David N. Johnson
- Paul Manz
- Charlemagne Palestine
- Stephen Paulus
- Vincent Persichetti
- Daniel Pinkham
- Robert Powell
- Richard Purvis
- Steve Reich
- Terry Riley
- Ned Rorem
- John Serry Sr.
- Leo Sowerby
- Giles Swayne
- Virgil Thomson
- Gwyneth Walker
- Dale Wood
- Charles Wuorinen
- Pietro Yon (born in Italy)
- Richard Zarou
Sources
- A Directory of Composers for Organ by Dr. John Henderson, Hon. Librarian to the Royal School of Church Music, 2005, 3rd edition. ISBN 0-9528050-2-2
- Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Venetian Instrumental Music, from Gabrieli to Vivaldi. New York, Dover Publications, 1994. ISBN 0-486-28151-5
- Christopher S. Anderson (Ed.), Twentieth-Century Organ Music. New York, Routledge, 2012, ISBN 0-415-87566-8
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