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
Australia
Austria and Germany
Renaissance
Baroque
- Johann Friedrich Alberti
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Georg Böhm
- Nicolaus Bruhns
- Arnold Brunckhorst
- Johann Heinrich Buttstett
- Dieterich Buxtehude (born in Denmark)
- Andreas Düben
- Johann Ernst Eberlin
- Daniel Erich
- Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
- Johann Philipp Förtsch
- Johann Jakob Froberger
- Christian Geist
- Georg Friedrich Händel
- Johann Nikolaus Hanff
- Peter Hasse
- Wilhelm Karges
- Johann Caspar Kerll
- Johann Erasmus Kindermann
- Andreas Kneller
- Johann Ludwig Krebs
- Johann Tobias Krebs
- Johann Krieger
- Johann Kuhnau
- Georg Dietrich Leyding
- Vincent Lübeck
- Johann Mattheson
- Georg Muffat
- Gottlieb Muffat
- Franz Xaver Murschhauser
- Johann Pachelbel
- Alessandro Poglietti
- Jacob Praetorius
- Michael Praetorius
- Johann Adam Reincken
- Ferdinand Tobias Richter
- Christian Ritter
- Heinrich Scheidemann
- Gottfried Scheidt
- Samuel Scheidt
- Sebastian Anton Scherer
- Melchior Schildt
- Heinrich Schütz
- Paul Siefert
- Johann Speth
- Johann Staden
- Johann Steffens
- Johann Ulrich Steigleder
- Delphin Strungk
- Franz Tunder
- Nicolaus Vetter
- Johann Gottfried Walther
- Georg Caspar Wecker
- Matthias Weckmann
- Andreas Werckmeister
- Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow
Classical
Romantic
- Johannes Brahms
- Anton Bruckner
- Immanuel Faisst
- Robert Fuchs
- Heinrich von Herzogenberg
- Adolf Friedrich Hesse
- Sigfrid Karg-Elert
- Theodor Kirchner
- Franz Paul Lachner
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Gustav Merkel
- Wilhelm Middelschulte
- Julius Reubke
- Josef Rheinberger (born in Liechtenstein)
- August Gottfried Ritter
- Franz Schmidt
- Robert Schumann
- Waldemar von Baußnern
- Max Wagenknecht
- Alexander Winterberger
- Philipp Wolfrum
Modern
- Joseph Ahrens
- Juan Allende-Blin (born in Chile)
- Peter Bares
- Max Baumann
- Jürg Baur
- Johann Nepomuk David
- Hugo Distler
- Max Drischner
- Hans Gál
- Zsolt Gárdonyi (born in Hungary)
- Harald Genzmer
- Hermann Grabner
- Joseph Haas
- Peter Michael Hamel
- Josef Matthias Hauer
- Anton Heiller
- Kurt Hessenberg
- Paul Hindemith
- Karl Höller
- Bertold Hummel
- Werner Jacob
- Mauricio Kagel (born in Argentina)
- Heinrich Kaminski
- Ernst Krenek
- Tilo Medek
- Wolfgang Mitterer
- Ernst Pepping
- Peter Planyavsky
- Günter Raphael
- Max Reger
- Mathias Rehfeldt
- Wolfgang Rihm
- Thomas Daniel Schlee
- Dieter Schnebel
- Hermann Schroeder
- Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling
- Johanna Senfter
- Gerhard Stäbler
- Wolfgang Stockmeier
- Gottfried von Einem
- Heinz Wunderlich
- Gerd Zacher
- Ruth Zechlin
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Romantic
- Joseph-Arthur Bernier
- Gustave Gagnon
- Benoit Poirier
- Healey Willan (born in the United Kingdom)
Modern
Croatia
Modern
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Romantic
Denmark
Romantic
Finland
Romantic
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
Romantic
- Augustin Barié
- Édouard Batiste
- Erik Satie
- François Benoist
- Émile Bernard
- Léon Boëllmann
- Joseph-Ermend Bonnal
- 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
- 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
- Marcel Samuel-Rousseau
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Alphonse Schmitt
- Déodat de Séverac
- Charles-Marie Widor
Modern
- Albert Alain
- Jehan Alain
- Paul Allix
- Valéry Aubertin
- Dom Paul Benoit, OSB
- Jacques Berthier
- Jean Marie Berveiller
- Joseph Bonnet
- Michel Boulnois
- Pierre Camonin
- Pierre Cochereau
- Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur
- Jeanne Demessieux
- Marcel Dupré
- Maurice Duruflé
- Rolande Falcinelli
- André Fleury
- Jean-Louis Florentz
- Jean Françaix
- Raphaël Fumet
- Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
- Jean Guillou
- Naji Hakim (born in Lebanon)
- André Jolivet
- Jean Langlais
- Jean-Pierre Leguay
- Gaston Litaize
- Olivier Messiaen
- Guy Morançon
- Thierry Pallesco
- Henriette Puig-Roget
- Eugène Reuchsel
- Jean-Baptiste Robin
- Daniel Roth
- Pierre Pincemaille
- Charles Tournemire
- Louis Vierne
- René Vierne
Hungary
Romantic
Israel
Modern
Italy
Renaissance
- Vincenzo Bellavere
- Girolamo Cavazzoni
- Marco Antonio Cavazzoni
- Giovanni de Macque (born in Netherlands)
- Girolamo Diruta
- Giacomo Fogliano
- Andrea Gabrieli
- Giovanni Gabrieli
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi
- Ascanio Mayone
- Claudio Merulo
- Annibale Padovano
- Rocco Rodio
- Giulio Segni
- Antonio Valente
- Claudio Veggio
- Adrian Willaert (born in what is now Belgium)
Baroque
Romantic
Japan
Latvia
Netherlands
Renaissance
Baroque
Romantic
Norway
Romantic
Poland
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
- Konstanty Gorski
- August Freyer
- Stanisław Moniuszko
- Feliks Nowowiejski
- Władysław Żeleński
Portugal
Renaissance
Baroque
Classicism
Modern
Romania
Modern
Slovakia
Romantic
South Africa
Modern
Spain
Renaissance
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Sweden
Switzerland
Renaissance
United Kingdom
Renaissance
Classical
Romantic
Modern
- Lennox Berkeley
- Jonathan Bielby
- Judith Bingham
- Hugh Blair
- 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
- Graham Fitkin
- Percy Fletcher
- Sebastian Forbes
- Peter Fribbins
- Patrick Gowers
- Thomas Vernon Griffiths
- William Henry Harris
- Derek Healey
- Alfred Hollins
- Herbert Howells
- Peter Hurford
- Francis Jackson
- Gabriel Jackson
- Craig Sellar Lang (born in New Zealand)
- Kenneth Leighton
- William Mathias
- Peter McGarr
- Herbert Murrill
- Harrison Oxley
- Ian Parrott
- Paul Patterson
- Francis Pott
- Simon Preston
- Alan Ridout
- Martin Shaw
- 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
United States
Romantic
Modern
- Samuel Adler
- Miguel del Aguila
- William Albright
- George C. Baker
- Samuel Barber
- Edward Shippen Barnes
- Herman Berlinski
- Seth Bingham
- Roberta Bitgood
- William Bolcom
- John Cage
- Clay Christiansen
- Joseph W. Clokey
- Carson Cooman
- David Conte
- David Dahl
- Emma Lou Diemer
- Robert Elmore
- Isadore Freed
- Philip Glass
- Calvin Hampton
- David N. Johnson
- Paul Manz
- Charlemagne Palestine
- Stephen Paulus
- Vincent Persichetti
- Daniel Pinkham
- Robert Powell
- Richard Purvis
- Steve Reich
- Terry Riley
- Ned Rorem
- John Serry Sr.
- Leo Sowerby
- Giles Swayne
- Virgil Thomson
- Gwyneth Walker
- Dale Wood
- Charles Wuorinen
- Pietro Yon (born in Italy)
- Richard Zarou
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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