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
20th 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	20th Century	Argentina
Ginastera, Alberto	1916	1983	20th Century	Argentina

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

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
Dugan, Franjo	1874	1948	Late Romantic	Croatia
Štolcer-Slavenski, Josip	1896	1955	20th Century	Croatia
Papandopulo, Boris	1906	1991	20th Century	Croatia
Bjelinski, Bruno	1909	1992	20th Century	Croatia
Lang, Ivana	1912	1982	20th Century	Croatia
Šulek, Stjepan	1914	1986	20th Century	Croatia
Malec, Ivo	1925	2019	20th Century	Croatia	emigrated to France
Klobučar, Anđelko	1931	2016	20th Century	Croatia

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	2024	20th Century	Czech Republic (Bohemia)

Tablatures, manuscripts, and printed music before 1580

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Croatia

Cuba

Czech Republic (Bohemia)

Denmark

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Estonia

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Finland

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

France

Renaissance

Baroque (French classical)

Late Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Germany

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Hungary

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Israel

20th–21st centuries

Italy

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Japan

Korea

Latvia

Lithuania

Mexico

Netherlands

Renaissance

Baroque

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Norway

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Portugal

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

20th–21st centuries

Romania

20th–21st centuries

Russia

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

Slovakia

Romantic

20th–21st centuries

South Africa

20th–21st centuries