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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
* [[Joseph Haydn]]
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (Austria), 41 symphonies
==19th Century==
*[[Johannes Brahms]], four 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
*[[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
*[[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 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