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)