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''Following is a list of composers of [[symphony|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.
* [[Joseph Haydn]]
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]
==19th Century==
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
*[[Franz Berwald]]
*[[Franz Schubert]]
*[[Johannes Brahms]], four symphonies
*[[Hector Berlioz]]
*[[Felix Mendelssohn]]
*[[Robert Schumann]]
*[[Franz Liszt]]
*[[César Franck]]
*[[Anton Bruckner]]
*[[Johannes Brahms]]
*[[Alexander Borodin]]
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]
*[[Mily Balakirev]]
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]
*[[Antonin Dvořák]]
*[[Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]


==20th Century==
==18th century==
*[[Gustav Mahler]] (Austria), nine symphonies, 1884-1909
* [[Joseph Haydn]] (Austria), 104 symphonies
*[[Carl Nielsen]]
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (Austria), 41 symphonies
*[[Alexander Glazunov]]
 
==19th century==
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (Germany), nine symphonies
*[[Franz Berwald]] (Sweden), four symphonies
*[[Franz Schubert]] (Austria), nine symphonies
*[[Hector Berlioz]] (France), two symphonies
*[[Felix Mendelssohn]] (Germany), five symphonies
*[[Robert Schumann]] (Germany), four symphonies
*[[Franz Liszt]] (Hungary), two symphonies
*[[César Franck]] (France), one symphony
*[[Anton Bruckner]] (Austria), nine symphonies, plus a [[Symphony No. 0]]
*[[Johannes Brahms]] (Germany), four symphonies
*[[Alexander Borodin]] (Russia), three symphonies
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]] (France), three symphonies
*[[Mily Balakirev]] (Russia), two symphonies
*[[Georges Bizet]] (France), one symphony
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (Russia), six symphonies
*[[Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] (Russia), three symphonies
*[[Antonin Dvořák]] (Czechoslovakia), nine symphonies
 
==20th century==
*[[Gustav Mahler]] (Austria), eleven symphonies,<ref>Including ''[[Das Lied von der Erde]]'', the [[song cycle]] that Mahler regarded as a symphony</ref> 1884-1909
*[[Alexander Glazunov]] (Russia), nine symphonies, 1884-1910
*[[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]]
*[[Alexander Scriabin]] (Russia), five symphonies (or 'poems')
*[[Hugo Alfven]]
*[[Charles Ives]] (America), four symphones, 1902-1916
*[[Charles Ives]] (America), four symphones, 1902-1916
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] (Russia), three 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]]  
*[[Arnold Bax]] (England), seven symphonies, 1922-1939
*[[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