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

Year	Recipient	Nationality	Notes	Reference
1988	Template:Sortname	South Africa	Anti-apartheid activist and later President of South Africa	Baroque era organ composers (born 1550–1700) Click to sort by Composer, Dates, or Nationality Composer Dates Nationality Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Germany Dieterich Buxtehude 1637-1707 Germany Classical era organ composers (born 1700–1770) Click to sort by Composer, Dates, or Nationality 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) Click to sort by Composer, Dates, or Nationality Composer Dates Nationality César Franck 1822-1890 France Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847 Germany Twentieth-century and contemporary organ composers (born since 1870) Click to sort by Composer, Dates, or Nationality 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