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This is a list of composers of [[symphony|symphonies]].  The traditional number of numbered symphonies is given (some composers do not have numbered symphonies).
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==18th Century==
This is a list of composers of [[symphony|symphonies]].  In most cases, the traditional number of numbered symphonies is given, regardless of exactitude.
 
==18th century==
* [[Joseph Haydn]] (Austria), 104 symphonies
* [[Joseph Haydn]] (Austria), 104 symphonies
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (Austria), 41 symphonies
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (Austria), 41 symphonies


==19th Century==
==19th century==
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (German), nine symphonies
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (Germany), nine symphonies
*[[Franz Berwald]] (Sweden), four symphonies
*[[Franz Berwald]] (Sweden), four symphonies
*[[Franz Schubert]] (Austria), nine symphonies
*[[Franz Schubert]] (Austria), nine symphonies
*[[Hector Berlioz]] (France)
*[[Hector Berlioz]] (France), two symphonies
*[[Felix Mendelssohn]] (Germany), five symphonies
*[[Felix Mendelssohn]] (Germany), five symphonies
*[[Robert Schumann]] (Germany), four symphonies
*[[Robert Schumann]] (Germany), four symphonies
*[[Franz Liszt]] (Hungary)
*[[Franz Liszt]] (Hungary), two symphonies
*[[César Franck]] (France), one symphony
*[[César Franck]] (France), one symphony
*[[Anton Bruckner]] (Austria), nine symphonies, plus a [[Symphony No. 0]]
*[[Anton Bruckner]] (Austria), nine symphonies, plus a [[Symphony No. 0]]
*[[Johannes Brahms]] (Germany), four symphonies
*[[Johannes Brahms]] (Germany), four symphonies
*[[Alexander Borodin]] (Russia), three symphonies
*[[Alexander Borodin]] (Russia), three symphonies
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]] (France)
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]] (France), three symphonies
*[[Mily Balakirev]] (Russia), two symphonies
*[[Mily Balakirev]] (Russia), two symphonies
*[[Georges Bizet]] (France), one symphony
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (Russia), six symphonies
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (Russia), six symphonies
*[[Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] (Russia), three symphonies
*[[Antonin Dvořák]] (Czechoslovakia), nine symphonies
*[[Antonin Dvořák]] (Czechoslovakia), nine symphonies
*[[Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] (Russia)


==20th Century==
==20th century==
*[[Gustav Mahler]] (Austria), ten symphonies, 1884-1909
*[[Gustav Mahler]] (Austria), eleven symphonies,<ref>Including ''[[Das Lied von der Erde]]'', the [[song cycle]] that Mahler regarded as a symphony</ref> 1884-1909
*[[Carl Nielsen]] (Denmark), six symphonies
*[[Alexander Glazunov]] (Russia), nine symphonies, 1884-1910
*[[Alexander Glazunov]] (Russia), nine symphonies
*[[Carl Nielsen]] (Denmark), six symphonies, 1894-1925
*[[Sergei Rachmaninov]] (Russia), three symphonies 1896-1936
*[[Hugo Alfven]] (Sweden), five symphonies, 1897-1942
*[[Jean Sibelius]] (Finland), seven symphonies, 1898-1924
*[[Jean Sibelius]] (Finland), seven symphonies, 1898-1924
*[[Alexander Scriabin]] (Russia), five symphonies (or 'poems')
*[[Alexander Scriabin]] (Russia), five symphonies (or 'poems')
*[[Hugo Alfven]] (Sweden), five symphonies
*[[Charles Ives]] (America), four symphones, 1902-1916
*[[Charles Ives]] (America), four symphones, 1902-1916
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] (Russia), four symphonies, 1907-1945  
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] (Russia), four symphonies, 1907-1945  
*[[Karol Szymanowski]] (Poland), four symphonies
*[[Edward Elgar]] (England), two symphonies, 1908 and 1911 (in 1998 a third was elaborated by [[Anthony Payne]] from sketches)
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (England), nine symphonies, 1909-1957
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (England), nine symphonies, 1909-1957
*[[Sergei Rachmaninov]] (Russia), three symphonies
*[[Arnold Bax]] (England), seven symphonies, 1922-1939
*[[Arnold Bax]] (England), seven symphonies
*[[Richard Strauss]] (Germany), two symphonies  
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] (Russia), seven symphonies, 1917-1952
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] (Russia), seven symphonies, 1917-1952
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] (Russia), fifteen symphonies, 1925-1971
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] (Russia), fifteen symphonies, 1925-1971
*[[Darius Milhaud]] (France), twelve symphonies
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] (France), one symphony
*[[Hans Werner Henze]] (Germany and Italy), ten symphonies, 1947-2000
*[[Alfred Schnittke]] (Russia), eight symphonies, 1972-1994
*[[Alfred Schnittke]] (Russia), eight symphonies, 1972-1994
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]] (Poland), eight symphonies, 1973-present
*[[Philip Glass]] (America), eight symphonies
==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:17, 12 December 2012


This is a list of composers of symphonies. In most cases, the traditional number of numbered symphonies is given, regardless of exactitude.

18th century

19th century

20th century

References

  1. Including Das Lied von der Erde, the song cycle that Mahler regarded as a symphony