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The following is a list of organ composers . As well as citing the most regarded composers of music for the
pipe organ , this list includes important anonymous and early music sources, as well as composers from under-researched regions and countries.
Eras of composition are roughly categorized as follows:
Medieval: before 1440
Renaissance: 1440–1600
Baroque: 1600–1750
Classical: 1750–1810
Romantic: 1810–1870
Late Romantic: 1870–1910
20th Century: 1910–1990
Millennial: after 1990 (composers born after 1960)
Tablatures, manuscripts, and printed music before 1580
Robertsbridge Codex (c. 1360)
Groningen University: Incunabulum No. 70 (late 14th C.)
[1]
Codex Faenza (c. 1420)
Ileborgh Tablature (1448)
Lochamer-Liederbuch : Fundamentum Organisandi of
Conrad Paumann (mid-15th century)
Buxheimer Orgelbuch (1460/1470)
Codex of Nikolaus Apel (c. 1500)
Tabulaturen etlicher Lobgesang of
Arnolt Schlick (1512) First known printed organ music
Frottole intabulate da sonare of
Andrea Antico (1517)
British Library: Royal Appendix MS 58 (early 16th C.)
[2]
Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana ital. 1227 (early 16th C.)
[3]
Recerchari Motetti Canzoni of
Marc'Antonio Cavazzoni (1523)
Tablature of
Leonhard Kleber (1524)
St. Gallen: Tablature of
Fridolin Sicher (sometime between 1517 and 1531)
Organ tablatures of
Pierre Attaingnant , in 7 Volumes (1531)
Intavolatura cioè recercari, canzoni, himni, Magnificat...libro primo of
Girolamo Cavazzoni (1543)
Bergamo Organ Book, Bergamo, Italy (16th C.)
[4]
Krakow "Holy Ghost" Tablature,
Poland (1548)
Intavolatura d'organo, cioè misse, himni, Magnificat...libro secondo of
Girolamo Cavazzoni (before 1549)
The Tablature of
Jan of Lublin ,
Poland (mid-16th C.)
Amerbach Tablatures of
Hans Kotter (mid-16th C.)
Castell'Arquato Manuscript (mid-16th C.)
[5]
Libro primero de la Declaración de instrumentos of
Juan Bermudo (1549)
Intavolatura Nova di Balli of
Antonio Gardano (1551)
Libro de cifra nueva para tecla, arpa, y vihuela of
Luis Venegas de Henestrosa (1557)
Klagenfurt Tablature (c. 1560)
http://adartemmusicae.com/klagenfurt_en.html
Arte de tañer fantasía of
Tomás de Santa María (1565)
The Mulliner Book (1570)
Obras de música para tecla, arpa y vihuela of
Antonio de Cabezón (1578)
British Library: Add MS 29996 (16th–17th C.)
[6]
(see also Germany)
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Era
Country/Region
Other Countries
Hofhaimer, Paul
1459
1537
Renaissance
Austria
Muffat, Georg
1653
1704
Baroque
Austria
Muffat, Gottlieb
1690
1770
Baroque
Austria
Poglietti, Alessandro
1600 (c.)
1683
Baroque
Austria
Richter, Ferdinand Tobias
1651
1711
Baroque
Austria
Wagenseil, Georg Christoph
1715
1777
Baroque
Austria
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg
1736
1809
Classical
Austria
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
1756
1791
Classical
Austria
Sechter, Simon
1788
1867
Classical
Austria
Labor, Josef
1842
1924
Late Romantic
Austria
born in Bohemia
Fuchs, Robert
1847
1927
Late Romantic
Austria
Herzogenberg, Heinrich von
1843
1900
Late Romantic
Austria
Schmidt, Franz
1874
1939
Late Romantic
Austria
David, Johann Nepomuk
1895
1977
20th Century
Austria
Gál, Hans
1890
1987
20th Century
Austria
Grabner, Hermann
1886
1969
20th Century
Austria
Hauer, Josef Matthias
1883
1959
20th Century
Austria
Heiller, Anton
1923
1979
20th Century
Austria
Krenek, Ernst
1900
1991
20th Century
Austria
Mitterer, Wolfgang
1958
—
20th Century
Austria
Planyavsky, Peter
1947
—
20th Century
Austria
Schlee, Thomas Daniel
1957
—
20th Century
Austria
Von Einem, Gottfried
1918
1996
20th Century
Austria
(see also France)
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Era
Country/Region
Other Countries
Chaumont, Lambert
1630
1712
Baroque
Belgium
Cornet, Peeter
1570/80
1633
Baroque
Belgium
Van den Kerckhoven, Abraham
1618 (c.)
1701 (c.)
Baroque
Belgium
Benaut, Josse-François-Joseph
1743 (c.)
1794
Classical
Belgium
Vanden Gheyn, Matthias
1721
1785
Classical
Belgium
Callaerts, Joseph
1830
1901
Romantic
Belgium
Lemmens, Jacques-Nicolas
1823
1881
Romantic
Belgium
Foccroulle, Bernard
1953
—
20th Century
Belgium
Jongen, Joseph
1873
1953
Late Romantic
Belgium
Maleingreau, Paul de
1887
1956
20th Century
Belgium
Meulemans, Arthur
1884
1966
20th Century
Belgium
Peeters, Flor
1903
1986
20th Century
Belgium
Swinnen, Firmin
1885
1972
20th Century
Belgium
emigrated to the U.S.
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Era
Country/Region
Other Countries
Nepomuceno, Alberto
1864
1920
Late Romantic
Brazil
Costa, Fabio
1971
—
Millennial
Brazil
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Era
Country/Region
Other Countries
Gagnon, Gustave
1842
1930
Late Romantic
Canada
Bernier, Joseph-Arthur
1877
1944
Late Romantic
Canada
Poirier, Benoit
1882
1965
Late Romantic
Canada
Willan, Healey
1880
1968
20th Century
Canada
born in the U.K.
Bales, Gerald
1919
2002
20th Century
Canada
Bancroft, H. Hugh
1904
1988
20th Century
Canada
born in the U.K.
Daveluy, Raymond
1926
2016
20th Century
Canada
Kloppers, Jacobus
1937
—
20th Century
Canada
born in South Africa
Laurin, Rachel
1961
2023
Millennial
Canada
MacMillan, Ernest
1893
1973
20th Century
Canada
Tanguay, Georges-Émile
1893
1964
20th Century
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Era
Country/Region
Other Countries
Chen Gang
1935
—
20th Century
China
Chen Qigang
1951
—
20th Century
China
emigrated to France
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Era
Country/Region
Other Countries
Černohorský, Bohuslav Matěj
1684
1742
Baroque
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Kopřiva, Václav Jan
1708
1789
Baroque
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Zach, Jan
1713
1773
Baroque
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Seger, Josef
1716
1782
Baroque
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Brixi, František Xaver
1732
1771
Classical
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Kuchař, Jan Křtitel
1751
1829
Classical
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Kopřiva, Karel Blažej
1756
1785
Classical
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Klička, Josef
1855
1937
Late Romantic
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Wiedermann, Bedřich Antonín
1883
1951
20th Century
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Hába, Alois
1893
1973
20th Century
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Dalibor Cyril Vačkář
1906
1984
20th Century
Czech
Croatia
Kabeláč, Miloslav
1908
1979
20th Century
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Luboš Sluka
1928
—
20th Century
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Eben, Petr
1929
2007
20th Century
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Pololáník, Zdeněk
1935
—
20th Century
Czech Republic (Bohemia)
(see also Belgium)
Baroque (French classical)
(See also Austria)
(see also Spain)
(see also Portugal)
Biographical Dictionary
of
Organists, Composers for Organ and Organ Builders: <
https://www.organ-biography.info/ >
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