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 | |
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Ammerbach, Elias | 1530c-1597 | Germany | |
Hassler, Jakob | 1569-1622 | Germany | |
Paumann, Conrad | 1410c-1473 | Germany | |
Schlick, Arnolt | 1455c-1521c | Germany |
Baroque era organ composers (born 1550–1700)
Composer | Dates | Nationality | |
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Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685-1750 | Germany | |
Buxtehude, Dieterich | 1637-1707 | Germany |
Classical era organ composers (born 1700–1770)
Composer | Dates | Nationality | |
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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel | 1714-1788 | Germany | |
Krebs, Johann Ludwig | 1713-1780 | Germany | |
Kirnberger, Johann | 1721-1783 | Germany | |
Balbastre, Claude | 1724-1799 | France |
Romantic era organ composers (born 1770–1870)
Composer | Dates | Nationality | |
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Franck, César | 1822-1890 | France | |
Mendelssohn, Felix | 1809-1847 | Germany |
Twentieth-century and contemporary organ composers (born since 1870)
Composer | Dates | Nationality | |
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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 |