List of symphonies by key

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This is a list of famous symphonies sorted by key.

Contents 1 C major 2 C minor 3 C sharp minor 4 D major 5 D minor 6 E flat major 7 E flat minor 8 E major 9 E minor 10 F major 11 F minor 12 F sharp major 13 F sharp minor 14 G major 15 G minor 16 A flat major 17 A major 18 A minor 19 B flat major 20 B flat minor 21 B major 22 B minor 23 See also

[edit] C major

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 21 (1800)
• Georges Bizet
  • Symphony in C (1855)
• Paul Dukas
  • Symphony in C (1896)
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 78
  • Symphony No. 97
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Symphony No. 16, K. 128 (1772)
  • Symphony No. 36, K. 425 "Linz" (1783)
  • Symphony No. 41, K. 551 "Jupiter" (1788)
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Symphony No. 4 (original version), Op. 47, 1930
  • Symphony No. 4 (revised version), Op. 112, 1947
• Franz Schubert
  • Symphony No. 6, D. 589
  • Symphony No. 9, D. 944 "The Great" (1828)
• Robert Schumann
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 61 (1846)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 7, op. 60 "Leningrad" (1942)
• Jean Sibelius
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 52 (1907)
  • Symphony No. 7, op. 105 (1924)
• Igor Stravinsky
  • Symphony in C (1940)

[edit] C minor

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 5, op. 67 (1808)
• Johannes Brahms
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 68 (1876)
• Anton Bruckner
  • Symphony No. 1 (1868)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1872)
  • Symphony No. 8 (1887)
• Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphony No. 1, B. 9 "The Bells of Zlonice" (1865)
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 95
• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (1894)
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 11 (1824)
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 44 (1928)
• Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 78 "Organ" (1886)
• Franz Schubert
  • Symphony No. 4, D. 417 "Tragic"
• Alexander Scriabin
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 29 (1902)
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 43 "The Divine Poem" (1904)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 4, op. 43 (1936)
  • Symphony No. 8, op. 65 (1943)

[edit] C sharp minor

• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 5 (1902) - Mahler objected to this key assignment, preferring none at all
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Symphony No. 7, op. 131 (1952)

[edit] D major

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 36 (1802)
• Johannes Brahms
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 73 (1877)
• Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphony No. 6, op. 60, B. 112 (1880)
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 13 (1763)
  • Symphony No. 70 (1779)
  • Symphony No. 93
  • Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"
  • Symphony No. 101 "Clock"
  • Symphony No. 104 "London" (1795)
• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 1 (1888)
  • Symphony No. 9 (1910)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Symphony No. 20, K. 133 (1772)
  • Symphony No. 31, K. 297 "Paris" (1778)
  • Symphony No. 35, K. 385 "Haffner" (1782)
  • Symphony No. 38, K. 504 "Prague" (1786)
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 25 "Classical" (1917)
• Franz Schubert
  • Symphony No. 1, D. 82
  • Symphony No. 3, D. 200
• Jean Sibelius
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 43 (1902)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 29 "Polish" (1875)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Symphony No. 5 - nominally in the key

[edit] D minor

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 9, op. 125 "Choral" (1824)
• Havergal Brian
  • Symphony No. 1 "Gothic" (1927)
• Anton Bruckner
  • Symphony No. 0 "Die Nullte" (1860s)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1873)
  • Symphony No. 9 (1896, inc.)
• Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphony No. 4, op. 13, B. 41 (1874)
  • Symphony No. 7, op. 70, B. 141 (1885)
• César Franck
  • Symphony in D minor
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 26 "Lamentatione" (1766)
  • Symphony No. 80 (1783-4)
• Charles Ives
  • Symphony No. 1 (1898)
• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 3 (1896)
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Symphony No. 5, op. 107 "Reformation" (1830)
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 40 (1925)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 13 (1896)
• Robert Schumann
  • Symphony No. 4, op. 120 (1841)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 5, op. 47 (1937)
  • Symphony No. 12, op. 112 "The Year 1917" (1961)
• Jean Sibelius
  • Symphony No. 6, op. 104 (1923)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Symphony No. 8 (1955)

[edit] E flat major

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 55 "Eroica" (1804)
• Alexander Borodin
  • Symphony No. 1 (before 1869)
• Anton Bruckner
  • Symphony No. 4 "Romantic" (1874)
• Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 10, B. 34 (1873)
• Edward Elgar
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 63 (1911)
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 22 "The Philosopher" (1764)
  • Symphony No. 91 (1788-9)
  • Symphony No. 99
  • Symphony No. 103 "Drumroll" (1795)
• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" (1907)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Symphony No. 1, K. 16 (1764)
  • Symphony No. 39, K. 543 (1788)
• Robert Schumann
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 97 "Rhenish" (1850)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 20 "First of May" (1931)
  • Symphony No. 9, op. 70 (1945)
• Jean Sibelius
  • Symphony No. 5, op. 82 (1915)
• Igor Stravinsky
  • Symphony in E-flat (1907)

[edit] E flat minor

• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Symphony No. 6, op. 111 (1947)

[edit] E major

• Anton Bruckner
  • Symphony No. 7 (1883)
• Alexander Scriabin
  • Symphony No. 1, op.26 (1900)

[edit] E minor

• Johannes Brahms
  • Symphony No. 4, op. 98 (1885)
• Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphony No. 9, op. 95, B. 178 (1893)
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 44 "Trauer" (1770)
• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 7 (1906)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 27 (1907)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 10, op. 93 (1948)
• Jean Sibelius
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 39 (1898)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Symphony No. 5, op. 64 (1888)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Symphony No. 6 (1948)
  • Symphony No. 9 (1957)

[edit] F major

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 6, op. 68 "Pastoral" (1808)
  • Symphony No. 8, op. 93 (1812)
• Johannes Brahms
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 90 (1883)
• Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphony No. 5, op. 76, B. 54 (1875)

[edit] F minor

• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 49 "La Passione" (1768)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 10 (1925)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Symphony No. 4, op. 36 (1878)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Symphony No. 4 (1934)

[edit] F sharp major

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  • Symphony in F-sharp, op. 40 (1947)

[edit] F sharp minor

• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 45 "Farewell" (1772)
• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 10 (1911, inc.)

[edit] G major

• Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphony No. 8, op. 88, B. 163 (1889)
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 88 (late 1780s)
  • Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" (1791)
  • Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" (1791)
  • Symphony No. 100 "Military" (1794)
• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 4 (1901)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony" (1914)

[edit] G minor

• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 39 (1767)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Symphony No. 25, K. 183 "Little G minor" (1773)
  • Symphony No. 40, K. 550 "Great G minor" (1788)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 11, op. 103 "The Year 1905" (1957)
  • Symphony No. 14, op. 135 (1969)

[edit] A flat major

• Edward Elgar
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 55 (1908)

[edit] A major

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 7, op. 92 (1812)
• Anton Bruckner
  • Symphony No. 6 (1881)
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 59, "Fire" (before 1769)
  • Symphony No. 64, "Tempora mutantur" (1778)
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Symphony No. 4, op. 90 "Italian" (1833)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Symphony No. 29, K. 201 (1774)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 15, op. 141 (1971)

[edit] A minor

• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 6 "Tragic" (1904)
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 56 "Scottish" (1842)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Symphony No. 3, op. 44 (1936)
• Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 55 (1859)
• Jean Sibelius
  • Symphony No. 4, op. 63 (1911)

[edit] B flat major

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 4, op. 60 (1806)
• Anton Bruckner
  • Symphony No. 5 (1876)
• Ernest Chausson
  • Symphony in B-flat, op. 20 (1890)
• Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 4, B. 12 (1865)
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 98
  • Symphony No. 102
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 52 "Lobgesang" (1840)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Symphony No. 33, K. 319 (1779)
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Symphony No. 5, op. 100 (1944)
• Franz Schubert
  • Symphony No. 2, D. 125
  • Symphony No. 5, D. 485 (1816)
• Robert Schumann
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 38 "Spring" (1841)

[edit] B flat minor

• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 13, op. 113 "Babi Yar" (1962)
• William Walton
  • Symphony No. 1 (1932-35)

[edit] B major

• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 46 (1772)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 2, op. 14 "To October" (1927)

[edit] B minor

• Alexander Borodin
  • Symphony No. 2 (1876)
• Franz Schubert
  • Symphony No. 8, D. 759 "Unfinished" (1822, inc.)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 6, op. 54 (1939)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Manfred Symphony, op. 58 (1885)
  • Symphony No. 6, op. 74 "Pathétique" (1893)

[edit] See also

List of piano concerti by key

Symphonies by number, name, and key
No. 0 | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 | No. 11
No. 12 and higher: Haydn, Mozart, Shostakovich, Hovhaness,...
List of symphonies by name - List of symphonies by key - List of composers of symphonies
See also: Sinfonia | Sinfonia concertante | Unfinished symphony | Curse of the Ninth