List of symphonies

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The list of symphonies gives an overview of symphonies , arranged both numerically and alphabetically by composer. Nicknames and key names that do not come from the respective composer are given in [square brackets].

According to ordinal number

0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17th , 18th , 19th , 20th , 21st , 22nd , 23rd , 24th , 25th , 26th , 27th , 28th , 29th , 30th , 31st , 32nd , 33rd . , 34th , 35th , 36th , 37th , 38th , 39th , 40th , 41st Symphony

According to composer

A.

Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723–1787)

Aho, Kalevi (* 1949)

  • 1st Symphony (1969), premiered February 18, 1971
  • 2nd Symphony (1970/1995), premiered April 17, 1973
  • 3rd Symphony for violin and orchestra ( Sinfonia concertante No. 1) (1971–73), premiered February 20, 1975
  • 4th Symphony (1972–73), premiered March 12, 1974
  • 5th Symphony (1975–76), WP April 19, 1977
  • 6th Symphony (1979-80), premiered March 13, 1980
  • 7th Symphony (1988), premiered October 26, 1988
  • 8th Symphony, for organ and orchestra (1993), premiered August 4, 1994
  • 9th Symphony, for trombone and orchestra ( Sinfonia concertante No. 2) (1993–94), premiered September 2, 1994
  • 10th Symphony (1996), premiered February 6, 1997
  • 11th Symphony, for 6 percussionists and orchestra (1997–98), premiered March 9, 2000
  • 12. Sinfonie Luosto-Sinfonia / "Luosto Symphonie", for symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, 10 off-stage musicians (drums and brass) and 2 soloists (soprano and tenor) (2002–2003), WP Luosto, Lapland, August 16, 2003
  • 13th Symphony Sinfonisia luonnekuvia / "Symphonic Characterizations" (2003), premier March 17th, 2005
  • 14th Symphony Rituaaleja / "Rituals" for darabuka, djembé, gongs and chamber orchestra (2007), premiered November 27, 2007
  • 15th Symphony (2009-2010), WP March 26, 2011
  • 16th Symphony, for 60 strings, 4 percussionists and mezzo-soprano (2013–2014), text: "Die Fahrende" ( Gertrud Kolmar ), premier: September 2015
  • 17th Symphony Sinfonisia freskoja (Symphonic Frescoes) (2017), WP : April 4, 2019
  • 1st Chamber Symphony for 20 Strings (1976), premiered August 22, 1976
  • 2nd Chamber Symphony for 20 strings (1991–92), premiered February 9, 1992
  • 3rd Chamber Symphony for alto saxophone and 20 strings (1995–96), premiered April 26, 1997

Alfano, Franco (1876–1954)

Alfvén, Hugo (1872–1960)

Alwyn, William (1905–1985)

Antheil, George (1900-1959)

Arnold, Malcolm (1921-2006)

Atterberg, Kurt (1887–1974)

B.

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714–1788)

Five Berlin symphonies:

  • Symphony in C major, Wq 174
  • Symphony in F major, Wq 175
  • Symphony in E minor, Wq 178
  • Symphony in E flat major, Wq 179
  • Symphony in F major, Wq 181
  • Symphony Wq 173
  • Symphony Wq 179
  • Four orchestral symphonies Wq 183

Six Hamburg symphonies Wq 182:

  • Symphony in G major
  • Symphony in B flat major
  • Symphony in C major
  • Symphony in A major
  • Symphony in B minor
  • Symphony in E major

Bach, Johann Christian (1735–1782)

  • 90 symphonies

Balada, Leonardo (* 1933)

  • Symphony No. 1 Sinfonia en Negro , a homage to Martin Luther King (1968)
  • Symphony No. 2 Cumbres , a short symphony for band (1972)
  • Symphony No. 3 Steel Symphony (1972)
  • Symphony No. 4 Lausanne (1992)
  • Symphony No. 5 American (2003)
  • Prague Sinfonietta (2003)
  • Symphony No. 6 Symphony of Sorrows (2005)

Balakirew, Mili (1837-1910)

Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)

Baumann, Max (1917–1999)

Bax, Arnold (1883-1953)

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)

Ben-Haim, Paul (1897-1984)

  • 1st Symphony op.25 (1939/40)
  • 2nd Symphony op.36 (1945)

Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)

  • Symphonie fantastique , op.14 episodes from the life of an artist in five parts (1830)
  • Harold en Italie , op.16 Symphony in four parts with concert viola, based on Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1834)
  • Roméo et Juliette, op.17 dramatic symphony with solos and choirs (1839)
  • Grande Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op.15 for symphonic wind orchestra (1840)

Bernstein, Leonard (1918–1990)

Berwald, Franz (1796–1868)

Bizet, Georges (1838–1875)

Blomdahl, Karl-Birger (1916–1968)

Bohnke, Emil (1888–1928)

Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887)

Børresen, Hakon (1876–1954)

Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)

Brian, Havergal (1876–1972)

Bruch, Max (1838–1920)

Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)

  • Study Symphony in F minor WAB 99 (1863), premiered March 18, 1923
  • 0th Symphony in D minor WAB 100 (1869, 1895 “annulled” [sic]), premiered October 12, 1924 under Franz Moissl
  • 1st Symphony in C minor WAB 101 (1865/66, revised 1890/91), premiered May 8, 1868 under Anton Bruckner
  • 2nd Symphony in C minor WAB 102 (1871/1872, reworked 1876/1877), premiered October 26, 1873 under Anton Bruckner
  • 3rd Symphony in D minor WAB 103 (1873/1876/1888), premiered December 12, 1877 under Anton Bruckner
  • 4th Symphony in E flat major "Romantic" WAB 104 (1874, 1878–80), premiered February 20, 1881 under Hans Richter
  • 5th Symphony in B flat major WAB 105 (1875/76, revised 1877/78), premier April 8, 1894 in a version edited by Franz Schalk , original version October 23, 1935 under Siegmund von Hausegger
  • 6th Symphony in A major WAB 106 (1879–1881), premier of the 2nd and 3rd movements February 11, 1883, all movements (but shortened) under Gustav Mahler February 26, 1899, unabridged December 13, 1901 under Carl Pohlig
  • 7th Symphony in E major WAB 107 (1881–1883, reworked 1885), premiered December 30, 1884 under Arthur Nikisch
  • 8th Symphony in C minor, WAB 108 (1884–1887, revised 1889/1890 and 1892), premiered December 18, 1892 under Hans Richter
  • 9th Symphony in D minor WAB 109 (1–3: 1887–1894; 4: 1894–1896), UA 1–3: February 11, 1903 in a version edited by Ferdinand Löwe , UA 1–3 (original version): 2. April 1932 under Siegmund von Hausegger

Burgmüller, Norbert (1810–1836)

Butting, Max (1888–1976)

Büttner, Paul (1879–1943)

C.

Caldara, Antonio (1670-1736)

Casella, Alfredo (1883–1947)

Chatschaturjan, Aram (1903–1978)

Chausson, Ernest (1855–1899)

Chávez Ramírez, Carlos (1899–1978)

Cherubini, Luigi (1760–1842)

Chrennikow, Tikhon (1913-2007)

  • 1st Symphony in B flat minor, Op. 4 (1933–1935)
  • 2nd Symphony in C minor, Op. 9 (1940–1942, rev. 1944)
  • 3rd Symphony in A major op.22 (1973)

Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832)

de los Cobos, Luis (1927–2012)

  • Symphony No. 1 Cursus vitae (1956)
  • Symphony No. 2 El pinar perdido (2012)

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)

  • Symphony in A minor op.8 (1896)

Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)

  • 1st Symphony (1924 as Symphony for Organ and Orchestra , premier January 11, 1925; revised 1927–28, premier December 1931)
  • Short Symphony (1933), Premiere November 23, 1934
  • 3rd Symphony (1944–46), premiered October 18, 1946

Cowell, Henry (1897-1965)

  • 1st Symphony (1915-22 / 47)
  • 2nd Symphony Anthropos (1937/38)
  • 3rd Gaelic Symphony for band and strings (1942)
  • 4th Symphony Short Symphony (1946)
  • 5th symphony (1948)
  • 6th symphony (1951/52)
  • 7th Symphony for small orchestra (1952)
  • 8th Symphony for optional contralto, choir and orchestra (1952)
  • 9th Symphony (1953)
  • 10th Symphony (1953)
  • 11th Symphony Seven Rituals of Music (1953)
  • 12th Symphony (1955/56)
  • 13th Symphony Madras (1956–58)
  • 14th Symphony (1959/60)
  • 15th Symphony Thesis (1960)
  • 16th Icelandic Symphony (1962)
  • 17th Lancaster Symphony (1962/63)
  • 18th Symphony (1963/64)
  • 19th Symphony (1964/65)
  • 20th Symphony (1965)

Cowen, Frederic (1852-1932)

  • Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1869)
  • Symphony No. 2 in F major (1872)
  • Symphony No. 3 in C minor Scandinavian (1880)
  • Symphony No. 4 in B flat minor The Welsh (1884)
  • Symphony No. 5 in F major (1887)
  • Symphony No. 6 in E major Idyllic (1897)

D.

David, Johann Nepomuk (1895–1977)

  • Symphony No. 1 in A minor, Op. 18 (1936)
  • Symphony No. 2 op.20 (1938)
  • Symphony No. 3 op.28 (1940)
  • Symphony No. 4 op.39 (1945)
  • Symphony No. 5, Op. 41 (1951)
  • Sinfonia preclassica super nomen HASE op.44 (1953)
  • Symphony No. 6 op.46 (1954)
  • Sinfonia breve op.47 (1955)
  • Symphony No. 7 op.49 (1956)
  • Sinfonia per archi, op.54 (1959) for string orchestra
  • Symphony No. 8 op.59 (1964/65)

Davies, Peter Maxwell (1934-2016)

  • Sinfonia (1962)
  • 1st symphony (1976)
  • 2nd symphony (1980)
  • 3rd symphony (1984)
  • 4th symphony (1989)
  • 5th symphony (1994)
  • 6th Symphony (1996)
  • 7th symphony (2000)
  • 8th Symphony Antarctic Symphony (2000)
  • 9th Symphony (2012)
  • 10th Symphony Alla ricerca di Borromini (2013)

Denisov, Edison (1929–1996)

  • Chamber Symphony No. 1 (1982)
  • Symphony No. 1 (1987)
  • Chamber Symphony No. 2 (1994)
  • Symphony No. 2 March (1996)

Diamond, David (1915-2005)

  • 1st symphony (1940/41)
  • 2nd symphony (1942/43)
  • 3rd symphony (1945)
  • 4th symphony (1945)
  • 5th Symphony (1951, rev. 1964)
  • 6th Symphony (1951–54)
  • 7th symphony (1959)
  • 8th symphony (1960)
  • 9th Symphony (1985)
  • 10th symphony (1987/2000)
  • 11th Symphony (1989-91)

Dohnányi, Ernst von (1877–1960)

Draeseke, Felix (1835–1913)

  • 1st Symphony in G major op. 12 (1868–72), premiered January 31, 1873
  • 2nd Symphony in F major, op.25 (1876), premiered February 15, 1878
  • 3rd Symphony in C major “Symphonia tragica” op. 40 (1885–86), premiered February 13, 1888
  • 4th Symphony in G major “Symphonia comica” WoO 38 (1912), premiered February 6, 1914

Dukas, Paul (1865–1935)

Dutilleux, Henri (1916–2013)

Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)

  • 1st Symphony in C minor op. 3 Zlonické zvoni “The Bells of Zlonice” (1865), premiered October 4, 1936
  • 2nd Symphony in B flat major, Op. 4 (1865), premiered March 11, 1888
  • 3rd Symphony in E flat major (originally Op. 10) (1873), premiered March 29, 1874
  • 4th Symphony in D minor (originally Op. 13) (1874), premiered April 6, 1892
  • 5th Symphony in F major op.76 (originally op.24) (1875), premiered March 25, 1879
  • 6th Symphony in D major op. 60 (originally op. 58) (1880), premiered March 25, 1881
  • 7th Symphony in D minor, Op. 70 (1884–85), UA April 22, 1885
  • 8th Symphony in G major op. 88 ["English"] (1889), premier February 2, 1890
  • 9th Symphony in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” (1893), premiered December 16, 1893

Dyson, George (1883-1964)

E.

Eberl, Anton (1765–1807)

  • Symphony in D major WoO 5 (1783)
  • Symphony in G major WoO 6 (1784)
  • Symphony in C major WoO 7 (1785)
  • Symphony in E flat major, Op. 33 (1803)
  • Symphony in D minor op.34 (1804)

Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)

Eliasson, Anders (1947-2013)

  • 1st Symphony (1986) World premiere: Stockholm, February 6, 1987
  • 2nd Symphony (1987; unpublished)
  • 3rd Symphony Sinfonia concertante (1989), premier: Trondheim, November 16, 1989
  • 4th Symphony (2005), premiere: Munich, January 12, 2007
  • Sinfonia di camera (1984), WP: August 14, 1984
  • Sinfonia per archi for string orchestra [Chamber Symphony II] (2001), premiere: February 9, 2002

Enescu, George (1881–1955)

Englund, Einar (1916–1999)

Enna, August (1859–1939)

  • Symfoni no. 1 i c-mol (1886)
  • Symfoni no. 2 i E major (1905)

Pea, Heimo (1924-2005)

Erdmann, Eduard (1896–1958)

Eröd, Iván (1936–2019)

Eschpai, Andrei (* 1925)

  • Symphony No. 1 in E flat minor (1959)
  • Symphony No. 2 in A minor "Praise to the Light" (1962)
  • Symphony No. 3 "In Memory of My Father" (1964)
  • Symphony No. 4 "Symphony-Ballet" (1980/81)
  • Symphony No. 5 (1985)
  • Symphony No. 6 "Liturgical" for baritone, choir and orchestra (1989)
  • Symphony No. 7 (1991/92)
  • Symphony No. 8 (2000)
  • Symphony No. 9 "Four Verses" for narrator, choir and orchestra (1998/99?)

F.

Farrenc, Louise (1804-1875)

Fesca, Friedrich Ernst (1789–1826)

Fibich, Zdeněk (1850–1900)

Fils, Anton (1733–1760)

  • approx. 30 symphonies

Foerster, Josef Bohuslav (1859–1951)

Franck, César (1822–1890)

  • Symphony in D minor (1886/88), premiered February 17, 1889

Franck, Eduard (1817-1893)

Franck, Richard (1858–1938)

Frankel, Benjamin (1906–1973)

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (1886–1954)

G

Gade, Niels (1817–1890)

Geissler, Fritz (1921–1984)

Genzmer, Harald (1909-2007)

  • Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1953)
  • 1st Symphony (1957, new version 1970)
  • 2nd symphony for string orchestra (1958)
  • 3rd symphony for large orchestra (1983/86)
  • 4th symphony for large orchestra (1990)
  • 5th symphony for large orchestra (1998)

Gernsheim, Friedrich (1839-1916)

Glass, Philip (* 1937)

Glasunow, Alexander (1865–1936)

Glière, Reinhold (1875–1956)

Goetz, Hermann (1840–1876)

Goldmann, Friedrich (1941–2009)

  • Symphony No. 1 (1972/73)
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Symphony No. 3 Inclinatio temporum (1986)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1988)
  • Symphony No. 5

Górecki, Henryk (1933-2010)

  • 1st Symphony op. 14 "1959" (1959)
  • 2nd Symphony op.31 Kopernikowska (1972)
  • 3rd Symphony op. 36 Symfonia pieśni żałosnych “Symphony of Lamentations” (1976), premiered in 1977

Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829–1869)

Goldmark, Karl (1830–1915)

  • Symphony No. 1 op.26 Rural Wedding (1877)
  • Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 35 (1887)

Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)

Graunke, Kurt (1915-2005)

Grieg, Edvard (1843–1907)

Guarnieri, Mozart Camargo (1907–1993)

  • Symphony No. 1 (1944)
  • Symphony No. 2 Uirapuru (1945)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1952)
  • Symphony No. 4 Brasília (1963)
  • Symphony No. 5 (1977)
  • Symphony No. 6 (1981)

H

Hamerik, Asger (1843–1923)

Hanson, Howard Harold (1896-1981)

Harris, Roy (1898–1979)

  • 1st symphony (1933)
  • 2nd symphony (1934)
  • 3rd Symphony (1938, rev. 1939)
  • 4th Symphony Folksong Symphony with Choir (1942)
  • 5th symphony (1940-1942)
  • 6th Gettysburg Symphony (1944)
  • 7th Symphony (1952, rev. 1955)
  • 8th Symphony San Francisco (1961–1962)
  • 9th Symphony Polytonality (1962)
  • 10th Symphony The Abraham Lincoln Symphony (1967)
  • 11th Symphony (1967)
  • 12th Père Marquette Symphony (1969)
  • 13th Bicentennial Symphony (1976)

Hartmann, Karl Amadeus (1905–1963)

Harty, Hamilton (1879-1941)

  • To Irish Symphony (1904)

Haydn, Joseph (1732–1809)

See list of Joseph Haydn's symphonies .

Haydn, Michael (1737-1806)

Henze, Hans Werner (1926–2012)

Herrmann, Bernard (1911–1975)

  • 1st Symphony (1940/41, rev. 1973)

Herzogenberg, Heinrich von (1843–1900)

  • 1st Symphony in C minor, Op. 50
  • 2nd Symphony in B flat major op.70

Hindemith, Paul (1895–1963)

Hoffmann, ETA (1776–1822)

Holmboe, Vagn (1909-1996)

  • Symphony No. 1, for chamber orchestra, M.85
  • Symphony No. 2, 1938-9, M.107
  • Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia rustica , M.126
  • Symphony No. 4, Sinfonia sacra for choir and orchestra, M.132
  • Symphony No. 5, 1944, M.145
  • Symphony No. 6, 1947, M.155
  • Symphony No. 7, 1950, M.167
  • Chamber Symphony No. 1, 1951, M.171
  • Symphony No. 8, Sinfonia boreale , M.175
  • Sinfonia in memoriam, 1954-5, M.185
  • Sinfonia I for strings, M.194
  • Sinfonia II for strings, M.196
  • Sinfonia III for strings, M.200
  • Sinfonia IV for strings Kairos , M. 215
  • Symphony No. 9, 1967-9, M.235
  • Chamber Symphony No. 2, 1968, M.240
  • Chamber Symphony No. 3, 1969–70, M.246
  • Symphony No. 10, 1970-2, M.250
  • Symphony No. 11, 1980-1, M.304
  • Symphony No. 12, 1988, M.338
  • Symphony No. 13, 1993-4, M.362

Holst, Gustav (1874–1934)

Honegger, Arthur (1892–1955)

Hovhaness, Alan (1911-2000)

67 works titled as a symphony, including:

Huber, Hans (1852-1921)

  • Symphony in E flat major, incomplete (1870–1877)
  • Symphony in D minor No. 1 Tell Symphony (1880)
  • Symphony in A major, originally 2nd symphony, withdrawn by the composer (1889)
  • Symphony No. 2 in E minor Böcklin (1897, 1900)
  • Symphony No. 3 in C major Heroic (1902)
  • Symphony No. 4 in A major Academic (1903, 1917)
  • Symphony No. 5 in F major Romantic , The violinist von Gmünd (1905)
  • Symphony No. 6 in A major Giojosa (1911)
  • Symphony No. 7 in D minor Swiss (1917)
  • Symphony No. 8 in F major Spring (1920)

Huber, Michael FP (* 1971)

Hummel, Bertold (1925–2002)

Huth, Alfred (1892–1971)

I.

Indy, Vincent d ' (1851-1931)

  • 1st Symphony in A major “Italian Symphony” (1870–72); not published
  • Jean Hundaye . Symphony op. 5 (1874–75); not published
  • Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français ("Symphonie cévenole") for piano and orchestra op. 25 (1886)
  • 2nd Symphony in B flat major, Op. 57 (1902-03)
  • 3rd Symphony "Sinfonia brevis (de bello gallico)" op. 70 (1916–18)

Ives, Charles (1874-1954)

J

Janáček, Leoš (1854–1928)

Jackson, Joe (born 1954)

K

Kaiser-Lindemann, Wilhelm (1940-2010)

  • 1st Symphony From the Last Days for organ, brass and percussion op.3 (1975/76)
  • 2nd Symphony for very large orchestra, Op. 11 [fragment] (1981)
  • 3rd Symphony Udbodhan for orchestra with coloratura soprano op.18 (1987)
  • 4th Symphony Bayan Symphony for very large orchestra with choir, organ and solo piano op.25 (1993)
  • 5th Symphony Hommages for large orchestra, Op. 26 (1995)
  • 6th Symphony of Schleswig-Holstein Pictures for 2 solo voices, choir, organ and orchestra op.38 (2006)

Kalinnikow, Wassili (1866–1901)

Kancheli, Giya (1935–2019)

  • Symphony No. 1 (1967)
  • Symphony No. 2 lieder (1970)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1973)
  • Symphony No. 4 In memoria di Michelangelo (1974)
  • Symphony No. 5 In Memory of My Parents (1977)
  • Symphony No. 6 (1978-80)
  • Symphony No. 7 Epilogue (1986)

Keuris, Tristan (1946–1996)

Khatchaturian, Aram (1903-1978)

Klami, Uuno (1900–1961)

  • Symphony enfantine Op. 17 (1928)
  • Symphony No. 1 (1937-38)
  • Symphony No. 2 op.35 (1945)

Klughardt, August (1847–1902)

Kochan, Günter (1930–2009)

Kodály, Zoltán (1882–1967)

  • 1st Symphony in C major (1961)

Koetsier, Jan (1911-2006)

  • 1st Symphony op.29 (1945)
  • 2nd Symphony for Choir and Orchestra, Op. 30 (1946)
  • 3rd Symphony, Op. 40 (1954)

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897–1957)

Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756–1792)

Krenek, Ernst (1900–1991)

L.

Lachner, Franz (1803-1890)

Lalo, Édouard (1823-1892)

Langgaard, Rued (1893–1952)

Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908–1986)

  • 1st Symphony in D major op.2 (1927/28)
  • 2nd symphony op.17 (1936/37)
  • 3rd Symphony in C minor op.34 (1944/45)

Liszt, Franz (1811–1886)

Lutosławski, Witold (1913–1994)

Lyatoschynskyj, Boris (1894–1968)

  • Symphony No. 1 in A major, Op. 2 (1918–1919)
  • Symphony No. 2 in B minor, Op. 26 (1935–1936) 1940 revised
  • Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 50 for the 25th anniversary of the October Revolution (1951)
  • Symphony No. 4 in B minor, Op. 63 (1963)
  • Symphony No. 5 in C major Slavonic op. 67 (1965–1966)

M.

Madetoja, Leevi (1887–1947)

Magnard, Albéric (1865–1914)

Mahler, Gustav (1860–1911)

  • 1st Symphony in D major ["Titan"] (1884–88), premiered November 20, 1889
  • 2nd Symphony [C minor] ["Resurrection Symphony "] (1888–94), premiered December 13, 1895
  • 3rd Symphony in D minor (1895/96), premiered June 9, 1902
  • 4th Symphony [G major] (1899/1901), premiered November 25, 1901
  • 5th Symphony [C sharp minor] (1901/03), premiered October 18, 1904
  • 6th Symphony in A minor ["Tragic"] (1903/04), premiered May 27, 1906
  • 7th Symphony [E minor] [“Song of the Night”] (1904/05), WP September 19, 1908
  • 8th Symphony in E flat major ["Symphony of a Thousand"] (1906/07), premiered September 12, 1910
  • The song of the earth . A symphony for a tenor and an alto (or baritone) voice and orchestra (based on Hans Bethge's The Chinese Flute ) (1907/08), premiered November 20, 1911
  • 9th Symphony [D major] (1908/10), premiered June 26, 1912
  • 10th Symphony in F sharp major (1910), premiered October 14, 1924

Malipiero, Gian Francesco (1882–1973)

Marttinen, Tauno (1912-2008)

Martinů, Bohuslav (1890-1959)

Martucci, Giuseppe (1856–1909)

Marx, Joseph (1882–1964)

Marxsen, Eduard (1806-1887)

Maury, Arnold (1927-2018)

Melartin, Erkki (1875–1937)

  • Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 1 (1902)
  • Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30 No. 2 (1904)
  • Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 40 (1906-07)
  • Symphony No. 4 Kesäsinfonia (Summer Symphony) in E major, Op. 80 (1912)
  • Symphony No. 5 Sinfonia brevis in A minor, op.90 (1915)
  • Symphony No. 6 op.100 (1924)
  • Symphony No. 7 Sinfonia gaia op.149 (1935–1936, only sketches)
  • Symphony No. 8, Op. 186 (1936–1937, only sketches)

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix (1809–1847)

  • 1st Symphony in C minor, Op. 11 (1824), WP November 14, 1824 (?)
  • [2. Symphony] Lobgesang in B flat major op. 52, (1840), premiered June 25, 1840
  • 3rd Symphony in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish" (1829–32, revised 1841/42), premiered March 3, 1842
  • 4th Symphony in A major op. Posthumously 90 "Italian" (1830–1833, revised 1834–37), premiered May 13, 1833
  • 5th Symphony in D minor op. Posthumously 107 "Reformation Symphony " (1829/30), premier November 15, 183

Meyer, Ernst Hermann (1905–1988)

Meyer, Krzysztof (* 1943)

  • Symphony No. 1 op.10 (1964)
  • Symphony No. 2 Epitaphium Stanisław Wiechowicz in memoriam for mixed Choir and orchestra based on words by J. Tuwim op.14 (1967)
  • Symphony No. 3 Symphonie d'Orphée for choir and orchestra based on words by Paul Valéry op.20 (1968)
  • Symphony No. 4 op.31 (1973)
  • Symphony in D major in the style of Mozart op.41 (1977)
  • Symphony No. 5 for string orchestra op.44 (1979)
  • Symphony No. 6 Polish op.57 (1982)
  • Symphony No. 7 Sinfonia del tempo que passa op.97 (2007)
  • Symphony No. 8 Sinfonia da requiem (2009)

Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974)

Mjaskowski, Nikolai (1881–1950)

Moeran, Ernest John (1894–1950)

Mohaupt, Richard (1904–1957)

  • Symphony No. 1 "Rhythm and Variations" (1939–1940)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–1791)

See list of Mozart's symphonies .

Müller, Gottfried (1914–1993)

Müller, Sigfrid Walther (1905–1946)

N

Nielsen, Carl (1865–1931)

  • 1st Symphony [G minor] op. 7 (1890–92), WP March 14, 1894
  • 2nd symphony op. 16 De fire temperamenter “The four temperaments” (1901–02), premier December 1, 1902
  • 3rd Symphony op. 27 Sinfonia espansiva (1910–11), premiered February 28, 1912
  • 4th Symphony, Op. 29 Det uudslukkelige “The Inextinguishable” (1914–16), premiered February 1, 1916
  • 5th Symphony, Op. 50 (1921-22), premiered January 24, 1922
  • 6th Symphony Sinfonia semplice (1924-25), premiered December 11, 1925

Nielsen, Ludolf (1876–1939)

Nordgren, Pehr (1944-2008)

  • Symphony No. 1 op.20 (1974)
  • Symphony for Strings op.43 (1978)
  • Symphony No. 2, Op. 74 (1989)
  • Symphony No. 3, Op. 88 (1993)
  • Chamber Symphony op.97 (1996)
  • Symphony No. 4, Op. 98 (1997)
  • Symphony No. 5 op.103 (1998)
  • Symphony No. 6 Interdependence for soprano, tenor, choir and orchestra op.107 (1999–2000)
  • Symphony No. 7, Op. 124 (2003)
  • Symphony No. 8 op.140 (2006)

Nørholm, Ib (1931–2019)

  • 1st symphony (1956-58)
  • 2nd symphony (1968-71)
  • 3rd symphony (1973)
  • 4th Symphony (1978-79)
  • 5th symphony (1980-81)
  • 6th symphony (1981)
  • 7th symphony (1982)
  • 8th symphony (1990)
  • 9th symphony (1990)
  • 10th symphony (1998)
  • 11th Symphony (2008)
  • 12th symphony (2009)

O

Onslow, George (1784-1853)

P

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860–1941)

Pärt, Arvo (* 1935)

Panufnik, Andrzej (1914–1991)

Parry, Hubert (1848-1918)

Penderecki, Krzysztof (1933–2020)

Pepping, Ernst (1901–1981)

Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm (1867–1942)

Pettersson, Allan (1911-1980)

Pfitzner, Hans (1869–1949)

Popow, Gawriil (1904–1972)

Potter, Cipriani

Poulenc, Francis (1899–1963)

Prokofiev, Sergei (1891–1953)

R.

Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873–1943)

Raff, Joachim (1822–1882)

Raphael, Günter (1903–1960)

  • 1st Symphony in A minor, Op. 16, 1926
  • Symphony in E major (not numbered), 1929/30
  • 2nd Symphony in B minor, Op. 34, 1932
  • Symphony in G minor (not numbered), 1935
  • Symphony in E flat (not numbered), 1939/40
  • Sinfonietta in G major, 1937/38
  • 3rd Symphony in F op. 60, 1942
  • Symphony in C major (not numbered), 1942/43
  • 4th Symphony in C op. 62, 1947
  • Sinfonia breve in D op.67, 1949
  • 5th Symphony in B flat op. 75, 1952
  • Choral symphony "From the great wisdom" (based on Laotse ) op. 81, 1955/56

Town hall, Karol (1895–1954)

Rautavaara, Einojuhani (1928–2016)

  • 1st Symphony (1955, withdrawn; 1988; 2003), premiered January 22, 1957
  • 2nd symphony "Sinfonia intima" (1957/1984), premiered October 11, 1957
  • 3rd Symphony (1957), premiered April 25, 1958
  • 4th Symphony “Arabescata” (1962), premiered February 26, 1963
  • 5th Symphony (1985/86), premiered May 14, 1986
  • 6th Symphony "Vincentiana" (1992), premiered October 29, 1992
  • 7th Symphony “Angel of Light” (1994), premiered April 23, 1995
  • 8th Symphony "The Journey" (1999), premier April 27, 2000

Reger, Max (1873-1916)

Reinecke, Carl (1824–1910)

Rheinberger, Josef Gabriel (1839–1901)

Ries, Ferdinand (1784–1838)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844–1908)

  • 1st Symphony in E minor, Op. 1 (1861–65 as a symphony in E flat minor, revised 1883/84), premiered December 19, 1865
  • Symphony No. 2 , Op. 9 Antar (1867/68, 1874/75 version 2, version 3 1897), UA 10 March 1869
  • 3rd Symphony in C major, Op. 32 (1872/73, revised 1885/86), premiered February 18, 1874

Rorem, Ned (born 1923)

Rott, Hans (1858-1884)

  • Symphony in E major (1878–80), premiered March 4, 1989

Roussel, Albert (1869–1937)

Rubbra, Edmund (1901-1986)

Rubin, Marcel (1905–1995)

Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894)

S.

Sæverud, Harald (1897–1992)

  • 1st Symphony, Op. 1 (1916–1919)
  • 2nd symphony op.4 (1922)
  • 3rd Symphony op.5 (1926)
  • 4th Symphony op.11 (1937)
  • 5th Symphony, Op. 16 Quasi una fantasia (1941)
  • 6th Symphony op.19 Dolorosa (1942)
  • 7th Symphony op.27 Psalm (1944/45)
  • 8th Symphony, Op. 40 Minnesota (1958)
  • 9th Symphony, Op. 45 (1965/66)

Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835–1921)

Say, Fazıl (* 1970)

Scherber, Martin (1907–1974)

Schiske, Karl (1916–1969)

Schmidt, Franz (1874–1939)

Schmidt-Kowalski, Thomas (1949–2013)

Schnittke, Alfred (1934–1998)

Schönberg, Arnold (1874–1951)

Shostakovich, Dimitri (1906–1975)

Schreker, Franz (1878–1934)

Schubert, Franz (1797–1828)

Schulhoff, Erwin (1894–1942)

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)

Segerstam, Leif (* 1944)

  • 339 symphonies (as of August 2020)

Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957)

Simpson, Robert (1921-1997)

Sinding, Christian (1856–1941)

Scriabin, Alexander (1872–1915)

Sorg-Rose, Margarete (* 1960)

  • Symphony "Hommage à Rose Ausländer" for large orchestra (1993–98 / rev. 2018)

Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)

Stamitz, Johann (1717–1757)

  • 72 symphonies

Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924)

Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871–1927)

Strauss, Richard (1864–1949)

  • Symphony in D minor oop. (1881)
  • Symphony in F minor, op.12 (1884)
  • From Italy, symphonic fantasy op.16 TrV 147 (1886)
  • Sinfonia domestica op. 53 TrV 209 (1902-03)
  • An Alpine Symphony op. 64 TrV 233 (1911–15)

Stravinsky, Igor (1882–1971)

Suk, Josef (1874–1935)

Suter, Hermann (1870–1926)

  • Symphony in D minor op.17 (1914)

Svendsen, Johan (1840–1911)

Szymanowski, Karol (1882–1937)

T

Tal, Josef (1910-2008)

Tan Dun (born 1957)

  • Heaven Earth Mankind (Symphony 1997)
  • 2000 Today: A World Symphony for the Millennium (1999)

Taneyev, Sergei (1856–1915)

Thuille, Ludwig (1861–1907)

Tournemire, Charles (1870-1939)

Tovey, Donald (1875-1940)

  • Symphony in D major op.32 (1913)

Tchaikovsky, Boris Alexandrovich (1925–1996)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)

Tscherepnin, Alexander (1899–1977)

Tubin, Eduard (1905–1982)

Tüür, Erkki-Sven (* 1959)

  • Symphony No. 1 (1984)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1987)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1997)
  • Symphony No. 4 Magma  in one movement for percussion solo and orchestra (2002)
  • Symphony No. 5 for electric guitar, orchestra and big band (2004)
  • Symphony No. 6 Strata in one movement (2007)
  • Symphony No. 7 Pietas for mixed choir and orchestra (2009)
  • Symphony No. 8 (2010)

V

Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)

Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891)

Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887–1959)

  • No. 1 O Imprevisto (1920)
  • No. 2 Ascensão (1917)
  • No. 3 A Guerra (1919)
  • No. 4 A Vitória (1919)
  • No. 5 A Paz (lost) (1920)
  • No. 6 Montanhas do Brasil (1944)
  • No. 7 (1945)
  • No. 8 (1950)
  • No. 9 (1951)
  • No. 10 Amerindia ( Sumé Pater Patrium ) (1952)
  • No. 11 (1955)
  • No. 12 (1957)

Volkmann, Robert (1815-1883)

W.

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)

Walton, William (1902-1983)

Weber, Carl Maria von (1786–1826)

Webern, Anton (1883–1945)

Weigl, Karl (1881–1949)

Weill, Kurt (1900–1950)

Weinberg, Mieczysław (1919–1996)

Weingartner, Felix (1863–1942)

Wellesz, Egon (1885–1974)

  • 1st Symphony op.62 (1945)
  • 2nd Symphony op. 65 (1947–1948), The English
  • 3rd Symphony op. 68 (1949–1951)
  • 4th Symphony op. 70 (1951–1953), Austriaca
  • 5th Symphony, Op. 75 (1955–1956)
  • 6th Symphony op.95 (1965)
  • 7th Symphony, Op. 102 (1967–1968), Contra torrentem
  • 8th Symphony, op.110 (1970)
  • 9th Symphony op.111 (1970–1971)

Wetz, Richard (1875–1935)

Wilms, Johann Wilhelm (1772–1847)

Winbeck, Heinz (1946–2019)

Wirén, Dag (1905–1986)

Witt, Friedrich

Y

Yun Isang (1917-1995)

Z

Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871–1942)

Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (1918–1970)

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