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

Romantic era organ composers (born 1770–1870)

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

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

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