List of organ composers
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The following is a list of organ composers. It details those composers who wrote or write for the pipe organ.
Germany and Austria
Renaissance
Baroque
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Georg Böhm
- Nicolaus Bruhns
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Antonio Caldara
- Christian Erbach
- Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
- Johann Jakob Froberger
- Johann Kaspar Kerll
- Johann Ludwig Krebs
- Johann Tobias Krebs
- Georg Muffat
- Johann Pachelbel
- Michael Praetorius
- Johann Adam Reincken
- Ambros Rieder
- Franz Anton Römer
- Heinrich Scheidemann
- Samuel Scheidt
- Sebastian Anton Scherer
- Johann Baptist Schiedermayr
- Heinrich Schütz
- Franz Tunder
- Matthias Weckmann
Classicism
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Justin Heinrich Knecht
- Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck
- Simon Sechter
- Johann Georg Vogler
Romantic
- Johannes Brahms
- Sigfrid Karg-Elert
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Max Reger
- Josef Rheinberger
- August Gottfried Ritter
- Max Wagenknecht
Modern
France
Baroque (French classical)
- François d'Agincourt
- Jacques Boyvin
- Gaspard Corrette
- François Couperin
- Louis Couperin
- Jean-François Dandrieu
- Louis-Claude Daquin
- Nicolas Gigault
- Nicolas de Grigny
- Gilles Jullien
- Nicolas Lebègue
- Louis Marchand
- Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers
- André Raison
- François Roberday
- Jean Titelouze
Classicism, Age Of Revolution and Pre-romanticism
- Claude-Bénigne Balbastre
- Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier
- Alexandre Pierre François Boëly
- Antoine Calvière
- Michel Corrette
- Guillaume Lasceux
- Nicolas Sejan
Romantic
- Léon Boëllmann
- Marcel Dupré
- César Franck
- Eugène Gigout
- Alexandre Guilmant
- Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely
- Henri Mulet
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Louis Vierne
- Charles-Marie Widor
Modern
Italy
Renaissance
- Vincenzo Bellavere
- Girolamo Diruta
- Andrea Gabrieli
- Giovanni Gabrieli
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi
- Claudio Merulo
- Adrian Willaert
Baroque
- Girolamo Frescobaldi
- Tarquinio Merula
- Bernardo Pasquini
- Giovanni Salvatore
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- Domenico Scarlatti
Romantic
- Marco Enrico Bossi
- Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata
- Padre Davide da Bergamo (Felice Moretti)
- Giovanni Morandi
- Vincenzo Antonio Petrali
Netherlands
Renaissance
Baroque
Portugal
Renaissance
Baroque
Spain
Renaissance
Baroque
England
Classical
Romantic
Modern
- Lennox Berkeley
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- George Dyson
- Hans Gál
- Basil Harwood
- Herbert Howells
- Kenneth Leighton
- William Mathias
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Percy Whitlock
- Malcolm Williamson
Poland
Renaissance
- Nicolaus Cracoviensis
- Petrus de Drusina (Piotr Drusinsky)
- Johannes Fischer
- Marcin Leopolita
- Jan of Lublin
- Jakub Sowa
- Adam of Wągrowiec
Baroque
Classicism
Romantic
- August Freyer
- Konstanty Gorski (Górski)
- Aleksander Karczyński
- Stanisław Moniuszko
- Feliks Nowowiejski
- Gustaw Roguski
- Wincenty Rychling (Bartoszewski)
- Mieczysław Surzyński
- Stefan Surzyński
- Franciszek Walczyński
- Eugeniusz Walkiewicz
- Władysław Żeleński
Modern
Hungary
Romantic
Modern
USA
Romantic
Modern
Canada
Bulgaria
Estonia
Ukraine
Russia
See also
Sources
- A Directory of Composers for Organ by Dr. John Henderson,Hon. Librarian to the Royal School of Church Music 2005 3rd edition ISBN 0-9528050-2-2
- Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Venetian Instrumental Music, from Gabrieli to Vivaldi. New York, Dover Publications, 1994. ISBN 0-486-28151-5