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

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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

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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

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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]

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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)

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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

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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 Austria
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
Kurt Fiebig 1908-1988 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

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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

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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

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Composer Dates Nationality
Lynwood Farnam 1885-1930 Canada
Healey Willan 1880-1968 Canada
Frederick Karam 1926-1978 Canada

Denmark since 1550

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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 Langgaard 1893-1952 Denmark

Switzerland

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Composer Dates Nationality
Otto Barblan 1860-1943 Switzerland
Willy Burkhard 1900-1955 Switzerland
Frank Martin 1890-1974 Switzerland
Paul Müller-Zürich 1898-1993 Switzerland
Guy Bovet 1942- Switzerland
new contemporary composer (copy this, don't type over it) 19xx-19xx country

Hungary

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Composer Dates Nationality
Zoltán Kodály 1882-1967 Hungary

Serbia

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Composer Dates Nationality
Josip Slavenski 1896-1955 Serbia

Sweden

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Composer Dates Nationality
Hilding Rosenberg 1892-1985 Sweden
Bengt Hambraeus 1929-2000 Sweden
Stig Gustav 1933 Sweden

Italy

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Composer Dates Nationality
Marco Enrico Bossi 1861-1925 Italy
Ottorino Respighi 1879-1936 Italy
Alfredo Casella 1883-1947 Italy

Czechoslovakia

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Composer Dates Nationality
Leos Janacek 1854-1928 Czechoslovakia
Miloslav Kabelac 1908-1979 Czechoslovakia
Karel Reiner 1910-1979 Czechoslovakia
Miloš Sokola 1913-1976 Czechoslovakia
Petr Eben 1929-2007 Czechoslovakia

United States (1700-1970)

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Composer Dates Nationality
John Knowles Paine 1839-1906 American
Dudley Buck 1854-1928 American
Horatio Parker 1910-1979 American
Harvey Gaul 1881-1945 American
Myron Roberts 1912-2004 American