Organ Composers

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Following is a list of selected composers of works for classical organ solo.


Pre-Baroque era organ composers (born before 1550)

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Composer Dates Nationality
Elias Ammerbach 1530c-1597 Germany
Antonio de Cabezón 1510c-1566 Spain
Jakob Hassler 1569-1622 Germany
Conrad Paumann 1410c-1473 Germany
Arnolt Schlick 1455c-1521c Germany

Baroque era organ composers (born 1550–1700)

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Composer Dates Nationality
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Germany
Dieterich Buxtehude 1637-1707 Germany

Classical era organ composers (born 1700–1770)

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Composer Dates Nationality
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel 1714-1788 Germany
Krebs, Johann Ludwig 1713-1780 Germany
Kirnberger, Johann 1721-1783 Germany
Claude Balbastre 1724-1799 France

Romantic era organ composers (born 1770–1870)

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Composer Dates Nationality
Franck, César 1822-1890 France
Mendelssohn, Felix 1809-1847 Germany

Twentieth-century and contemporary organ composers (born since 1870)

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Composer Dates Nationality
Vierne, Louis 1870-1937 France
Dupré, Marcel 1886-1971 France
Reger, Max 1873-1916 Germany
Schroeder, Hermann 1904-1984 Germany
Langlais, Jean 1907-1991 France
Near, Gerald 1942- United States
Bloch, Ernst 1880-1959 United States
Wold, Wayne L. 1954- United States