Sacred music composers

Italian Renaissance composer (c. 1525–1594)

English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)

English Methodist and hymn writer (1707-1788)

English Renaissance composer and organist

Maltese composer (1773–1818)

English organist and composer (1766–1837)

Lithuanian musician

French composer (1808-1877)

Italian composer

French composer (1745-1819)

British musician (1914-1982)

Dutch composer (1838-1897)

Croatian Catholic priest, composer, conductor and musicologist (1914–1964)

French composer and musician

German composer, music publisher (1913-2012)

Filipino musician

Italian musician

French organist and composer (1818–1886)

Italian music composer and Kapellmeister of the Italian Renaissance

composer

German composer

Belgian composer

German theologian and university teacher (1530-1608)

Spanish composer (1721-1795)

Italian Baroque composer

German composer and choir director (1906–1990)

A hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is someone who writes the text, music, or both of hymns. The Christian tradition views the composition of hymns as dating back to before the time of David, who is traditionally believed to have composed many of the Psalms. The term hymnodist, in the United States more than in other regions, broadens the scope to include the study of hymns.

German composer (1936–1995)

German composer and director of church music (1930-2017)