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)
| 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 |
| new pre-Baroque composer | 15xx-15xx | country |
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Classical era organ composers (born 1700–1770)
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | 1714-1788 | Germany |
| Johann Ludwig Krebs | 1713-1780 | Germany |
| Justin Heinrich Knecht | 1752-1817 | Germany |
| Christian Heinrich Rinck | 1770-1846 | Germany |
| Johann Kirnberger | 1721-1783 | Germany |
| Claude Balbastre | 1724-1799 | France |
| new Classical composer | 17xx-18xx | country |
Romantic era organ composers (born 1770–1870)
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| César Franck | 1822-1890 | France |
| C. Hubert H. Parry | 1848-1918 | England |
| Simon Sechter | 1788-1867 | Germany |
| Léon Boëllmann | 1862-1897 | France |
| Felix Mendelssohn | 1809-1847 | Germany |
| Théodore Dubois | 1837-1942 | France |
| Eugène Gigout | 1844-1925 | France |
| Alexandre Guilmant | 1837-1911 | France |
| Charles Tournemire | 1870-1939 | France |
| Louis Vierne | 1870-1937 | France |
| Charles-Marie Widor | 1844-1937 | France |
| Josef Rheinberger | 1839-1901 | Germany |
| August Gottfried Ritter | 1811-1885 | Germany |
| Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens | 1823-1881 | France |
| Julius Reubke | 1834-1858 | Germany |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833-1897 | Germany |
| Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1877-1933 | Germany |
| new Romantic composer | 18xx-19xx | country |
Twentieth-century and contemporary organ composers (born since 1870)
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Vierne | 1870-1937 | France |
| Marcel Dupré | 1886-1971 | France |
| Max Reger | 1873-1916 | Germany |
| Hermann Schroeder | 1904-1984 | Germany |
| Jehan Alain | 1911-1940 | France |
| Flor Peeters | 1903-1986 | Belgium |
| Jean Langlais | 1907-1991 | France |
| Marcel Dupré | 1886-1971 | France |
| Maurice Duruflé | 1902-1986 | France |
| Herbert Howells | 1892-1983 | England |
| Gerald Near | 1942- | United States |
| Olivier Messiaen | 1908-1992 | France |
| Ernst Bloch | 1880-1959 | United States |
| Wayne L. Wold | 1954- | United States |
| Hugo Distler | 1908-1942 | Germany |
| Ernst Pepping | 1901-1981 | Germany |
| new twentieth-century composer | 19xx-20xx | country |
