Organ Composers

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
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
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