List of organ composers
The following is a list of organ composers. It lists the more-important composers of music for the pipe organ.
Argentina
Modern
Austria and Germany
Renaissance
- Elias Ammerbach
- Christian Erbach
- Hans Leo Hassler
- Jakob Hassler
- Paul Hofhaimer
- Hans Kotter
- Conrad Paumann
- Hieronymus Praetorius
- Arnolt Schlick
Baroque
- Johann Friedrich Alberti
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Georg Böhm
- Jakob Bölsche
- Nicolaus Bruhns
- Arnold Brunckhorst
- Johann Heinrich Buttstett
- Dieterich Buxtehude (born in Denmark)
- Andreas Düben
- Johann Ernst Eberlin
- Daniel Erich
- Werner Fabricius
- Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
- Christian Flor
- Johann Philipp Förtsch
- Johann Jakob Froberger
- Christian Geist
- Daniel Magnus Gronau
- George Frideric Handel
- Johann Nikolaus Hanff
- Peter Hasse
- Petrus Heydorn
- Ewaldt Hintz
- Wilhelm Karges
- Johann Caspar Kerll
- Johann Erasmus Kindermann
- Andreas Kneller
- Jakob Kortkamp
- Johann Ludwig Krebs
- Johann Tobias Krebs
- Johann Krieger
- Joseph Kromolicki
- Johann Kuhnau
- Georg Dietrich Leyding
- Johan Lorentz the Younger
- Vincent Lübeck
- Johann Mattheson
- Peter Mohrhardt
- Georg Muffat
- Gottlieb Muffat
- Franz Xaver Murschhauser
- Andreas Neunhaber
- Johann Pachelbel
- Alessandro Poglietti
- Jacob Praetorius
- Michael Praetorius
- Johann Adam Reincken
- Ferdinand Tobias Richter
- Christian Ritter
- Georg Wilhelm Saxer
- Heinrich Scheidemann
- Gottfried Scheidt
- Samuel Scheidt
- Sebastian Anton Scherer
- Melchior Schildt
- Heinrich Schütz
- Paul Siefert
- Johann Speth
- Johann Staden
- Johann Steffens
- Delphin Strungk
- Franz Tunder
- Nicolaus Vetter
- Johann Gottfried Walther
- Georg Caspar Wecker
- Matthias Weckmann
- Andreas Werckmeister
- Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow
Classical
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Johann Ernst Eberlin
- Johann Wilhelm Hertel
- Gottfried August Homilius
- Johann Christian Kittel
- Justin Heinrich Knecht
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Christian Heinrich Rinck
- Simon Sechter
Romantic
- Johannes Brahms
- Anton Bruckner
- Otto Dienel
- Robert Fuchs
- Johann Georg Herzog
- Heinrich von Herzogenberg
- Adolf Friedrich Hesse
- Sigfrid Karg-Elert
- Theodor Kirchner
- Franz Paul Lachner
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Wilhelm Middelschulte
- Max Reger
- Julius Reubke
- Josef Rheinberger (born in Liechtenstein)
- August Gottfried Ritter
- Franz Schmidt
- Robert Schumann
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stolze
- Wilhelm Valentin Volckmar
- Waldemar von Baußnern
- Max Wagenknecht
- Alexander Winterberger
- Karl Wolfrum
- Philipp Wolfrum
Modern
- Joseph Ahrens
- Juan Allende-Blin (born in Chile)
- Peter Bares
- Max Baumann
- Jürg Baur
- Joachim Blume
- Helmut Bornefeld
- Gerard Bunk (born in Netherlands)
- Johann Nepomuk David
- Hugo Distler
- Max Drischner
- Hans Gál
- Zsolt Gárdonyi (born in Hungary)
- Harald Genzmer
- Hermann Grabner
- Joseph Haas
- Peter Michael Hamel
- Anton Heiller
- Jörg Herchet
- Kurt Hessenberg
- Paul Hindemith
- Karl Höller
- Karl Hoyer
- Bertold Hummel
- Werner Jacob
- Mauricio Kagel (born in Argentina)
- Heinrich Kaminski
- Peter Jona Korn
- Ernst Krenek
- Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter
- Theophil Laitenberger
- Arno Landmann
- Norbert Linke
- Fritz Lubrich
- Tilo Medek
- Wolfgang Mitterer
- Ernst Pepping
- Peter Planyavsky
- Günter Raphael
- Siegfried Reda
- Wolfgang Rihm
- Thomas Daniel Schlee
- Dieter Schnebel
- Hermann Schroeder
- Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling
- Johanna Senfter
- Oskar Sigmund
- Gerhard Stäbler
- Wolfgang Stockmeier
- Dominik Susteck
- Gottfried von Einem
- Heinz Wunderlich
- Gerd Zacher
- Ruth Zechlin
Belgium
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
- Joseph Callaerts
- Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
- Alphonse Mailly
- Raymond Moulaert
- Désiré Pâque
Modern
- Maurice Guillaume
- Joseph Jongen
- Paul de Maleingreau
- Benoît Mernier
- Arthur Meulemans
- Flor Peeters
- Firmin Swinnen
- Joris Verdin
- Guy Weitz
Brazil
Canada
Romantic
Modern
- Gerald Bales
- H. Hugh Bancroft
- Denis Bédard
- Raymond Daveluy
- Jacobus Kloppers (born in South Africa)
- Rachel Laurin
- Georges-Émile Tanguay
Croatia
Classical
- Fortunat Pintarić
Modern
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
- Petr Eben
- Alois Hába
- Miloslav Kabeláč
- Michal Novenko
- Zdeněk Pololáník
- Luboš Sluka
- Miloš Sokola
- Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann
Denmark
Romantic
- Camillo Carlsen
- Niels Gade
- Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
- Gustav Helsted
- Edgar Henrichsen
- Johan Adam Krygell
- Otto Malling
- Gottfred Matthison-Hansen
- Hans Matthison-Hansen
- Carl Nielsen
Modern
- Bernhard Christensen
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
- Erik Haumann
- Knud Høgenhaven
- Knud Jeppesen
- Leif Kayser
- Rued Langgaard
- Bernhard Lewkovitch
- Jesper Madsen
- Frederik Magle
- Svend-Ove Møller
- Otto Sandberg Nielsen
- Per Nørgård
- Ib Nørholm
- Niels Otto Raasted
- Poul Ruders
- Paul Rung-Keller
- Leif Thybo
- Finn Viderø
Estonia
Romantic
Modern
Finland
Romantic
- Richard Faltin
Modern
- Kalevi Aho
- Paavo Heininen
- Aimo Känkänen
- Kalevi Kiviniemi
- Joonas Kokkonen
- Taneli Kuusisto
- Armas Maasalo
- Väinö Raitio
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Sulo Salonen
- Santeri Siimes
France
Renaissance
Baroque (French classical)
- Louis Archimbaud
- Jacques Boyvin
- Guillaume-Antoine Calvière
- Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
- Gaspard Corrette
- François Couperin
- Louis Couperin
- François d'Agincourt
- Jean-François Dandrieu
- Pierre Dandrieu
- Jean-Henri d'Anglebert
- Louis-Claude Daquin
- Nicolas de Grigny
- Louis-Antoine Dornel
- Pierre Dumage
- Dom George Franck
- Nicolas Gigault
- Jean-Adam Guilain (born in Germany)
- Gilles Jullien
- Mathieu Lanes
- Nicolas Lebègue
- Louis Marchand
- Christophe Moyreau
- Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers
- Charles Piroye
- Charles Racquet
- André Raison
- François Roberday
Late Classical
- Claude-Bénigne Balbastre
- Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier
- Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier
- Alexandre Pierre François Boëly
- Jean-Baptiste Charbonnier
- Michel Corrette
- Armand-Louis Couperin
- Guillaume Lasceux
- Jean-Nicolas Marrigues
- Jean-Baptiste Nôtre
- Louis-Nicolas Séjan
- Nicolas Séjan
Romantic
- Albert Alain
- Augustin Barié
- Édouard Batiste
- François Benoist
- Émile Bernard
- Léon Boëllmann
- Joseph-Ermend Bonnal
- Joseph Bonnet
- Joseph Boulnois
- Henri Büsser
- Alexandre Eugène Cellier
- Charles-Alexis Chauvet
- Henri Dallier
- Léonce de Saint-Martin
- Théodore Dubois
- Paul Fauchet
- Félix Fourdrain
- César Franck (born in Belgium)
- Dynam-Victor Fumet
- Eugène Gigout
- Alexandre Guilmant
- Charles Koechlin
- Louis Lebel
- Maurice Le Boucher
- Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély
- Henri Letocart
- Clément Loret (born in Belgium)
- Édouard Mignan
- Henri Mulet
- Henri Nibelle
- Gabriel Pierné
- Albert Renaud
- Samuel Rousseau
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Alphonse Schmitt
- Déodat de Séverac
- Charles Tournemire
- Louis Vierne
- René Vierne
- Charles-Marie Widor
Modern
- Jehan Alain
- Paul Allix
- Valéry Aubertin
- Dom Paul Benoit, OSB
- Jacques Berthier
- Michel Boulnois
- Pierre Camonin
- Pierre Cochereau
- Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur
- Jeanne Demessieux
- Marcel Dupré
- Maurice Duruflé
- Rolande Falcinelli
- André Fleury
- Jean-Louis Florentz
- Jean Froidevaux
- Raphaël Fumet
- Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
- Jean Guillou
- Naji Hakim (born in Lebanon)
- André Jolivet
- Germaine Labole
- Jean Langlais
- Jean-Pierre Leguay
- Gaston Litaize
- Loïc Mallié
- Olivier Messiaen
- Guy Morançon
- Thierry Pallesco
- Jacques Pichard
- Henriette Puig-Roget
- Eugène Reuchsel
- Jean-Baptiste Robin
- Daniel Roth
Hungary
Romantic
Modern
Italy
Renaissance
- Vincenzo Bellavere
- Girolamo Cavazzoni
- Marco Antonio Cavazzoni
- Giovanni de Macque (born in Netherlands)
- Girolamo Diruta
- Andrea Gabrieli
- Giovanni Gabrieli
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi
- Ascanio Mayone
- Claudio Merulo
- Rocco Rodio
- Antonio Valente
- Adrian Willaert (born in what is now Belgium)
Baroque
- Girolamo Frescobaldi
- Gaetano Greco
- Tarquinio Merula
- Pietro Domenico Paradisi
- Bernardo Pasquini
- Michelangelo Rossi
- Giovanni Salvatore
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- Domenico Scarlatti
- Bernardo Storace
- Gregorio Strozzi
- Giovanni Maria Trabaci
- Domenico Zipoli
Classical
- Ignacio Cirri
- Francesco Corbisieri
- Padre Davide da Bergamo
- Fedele Fenaroli
- Giacomo Insanguine
- Giuseppe Sarti
Romantic
- Giulio Bas
- Marco Enrico Bossi
- Filippo Capocci
- Giovanni Morandi
- Oreste Ravanello
- Roberto Remondi
- Giovanni Tebaldini
Modern
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
- Raffaele Manari
- Luigi Molfino
- Massimo Nosetti
Japan
Lithuania
Latvia
Mexico
Netherlands
Renaissance
Baroque
- Gisbert Steenwick
- Quirinus van Blankenburg
- Anthoni van Noordt
Romantic
- Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans
- Richard Hol
- Daniël de Lange
- Samuel de Lange Jr.
- Samuel de Lange Sr.
- Jean-Baptiste de Pauw
- Hendrik de Vries
- Christiaan Frederik Hendriks
- Johannes Barend Litzau
- Edouard Silas
- Jan Albert van Eijken
- Marius Hendrik van’t Kruijs
- Johan Wagenaar
- Johannes Worp
- Jan Zwart
Modern
- Hendrik Andriessen
- Henk Badings
- Bernard Bartelink
- Jacob Bijster
- Ton Bruynèl
- Cornelis Bute
- Albert de Klerk
- Ton de Leeuw
- Wim de Ruiter
- Piet Groenendijk
- Cor Kee
- Piet Kee
- Arie Keijzer
- Cor Kint
- Hans Kox
- Daan Manneke
- Bert Matter
- Marius Monnikendam
- Jan Mul
- Herman Nieland
- Jan Nieland
- Rob Peters
- Joep Straesser
- Herman Strategier
- Louis Toebosch
- Jos van Amelsvoort
- Anthon van der Horst
- Jan van Dijk
- Paul Christiaan van Westering
- Niek Verkruisen
- Jan Vriend
- Ad Wammes
- Jan Welmers
- Frank Zabel
Norway
Romantic
- Fridthjov Anderssen
- Johannes Haarklou
- Peter Brynie Lindeman
Modern
- Magnar Åm
- Egil Hovland
- Thorolf Høyer-Finn
- Kjell Mørk Karlsen
- Rolf Kåre Karlsen
- Arnljot Kjeldaas
- Trond Kverno
- Ludvig Nielsen
- Knut Nystedt
- Arild Sandvold
- Bjarne Sløgedal
Poland
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
- Konstanty Gorski
- Stanisław Moniuszko
- Feliks Nowowiejski
- Mieczysław Surzyński
- Władysław Żeleński
Modern
- Grażyna Bacewicz
- Augustyn Bloch
- Karol Hławiczka
- Jan Janca
- Jan Adam Maklakiewicz
- Marian Sawa
- Bolesław Szabelski
- Aleksander Szeligowski
- Alexandre Tansman
Portugal
Renaissance
Baroque
Classicism
Modern
Romania
Modern
Russia
Romantic
Modern
- Georgi Alexandrowitsch Mushel
- Mikael Tariverdiev (born in Georgia)
Slovakia
Modern
South Africa
Modern
Spain
Renaissance
- Francisco Correa de Arauxo
- Antonio de Cabezón
- Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia
- Joaquín Martínez de Oxinagas
- Tomás de Santa María
Baroque
- Pablo Bruna
- Juan Cabanilles
- Josep Elies
- Antonio Martín y Coll
- José Ximénez
Classical
- Pedro Carrera y Lanchares
- Joaquín Martínez de Oxinagas
- José Lidón
- Antonio Soler
Romantic
- Felipe Gorriti
- Eduardo Torres
Modern
- José María Beobide
- Tomás de Elduayen
- Jesús Guridi
- Nemesio Otaño
- Luís Urteaga
Sweden
Romantic
- Elfrida Andrée
- Harald Fryklöf
- Gustaf Hägg
- Oskar Lindberg
- Otto Olsson
- Emil Sjögren
Modern
- Thomas Åberg
- Hans-Ola Ericsson
- Bengt Hambraeus
- Torsten Nilsson
- Hilding Rosenberg
- Fredrik Sixten
- Erland von Koch
- Michael Waldenby
- Kurt Wiklander
Switzerland
Renaissance
Modern
- Alfred Baum
- Conrad Beck
- Ernest Bloch
- Guy Bovet
- Adolf Brunner
- Willy Burkhard
- Max Kuhn
- Paul Müller-Zürich
- Bernard Reichel
- Benjamin Righetti
- Lionel Rogg
- Carl Rütti
- Bernard Schulé
UK
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
- Walter Galpin Alcock
- Edward Bairstow
- Herbert Brewer
- E. T. Cook
- Edward Elgar
- Basil Harwood
- John Ireland
- Hubert Parry
- Ronald Richardson Potter
- John Stainer
- Charles Villiers Stanford (born in Ireland)
- William Litton Viner
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley
- William Wolstenholme
- Charles Wood
Modern
- Nigel Allcoat
- Lennox Berkeley
- Jonathan Bielby
- Judith Bingham
- Frank Bridge
- David Briggs
- James Francis Brown
- Lawrence Crane
- Harold Darke
- David Gwerfyl Davies
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Peter Dickinson
- James Douglas
- George Dyson
- Michael Finnissy
- Paul Fisher
- Graham Fitkin
- Percy Fletcher
- Peter Fribbins
- Alan Gibbs
- Patrick Gowers
- William Henry Harris
- Herbert Howells
- Peter Hurford
- Francis Jackson
- Gabriel Jackson
- Craig Sellar Lang (born in New Zealand)
- Kenneth Leighton
- William Mathias
- Peter McGarr
- Arthur Milner
- Herbert Murrill
- Paul Patterson
- Simon Preston
- Alan Ridout
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
- Christopher Steel
- Herbert Sumsion
- George Thalben-Ball (born in Australia)
- Eric Thiman
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Percy Whitlock
- Malcolm Williamson (born in Australia)
- Arthur Wills
Ukraine
Modern
USA
Romantic
- Dudley Buck
- George Whitefield Chadwick
- Arthur Foote
- John Knowles Paine
- Horatio Parker
- Fela Sowande
- Frank Speller
- Whitney Eugene Thayer
Modern
- Samuel Adler
- William Albright
- George C. Baker
- Samuel Barber
- Edward Shippen Barnes
- Seth Bingham
- William Bolcom
- John Cage
- Joseph W. Clokey
- Carson Cooman
- Pamela Decker
- Emma Lou Diemer
- Robert Elmore
- Philip Glass
- Calvin Hampton
- David N. Johnson
- Dan Locklair
- Paul Manz
- Joel Martinson
- Charlemagne Palestine
- Stephen Paulus
- Vincent Persichetti
- Daniel Pinkham
- Richard Purvis
- Steve Reich
- Myron J. Roberts
- Ned Rorem
- John Serry Sr.
- Leo Sowerby
- Giles Swayne
- Richard White
- Carol Williams
- Pietro Yon (born in Italy)
- Richard Zarou
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
- Christopher S. Anderson (Ed.), Twentieth-Century Organ Music. New York, Routledge, 2012, ISBN 0-415-87566-8
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