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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]]  
==18th century==
==19th Century==
* [[Joseph Haydn]] (Austria), 104 symphonies
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]  
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (Austria), 41 symphonies
*[[Franz Berwald]]
 
*[[Franz Schubert]]
==19th century==
*[[Johannes Brahms]], four symphonies
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (Germany), nine symphonies
*[[Hector Berlioz]]
*[[Franz Berwald]] (Sweden), four symphonies
*[[Felix Mendelssohn]]
*[[Franz Schubert]] (Austria), nine symphonies
*[[Robert Schumann]]
*[[Hector Berlioz]] (France), two symphonies
*[[Franz Liszt]]
*[[Felix Mendelssohn]] (Germany), five symphonies
*[[César Franck]]
*[[Robert Schumann]] (Germany), four symphonies
*[[Anton Bruckner]]
*[[Franz Liszt]] (Hungary), two symphonies
*[[Johannes Brahms]]
*[[César Franck]] (France), one symphony
*[[Alexander Borodin]]
*[[Anton Bruckner]] (Austria), nine symphonies, plus a [[Symphony No. 0]]
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]
*[[Johannes Brahms]] (Germany), four symphonies
*[[Mily Balakirev]]
*[[Alexander Borodin]] (Russia), three symphonies
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]] (France), three symphonies
*[[Antonin Dvořák]]
*[[Mily Balakirev]] (Russia), two symphonies
*[[Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]
*[[Georges Bizet]] (France), one symphony
==20th Century==
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (Russia), six symphonies
*[[Gustav Mahler]] (Austria), nine symphonies, 1884-1909
*[[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
*[[Charles Ives]] (America), four symphones, 1902-1916  
*[[Alexander Scriabin]] (Russia), five symphonies (or 'poems')
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] (Russia), three symphonies, 1907-1945  
*[[Charles Ives]] (America), four symphones, 1902-1916
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (England), nine symphonies, 1909-1957  
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] (Russia), four symphonies, 1907-1945  
*[[Sergey Prokofiev]] (Russia), seven symphonies, 1917-1952
*[[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
*[[Arnold Bax]] (England), seven symphonies, 1922-1939
*[[Richard Strauss]] (Germany), two symphonies
*[[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