List of organ composers

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.

Much keyboard music of the late-medieval and Renaissance was often played interchangeably on organ, harpsichord, clavichord and the like, with the exception of liturgical music (Mass, Magnificat and Latin hymns versets, chorale settings, etc.) which are thought to have been played primarily on the organ. Several early sources clearly specify the use of organ in free works, such as the Ileborgh Tablature of 1448, which in the third praeambulum has the first-known indication for pedal notes.

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
20^th Century: 1910–1990
Millennial: after 1990 (composers born after 1960)

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Era	Country/Region	Other Countries
García Morillo, Roberto	1911	2003	20^th Century	Argentina
Ginastera, Alberto	1916	1983	20^th Century	Argentina

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Era	Country/Region	Other Countries
Koehne, Graeme	1956	—	20^th Century	Australia
Helleman, Christian	1881	1954	20^th Century
Truman, Ernest	1869	1948	Late Romantic
Bainton, Edgar	1880	1956	20^th Century	United Kingdom	emigrated to Australia
Nixon, June	1942	—	20^th Century	Australia
Rea, Alexander	1830	1909	19^th Century	Australia

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Era	Country/Region	Other Countries
Hofhaimer, Paul	1459	1537	Renaissance	Austria
Muffat, Georg	1653	1704	Baroque
Muffat, Gottlieb	1690	1770
Poglietti, Alessandro	1600 (c.)	1683
Richter, Ferdinand Tobias	1651	1711
Wagenseil, Georg Christoph	1715	1777
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg	1736	1809	Classical
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus	1756	1791
Sechter, Simon	1788	1867
Labor, Josef	1842	1924	Late Romantic		born in Bohemia
Fuchs, Robert	1847	1927
Herzogenberg, Heinrich von	1843	1900
Schmidt, Franz	1874	1939
David, Johann Nepomuk	1895	1977	20^th Century
Gál, Hans	1890	1987
Grabner, Hermann	1886	1969
Hauer, Josef Matthias	1883	1959
Heiller, Anton	1923	1979
Krenek, Ernst	1900	1991
Mitterer, Wolfgang	1958	—
Planyavsky, Peter	1947	—
Schlee, Thomas Daniel	1957	2025
Von Einem, Gottfried	1918	1996

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Era	Country/Region	Other Countries
Chaumont, Lambert	1630	1712	Baroque	Belgium
Cornet, Peeter	1570/80	1633
Van den Kerckhoven, Abraham	1618 (c.)	1701 (c.)
Benaut, Josse-François-Joseph	1743 (c.)	1794	Classical
Vanden Gheyn, Matthias	1721	1785	Classical
Callaerts, Joseph	1830	1901	Romantic
Lemmens, Jacques-Nicolas	1823	1881	Romantic
Foccroulle, Bernard	1953	—	20^th Century
Jongen, Joseph	1873	1953	Late Romantic
Maleingreau, Paul de	1887	1956	20^th Century
Meulemans, Arthur	1884	1966
Peeters, Flor	1903	1986
Swinnen, Firmin	1885	1972			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
Poirier, Benoit	1882	1965
Willan, Healey	1880	1968	20^th Century		born in the U.K.
Bales, Gerald	1919	2002
Bancroft, H. Hugh	1904	1988			born in the U.K.
Daveluy, Raymond	1926	2016
Kloppers, Jacobus	1937	—			born in South Africa
Bédard, Denis	1950	—
Laurin, Rachel	1961	2023	Millennial
MacMillan, Ernest	1893	1973	20^th Century
Tanguay, Georges-Émile	1893	1964	20^th Century

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Era	Country/Region	Other Countries
Allende-Blin, Juan	1928	—	20^th Century	Chile	emigrated to Germany
Orrego-Salas, Juan	1919	2019			emigrated to the U.S.
Schidlowsky, León	1931	2022			emigrated to Israel
Vargas, Darwin	1925	1988

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Era	Country/Region	Other Countries
Chen Gang	1935	2026	20^th Century	China
Chen Qigang	1951	—	20^th Century	China	emigrated to France

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Era	Country/Region	Other Countries
Dugan, Franjo	1874	1948	Late Romantic	Croatia
Štolcer-Slavenski, Josip	1896	1955	20^th Century
Papandopulo, Boris	1906	1991
Bjelinski, Bruno	1909	1992
Lang, Ivana	1912	1982
Šulek, Stjepan	1914	1986
Malec, Ivo	1925	2019			emigrated to France
Klobučar, Anđelko	1931	2016

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Era	Country/Region	Other Countries
García Caturla, Alejandro	1906	1940	20^th Century	Cuba
Diez Nieto, Alfredo	1918	2021
Martinez, Odaline de la	1949	—			emigrated to the U.K.

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
Zach, Jan	1713	1773
Seger, Josef	1716	1782
Brixi, František Xaver	1732	1771	Classical
Kuchař, Jan Křtitel	1751	1829
Kopřiva, Karel Blažej	1756	1785
Klička, Josef	1855	1937	Late Romantic
Wiedermann, Bedřich Antonín	1883	1951	20^th Century
Hába, Alois	1893	1973
Dalibor Cyril Vačkář	1906	1984		Czech Republic	Croatia
Kabeláč, Miloslav	1908	1979		Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Luboš Sluka	1928	—
Eben, Petr	1929	2007
Pololáník, Zdeněk	1935	2024

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Renaissance

Baroque (French classical)

Late Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

20th–21st centuries

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Renaissance

Baroque

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

20th–21st centuries

20th–21st centuries

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

20th–21st centuries

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Baroque

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Renaissance

20th–21st centuries

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries

20^th–21^st centuries