Organ Literature 2 Composer List
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Following is a list of selected composers for the BYU Organ Literature 2 course.
Germany after Bach: 1725–1800
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | 1710-1784 | Germany |
| Johann Ludwig Krebs | 1713-1780 | Germany |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | 1714-1788 | Germany |
| Johann Kirnberger | 1721-1783 | Germany |
| Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach | 1732-1795 | Germany |
| Johann Christian Kittel | 1732-1809 | Germany |
| Franz Joseph Haydn | 1732-1809 | Germany |
| Johann Christian Bach | 1735-1783 | Germany |
| Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler | 1749-1814 | Germany |
| Justin Heinrich Knecht | 1752-1817 | Germany |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756-1791 | Germany |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 1770-1827 | Germany |
| new Classical composer | 17xx-18xx | country |
Germany 1800-1900
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Christian Hienrich Rinck | 1770-1846 | Germany |
| Adolphe Hesse | 1809-1847 | Germany |
| Felix Mendelssohn | 1809-1847 | Germany |
| Robert Schumann | 1810-1856 | Germany |
| August Gottfried Ritter | 1811-1885 | Germany |
| Franz Liszt | 1811-1886 | Germany |
| Josef Anton Bruckner | 1824-1896 | Germany |
| Gustav Adolph Merkel | 1827-1885 | Germany |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833-1897 | Germany |
| Julius Reubke | 1834-1858 | Germany |
| Josef Rheinberger | 1839-1901 | Germany |
| new Romantic composer | 18xx-19xx | country |
England 1800-1900
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Wesley | 1766-1837 | England |
| Samuel Sebastian Wesley | 1810-1876 | England |
| Thomas Attwood Walmisley | 1814-1856 | England |
| William Thomas Best | 1826-1897 | England |
| C Hubert H Parry | 1848-1918 | England |
| Charles Villiers Stanford | 1852-1924 | England |
| Edward Elgar | 1857-1934 | England |
| Basil Harwood | 1859-1949 | England |
| Charles Wood | 1866-1926 | England |
| new Romantic composer | 18xx-19xx | country |
France 1800-1900 [begin editing from here]
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Balbastre | 1724-1799 | France |
| Alexandre Pierre Francois Boёly | 1785-1858 | France |
| Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely | 1817-1869 | France |
| Antoine-Edouard Batiste | 1820-1876 | France |
| César-Auguste Franck | 1822-1890 | France |
| Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens | 1823-1881 | France |
| Camille Saint-Saéns | 1835-1921 | France |
| Félix Alexandre Guilmant | 1837-1911 | France |
| Théodore Dubois | 1837-1942 | France |
| Eugène Gigout | 1844-1925 | France |
| Charles-Marie Widor | 1844-1937 | France |
| Léon Boëllmann | 1862-1897 | France |
| Gabriel Pierné | 1863-1937 | France |
| Louis Vierne | 1870-1937 | France |
| Charles Tournemire | 1870-1939 | France |
| Jean (Jules Aimable) Roger-Ducasse | 1873-1954 | France |
| Henri Mulet | 1878-1967 | France |
| Joseph-Ermend Bonnal | 1880-1944 | France |
| Joseph Bonnet | 1884-1944 | France |
| new Romantic composer | 18xx-19xx | country |
Twentieth-century and contemporary organ composers (born since 1870)
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Vierne | 1870-1937 | France |
| Georges Jacob | 1877-1950 | France |
| Ernst Bloch | 1880-1959 | United States |
| Marcel Dupré | 1886-1971 | France |
| Arthur Honegger | 1892-1955 | France |
| (Dom) Paul Benoit | 1893-1979 | France |
| Francis Poulenc | 1899-1963 | France |
| Maurice Duruflé | 1902-1986 | France |
| Flor Peeters | 1903-1986 | Belgium |
| Jean Langlais | 1907-1991 | France |
| Olivier Messiaen | 1908-1992 | France |
| Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur | 1908-2002 | France |
| Jehan Alain | 1911-1940 | France |
| Joseph Willcox Jenkins | 1928-2014 | country |
| Gerald Near | 1942- | United States |
| Wayne L. Wold | 1954- | United States |
| Chelsea Chen | 1983- | United States |
| Joseph Jongen | 1873-1953 | Belgium |
| new contemporary composer (copy this, don't type over it) | 19xx-19xx | country |
Germany and Austria since 1900
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Franz Schmidt | 1874-1939 | Germany |
| Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1877-1933 | Germany |
| (Johann Baptist Joseph) Maximilian Reger | 1873-1916 | Germany |
| Armin Knab | 1881-1951 | Germany |
| Karl Hasse | 1883-1961 | Germany |
| Heinrich Kaminski | 1886-1946 | Germany |
| Paul Hindemith | 1895-1963 | Germany |
| Johann Nepomuk David | 1895-1977 | Austria |
| Ernst Krenek | 1900-1991 | Germany |
| Ernst Pepping | 1901-1981 | Germany |
| Hans Friedrich Micheelsen | 1902-1973 | Germany |
| Hermann Schroeder | 1904-1984 | Germany |
| Joseph Ahrens | 1904-1997 | Germany |
| Helmut Bornefeld | 1906-1990 | Germany |
| Helmut Walcha | 1907-1991 | Germany |
| Hugo Distler | 1908-1942 | Germany |
| Siegfried Reda | 1916-1968 | Germany |
| Anton Heiller | 1923-1979 | Germany |
| new contemporary composer (copy this, don't type over it) | 19xx-19xx | country |
Great Britain since 1900
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Walford Davies | 1869-1941 | England |
| Geoffrey Shaw | 1879-1943 | England |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 1872-1958 | England |
| Martin Shaw | 1875-1958 | England |
| George Oldroyd | 1887-1956 | England |
| Herbert Howells | 1892-1983 | England |
| Percy Whitlock | 1903-1946 | England |
| Herbert Murrill | 1909-1952 | England |
| Harold Darke | 1888-1976 | England |
| Gordon Jacob | 1892-1983 | England |
| Peter Racine Fricker | 1920-1990 | England |
| Kenneth Leighton | 1929-1988 | England |
| William Mathias | 1934-1992 | Wales |
| Alun Hoddinott | 1929-2008 | England |
| Bryan Kelly | 1934 | England |
| Simon Preston | 1938 | England |
| John McCabe | 1939 | Enlgand |
| new contemporary composer (copy this, don't type over it) | 19xx-19xx | country |
Belgium since 1900
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Jongen | 1873-1953 | Belgium |
| Paul de Maleingreau | 1887-1956 | Belgium |
| Guy Weitz | 1883-1970 | Belgium |
| Flor Peters | 1903-1986 | Belgium |
| new contemporary composer (copy this, don't type over it) | 19xx-19xx | country |
Canada since 1900
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Lynwood Farnam | 1885-1930 | Canada |
| Healey Willan | 1880-1968 | Canada |
| Frederick Karam | 1926-1978 | Canada |
Denmark since 1550
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Melchior Schildt | 1592-1667 | Denmark |
| Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann | 1805-1900 | Denmark |
| Niels Wilhelm Gade | 1817-1890 | Denmark |
| Carl August Nielsen | 1865-1931 | Denmark |
| Rued Langaard | 1893-1952 | Denmark |
Switzerland
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Otto Barblan | 1860-1943 | Switzerland |
| Willy Burkhard | 1900-1955 | Switzerland |
| Frank Martin | 1890-1974 | Switzerland |
| Paul Müller-Zürich | 1898-1993 | Switzerland |
| new contemporary composer (copy this, don't type over it) | 19xx-19xx | country |
Hungary
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Zoltán Kodály | 1882-1967 | Hungary |
Serbia
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Josip Slavenski | 1896-1955 | Serbia |
Sweden
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Hilding Rosenberg | 1892-1985 | Sweden |
| Bengt Hambraeus | 1929-2000 | Sweden |
| Stig Gustav | 1933 | Sweden |
Italy
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Enrico Bossi | 1861-1925 | Italy |
| Ottorino Respighi | 1879-1936 | Italy |
| Alfredo Casella | 1883-1947 | Italy |
Czechoslovakia
| Composer | Dates | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Leos Janacek | 1854-1928 | Czechoslovakia |
| Miloslav Kabelac | 1908-1979 | Czechoslovakia |
| Karel Reiner | 1910-1979 | Czechoslovakia |
| Milos Sokola | 1913-1976 | Czechoslovakia |
| Petr Eben | 1929-2007 | Czechoslovakia |
