Dieterich Buxtehude was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal and instrumental idioms, Buxtehude's style greatly influenced other composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Buxtehude is considered one of the most important composers of the 17th century.
Jehan-Aristide Paul Alain was a French organist, composer, and soldier. Born into a family of musicians, he learned the organ from his father and a host of other teachers, becoming a composer at 18, and composing until the outbreak of the Second World War 10 years later. His compositional style was influenced by the musical language of the earlier Claude Debussy, as well as his interest in music, dance and philosophy of the far east. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Alain became a dispatch rider in the Eighth Motorised Armour Division of the French Army; he took part in the Battle of Saumur, in which he was killed.
Léon Boëllmann was a French composer, known for a small number of compositions for organ. His best-known composition is Suite gothique (1895), which is a staple of the organ repertoire, especially its concluding Toccata.
Marie-Claire Geneviève Alain-Gommier was a French organist, scholar and teacher best known for her prolific recording career, with 260 recordings, making her the most-recorded classical organist in the world. She taught many of the world's prominent organists. She was a specialist in Bach, making three recordings of his complete organ works, as well as French organ music.
Pierre André Labric is a French organist, pedagogue and composer.
David John Sanger was a British concert organist, professor and president of the Royal College of Organists.
Wolfgang Friedrich Rübsam is a German-American organist, pianist, composer and pedagogue.
George C. Baker is an American organist, composer, pedagogue, and dermatologist.
René Joseph Antoine Saorgin was a French organist.
Johann Heinrich Buttstett was a German Baroque organist and composer. Although he was Johann Pachelbel's most important pupil and one of the last major exponents of the south German organ tradition, Buttstett is best remembered for a dispute with Johann Mattheson.
François Daniel Roth is a French organist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue. He was titular organist of the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, from 1985 to 2023, and is currently the emeritus titular organist.
Pierre-Marie François Pincemaille was a French organist, improviser, and pedagogue. He was known for his organ improvisations, both in concert and on CD and for his recordings of Charles-Marie Widor's complete organ symphonies played on organs built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, as well as his recordings of the complete organ works of Maurice Duruflé and César Franck, and organ works of Pierre Cochereau and Louis Vierne in particular.
Jean-Luc Perrot is a French organist, carillonneur, composer and musicologist.
Albert Paul Alain was a 20th-century French organist and composer.
Noëlie Marie-Antoinette Pierront was a 20th-century French organist, concertist and music educator.
Georges Delvallée (born 15 March 1937 at Fourmies, Nord is a French organist.
Éric Maurice Lebrun is a French composer, organist, musicologist, and author.
Hans-Dieter Karras is a German church musician, composer and organist.
Bruno Mathieu is a French organist. He studied organ with Jean Langlais, Suzanne Chaisemartin, Jean Guillou, Marie-Claire Alain, and composition with Pierre Lantier, as well as piano with France Clidat and Gisèle Kühn. He is the organist of the Church of Saint-Justin de Levallois-Perret.
Messe modale en septuor, JA 136, is a modal mass for a septet by Jehan Alain completed in 1938. Inspired by a friend who was a flutist, he composed the setting of the Latin Mass ordinary for soprano, alto, flute and string quartet or organ. He wrote it for the church of Saint-Nicolas in Maisons-Laffitte where he was organist. It was published by Doblinger in 1965, after his death, initiated by his sister Marie-Claire Alain.
