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''Following is a list of major composers of [[symphony|symphonies]]:''
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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==
==18th century==
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]
* [[Joseph Haydn]] (Austria), 104 symphonies
*Haydn
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (Austria), 41 symphonies
==19th Century==
*[[Johannes Brahms]] 4 symphonies
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
*[[Franz Schubert]]
*[[Robert Schumann]]
*[[Franz Liszt]]


==20th Century==
==19th century==
*[[Gustav Mahler]] (Austria), nine symphonies, 1884 - 1909
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (Germany), nine symphonies
*[[Jean Sibelius]] (Finland), seven symphonies, 1898 - 1924
*[[Franz Berwald]] (Sweden), four symphonies
*[[Charles Ives]] (America), four symphones, 1902 - 1916  
*[[Franz Schubert]] (Austria), nine symphonies
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] (Russia), three symphonies, 1907 - 1945  
*[[Hector Berlioz]] (France), two symphonies
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (England), nine symphonies, 1909 - 1957  
*[[Felix Mendelssohn]] (Germany), five symphonies
*[[Sergey Prokofiev]] (Russia), seven symphonies, 1917 - 1952
*[[Robert Schumann]] (Germany), four symphonies
*[[Dmitry Shostakovich]] (Russia), fifteen symphonies, 1925 - 1971
*[[Franz Liszt]] (Hungary), two symphonies
*[[Alfred Schnittke]] (Russia), eight symphonies, 1972 - 1994
*[[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
*[[Alexander Scriabin]] (Russia), five symphonies (or 'poems')
*[[Charles Ives]] (America), four symphones, 1902-1916
*[[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
*[[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
*[[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
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]] (Poland), eight symphonies, 1973-present
*[[Philip Glass]] (America), eight symphonies
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:17, 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