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19th-century organists

81 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Achille PhilipPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Camille Casimir Achille Philip (12 October 1878 - 12 November 1959) was a French organist, composer, conductor and pedagogue.
Agathe Backer GrøndahlPerson · Music memorabiliaAgathe Ursula Backer Grøndahl (1 December 1847 – 4 June 1907) was a Norwegian pianist and composer.
Albert Hay MalottePerson · Music memorabiliaAlbert Hay Malotte (May 19, 1895 – November 16, 1964) was an American pianist, organist, composer and educator, best known for his musical setting of "The Lord's Prayer".
Alberto NepomucenoPerson · Music memorabiliaAlberto Nepomuceno (July 6, 1864October 16, 1920) was a Brazilian composer and conductor.
Alexander GoedickePerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Fyodorovich Goedicke (Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gyodike; 4 March 18779 July 1957) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.
Alexandre GeorgesPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alexandre Georges (1903)
Alexandre GuilmantPerson · Music memorabiliaFélix-Alexandre Guilmant (French pronunciation: [feliks alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɡilmɑ̃]; 12 March 1837 – 29 March 1911) was a French organist and composer.
Alexis ContantPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Pierre Alexis Contant (12 November 1858 – 28 November 1918) was a Canadian composer, organist, pianist, and music educator.
Alfred SittardPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alfred Sittard 1906
André MessagerPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Charles Prosper Messager (lang; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor.
Ann MounseyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Ann S. Mounsey
Anton BrucknerPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Anton Bruckner (4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets.
Antonín DvořákPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonín Leopold Dvořák (8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the…
Arthur FootePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Arthur Foote as a young man
Arthur SullivanPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sullivan in 1888
August ConradiPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Conradi (27 June 1821 – 26 May 1873) was a German organist and composer.
Camillo SchumannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Memorial stone for Camillo Schumann in Königstein, erected in 1972
César FranckPerson · Music memorabiliaCésar Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium.
Charles GounodPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Gounod in 1860 soon after his greatest success, Faust
Charles TournemirePerson · Music memorabiliaCharles Arnould Tournemire (22 January 1870 – 3 or 4 November 1939) was a French composer and organist, notable partly for his improvisations, which were often rooted in the music of…
Charles Villiers StanfordPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era.
Charles-Louis HanonPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles-Louis Hanon (2 July 181919 March 1900) was a French piano pedagogue and composer.
Clément LoretPerson · Music memorabiliaClément Loret (10 October 1833 – 14 February 1909) was an organist, music educator, and composer of Belgian origin, French naturalized.
Edmund J. PendletonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Edmund J. Pendleton
Édouard DevernayPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Devernay playing the choir organ of Notre-Dame des Victoires (Trouville-sur-Mer)
Eduard GrellPerson · Music memorabiliaEduard Grell or August Eduard Grell (6 November 1800 – 10 August 1886) was a German composer, organist, and music teacher.
Egon PetriPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Egon Petri
Emil SjögrenPerson · Music memorabiliaJohan Gustav Emil Sjögren (16 June 1853 – 1 March 1918) was a Swedish organist and composer.
Eyvind AlnæsPerson · Music memorabiliaEyvind Alnæs (29 April 1872 – 24 December 1932) was a Norwegian composer, pianist, organist and choir director.
Felix MendelssohnArtist · PaintingsJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), simply known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic…
Fernand de La TombellePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Fernand de La Tombelle
Francis Edward BachePerson · Music memorabiliaFrancis Edward Bache (14 September 183324 August 1858) was an English organist and composer.
František ŠkroupPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Škroup by Antonín Machek
Friedrich HögnerPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Johannes Paul Högner (11 July 1897 − 26 March 1981) was a German organist and church musician.
Gabriel FauréPerson · Music memorabiliaGabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher.
Gabriel PiernéPerson · Music memorabiliaHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
Giacomo PucciniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas.
Giulio BasPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Image of Bas
Heinrich ReimannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Heinrich Reimann
Hendrik AndriessenPerson · Music memorabiliaHendrik Franciscus Andriessen (17 September 1892 – 12 April 1981) was a Dutch composer and organist.
Henri BüsserPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Henri Büsser (16 January 1872 – 30 December 1973) was a French classical composer, organist, conductor and teacher.
Hermann GoetzPerson · Music memorabiliaHermann Gustav Goetz (7 December 1840 – 3 December 1876) was a German composer who spent much of his career in Switzerland.
HervéPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis-Auguste Florimond Ronger (30 June 1825 – 3 November 1892), who used the pseudonym Hervé, was a French singer, composer, librettist, conductor and scene painter, whom Ernest Newman,…
Ján Levoslav BellaPerson · Music memorabiliaJán Levoslav Bella (German Johann Leopold Bella; 4 September 1843 – 25 May 1936) was a Slovak composer, conductor and music teacher, who wrote in the spirit of the Nationalist Romantic…
John Baptiste CalkinPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Baptiste Calkin (16 March 1827, London – 15 April 1905, Hornsey, London) was an English composer, organist and music teacher.
John GossPerson · Music memorabilia
John IrelandPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Nicholson Ireland (13 August 187912 June 1962) was an English composer and teacher of music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano.
Josef LaborPerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Paul Labor (29 June 184226 April 1924) was an Austrian pianist, organist, and composer of the late Romantic era. Labor was an influential music teacher.
Jules MassenetPerson · Music memorabiliaJules Émile Frédéric Massenet (12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty.
Julius WeismannPerson · Music memorabiliaJulius Weismann (26 December 1879 22 December 1950) was a German pianist, conductor, and composer.
Karl MerzPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — A sketch of Karl Merz that was published on the front cover of The Musical Courier on February 5, 1890.
Laurent MenagerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Laurent Menager
Léon BoëllmannPerson · Music memorabiliaLéon Boëllmann (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ bɔ.ɛlman]; 25 September 1862 – 11 October 1897) was a French composer, known for a small number of compositions for organ.
Leopold StokowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaFounder of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra
Lodewijk MortelmansPerson · Music memorabiliaLodewijk Mortelmans (5 February 1868, Antwerp – 24 June 1952, Antwerp) was a Belgian composer and conductor of Flemish ancestry.
Ludvig Mathias LindemanPerson · Music memorabiliaLudvig Mathias Lindeman (28 November 1812 – 23 May 1887) was a Norwegian composer and organist.
Manuel PenellaPerson · Music memorabiliaManuel Penella Moreno (31 July 1880 in Valencia – 14 January 1939 in Cuernavaca) was a Spanish composer. His father was the composer Manuel Penella Raga.
Marcel DupréPerson · Music memorabiliaMarcel Jean-Jules Dupré (3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.
Mart SaarPerson · Music memorabiliaMart Saar (– 28 October 1963) was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs.
Nicolò CocconPerson · Music memorabiliaNicolò Coccon (10 August 1826 – 4 August 1903) was an Italian composer, conductor, organist and teacher from Venice.
Niels GadePerson · Music memorabiliaNiels Wilhelm Gade (22 February 1817 – 21 December 1890) was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher.
Oskar LindbergPerson · Music memorabiliaThe authority record describes Oskar Lindberg as Oskar Lindberg studied at Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Training under Ernst Ellberg is record
Oskar MerikantoPerson · Music memorabiliaOskar Merikanto (born Frans Oskar Ala-Kanto; 5 August 186817 February 1924) was a Finnish composer, music critic, pianist, and organist.
Otto NicolaiPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (9 June 1810 – 11 May 1849) was a German composer, conductor, and one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic.
Peeter SüdaPerson · Music memorabiliaPeeter Süda (in Viki, Saare County – 3 August 1920 in Tallinn) was a father of the Estonian organ school, composer and an early collector of Estonian folksongs.
Pietro Abbà CornagliaPerson · Music memorabiliaPietro Abbà Cornaglia (20 March 1851 – 2 May 1894) was an Italian organist, concert pianist, and composer.
Pietro YonPerson · Music memorabiliaPietro Alessandro Yon (August 8, 1886 – November 22, 1943) was an Italian-born organist and composer who made his career in the United States at several churches including St.
Polibio FumagalliPerson · Music memorabiliaPolibio Fumagalli (26 October 1830 in Inzago – 21 June 1900 in Milan) was an Italian composer, organist, and pianist.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPerson · Music memorabiliaPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria and consort of the British monarch from their…
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsAuthor · BooksRalph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral…
Raoul de PugnoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Raoul Pugno in 1897
René ViernePerson · Music memorabiliaRené Ambroise Jean Eugéne Vierne (11 March 1878 – 29 May 1918) was a French organist and composer. He was the younger brother of Louis Vierne, who was also a composer.
Rued LanggaardPerson · Music memorabiliaRued Langgaard (Danish: [ˈʁuðˀ ˈlɑŋˌkɒˀ]; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist.
Samuel Sebastian WesleyPerson · Music memorabilia
Sidney LanierAuthor · BooksSidney Clopton Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American musician, poet and author.
Theodor KirchnerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Theodor Kirchner in 1898
Vinzenz LachnerPerson · Music memorabiliaVinzenz Lachner (also spelled Vincenz) (19 July 1811 – 22 January 1893) was a German composer and conductor.
Walford DaviesPerson · Music memorabiliaMajor Sir Henry Walford Davies (6 September 1869 – 11 March 1941) was a renowned English composer, organist, and educator who was Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941.
Wilhelm KempffPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist, teacher and composer.
William Thomas BestPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Thomas Best (13 August 182610 May 1897) was an English organist and composer.
Władysław ŻeleńskiPerson · Music memorabiliaWładysław Żeleński was a Polish pianist, composer, music educator, professor, organist and conductor (1837–1921). He was born in Grodkowice and died in Kraków.

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