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| [[Christian Heinrich Rinck]] || 1770-1846 || Germany
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| [[Simon Sechter]] || 1788-1867 || Germany
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| [[Felix Mendelssohn]] || 1809-1847 || Germany  
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| [[Josef Rheinberger]] || 1839-1901 || Germany  
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| [[August Gottfried Ritter]] || 1811-1885 || Germany
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| [[Julius Reubke]] || 1834-1858 || Germany
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Revision as of 12:24, 6 April 2011

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
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 1562-1621 The Neatherlands
Andreas Düben 1597-1662 Germany
Samuel Scheidt 1587-1654 Germany
Pablo Bruna 1611-1679 Spain
Juan Cabanilles 1644-1712 Spain
Girolamo Frescobaldi 1583-1643 Italy
Jean Titelouze 1562-1633 France
Matthias Weckmann 1616-1674 Germany
Heinrich Scheidemann 1595-1663 Germany
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer 1656-1746 Germany
Georg Muffat 1653-1704 Germany
Jeremiah Clarke 1674-1707 England
Johann Pachelbel 1653-1706 Germany
Johann Jakob Froberger 1616-1667 Germany
Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue 1631-1702 France
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers 1632-1714 France
Johann Heinrich Buttstett 1666-1727 Germany
Georg Böhm 1661-1733 Germany
André Raison 1640-1719 France
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Germany
François Couperin 1668-1733 France
Dieterich Buxtehude 1637-1707 Germany
Nicolaus Bruhns 1665-1697 Germany

Classical era organ composers (born 1700–1770)

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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

Romantic era organ composers (born 1770–1870)

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Composer Dates Nationality
César Franck 1822-1890 France
Simon Sechter 1788-1867 Germany
Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847 Germany
Josef Rheinberger 1839-1901 Germany
August Gottfried Ritter 1811-1885 Germany
Julius Reubke 1834-1858 Germany
Johannes Brahms 1833-1897 Germany
Sigfrid Karg-Elert 1877-1933 Germany

Twentieth-century and contemporary organ composers (born since 1870)

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Composer Dates Nationality
Louis Vierne 1870-1937 France
Marcel Dupré 1886-1971 France
Max Reger 1873-1916 Germany
Hermann Schroeder 1904-1984 Germany
Flor Peeters 1903-1986 Belgium
Jean Langlais 1907-1991 France
Gerald Near 1942- United States
Ernst Bloch 1880-1959 United States
Wayne L. Wold 1954- United States
Hugo Distler 1908-1942 Germany