List of symphony composers

This is a list of composers who have written symphonies, listed in chronological order by year of birth, alphabetical within year. It includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles. For lists of music composers by other classifications, see Lists of composers.

From the earliest symphonies to 1800

Antonio Caldara (1670–1736), Italian composer of a dozen sinfonie.
Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751), Italian violinist, singer, and composer of eight sinfonie
Giovanni Porta (c. 1675–1755), Italian composer of a sinfonia in D.
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Italian violinist, teacher, cleric, and composer of 21 string sinfonie
Christoph Graupner (1683–1760), German composer of at least 113 symphonies
Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1684–1751), Italian composer of the Sinfonia Teatrale.
Francesco Manfredi (1684–1762), Italian composer of numerous sinfonie.
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), Italian composer famous for keyboard sonatas but also a writer of sinfonie for strings.
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758), German violinist and composer of at least 19 symphonies for strings
Leonardo Vinci (1690–1730), Italian composer known for opera, but writer of a sinfonia for strings.
Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770), Italian composer of a sinfonia in A.
Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765) German composer of more than 140 symphonies
Andrea Zani (1696–1757), Italian violinist and composer of the earliest securely dated symphonies (part of his Op. 2, published in 1729)
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699–1783), German singer, techer, and composer of six symphonies
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1701–1775), Italian oboist, organist, choirmaster, teacher, and composer of at least 67 symphonies (often confused with his brother, Giuseppe Sammartini, who did not compose any symphonies)
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771), German violinist and composer of about 100 symphonies
Carlos Seixas (1704–1742), Portuguese composer of at least 3 symphonies
Andrea Bernasconi (1706–1784), Italian composer of about 20 symphonies
Antonio Brioschi (fl. c. 1725–1750), Italian composer of at least 26 symphonies
Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708 – c. 1763), Silesian composer of at least 7 symphonies
Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708–1760 German-Danish composer of more than 70 symphonies
Franz Benda (1709–1786) Bohemian composer of 17 symphonies
Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789), Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor, music theoretician, and composer of at least 69 symphonies
Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763) German composer or many symphonies
Thomas Arne (1710–1778), British composer of roughly a dozen symphonies originally written as overtures to stage works
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), Eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, and a German composer of 8 symphonies
Giuseppe Bonno (1711–1788), Austrian composer of at least 3 symphonies
William Boyce (1711–1779), English composer whose Op. 2 is a set of 8 "symphonies", although they started life as overtures to other works
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772), French composer of 6 symphonies
Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783), Austro-German composer of 69 symphonies
Frederick the Great (1712–1786) King of Prussia, composer of 4 symphonies
Antoine Dauvergne (1713–1797), French composer of 4 symphonies
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), German composer of around 20 symphonies
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), German opera reformer of at least several symphonies
Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777), Austrian composer of several symphonies
Georg Matthias Monn (1717–1750), composer of the first symphony (1740) with a minuet as the third movement
Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), Czech composer of 58 symphonies, and the first composer to regularly include a minuet as the third movement
Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), Austrian composer of pre-Classical "sinfonie", as well as a few symphonies of the evolved form
Leopold Mozart (1719–1787), Austrian violinist and composer who wrote symphonies in which he included (natural) French horns
Jiří Antonín Benda (1722–1795), Czech composer of about 30 symphonies
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787), German viola da gamba virtuoso and composer, later active in London, wrote 23 symphonies, one of which was misattributed in the 19th century to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as his Symphony No. 3
Jan Adam Gallina (1724–1773), Czech composer of at least 5 symphonies
Johann Hartmann (1726–1793), Danish composer of 4 symphonies, grandfather of Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727–1789), German composer of many symphonies
Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774), German-speaking Bohemian composer of 32 symphonies
Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768), Belgian composer of about 45 symphonies
František Xaver Pokorný (1729–1794), Bohemian composer of about 140 symphonies, 104 of which were deliberately misattributed to other composers in 1796 by Theodor von Schacht
Jean-Baptiste Cardonne (1730–1792), French composer of at least 2 symphonies
Christian Cannabich (1731–1798), German composer of the Mannheim school, who wrote about 70 symphonies
František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer of 37 symphonies
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795), German composer of 28 symphonies
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Austrian composer, one of the best-known Classical composers of symphonies, he wrote 106 examples, combining wit and structural clarity (see the list of symphonies by Joseph Haydn and the Category of Haydn Symphonies)
Franz Ignaz von Beecke (1733–1803), German composer of at least 33 symphonies
Anton Fils (1733–1760), German composer who wrote at least 40 symphonies for the Mannheim orchestra
Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809), German composer of about 25 symphonies
François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829), French composer of over 60 symphonies
Karl von Ordoñez (1734–1786), Austrian composer of some 73 symphonies
Luka Sorkočević (1734–1789), Croatian composer of 8 symphonies
Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), German composer, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, wrote at least 28 symphonies
Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792), German composer of at least 12 symphonies
Michael Haydn (1737–1806), Austrian composer of 41 symphonies
Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781), Czech composer of over 45 symphonies
Friedrich Schwindl (1737–1786), Dutch composer of 1 symphony
Antonio Boroni (1738–1792), Italian composer of 1 symphony
William Herschel (1738–1822), German-born British composer of 24 symphonies
Leopold Hoffmann (1738–1793), Austrian composer of several symphonies
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799), Austrian composer of at least 120 symphonies
Jakub Gołąbek (1739–1789), Polish composer of at least 3 symphonies
Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813), Bohemian composer of 51 published symphonies
Ernst Eichner (1740–1777), German composer of 31 symphonies
Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801), Italian composer of at least 8 surviving symphonies
Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801), German composer of 12 symphonies
Wenzel Pichl (1741–1805), Austrian composer of about 89 symphonies
Henri-Joseph Rigel (1741–1799), German–French composer of at least 15 symphonies
Simon Leduc (1742–1777), French composer of at least 4 surviving symphonies
Anton Ferdinand Titz (1742–1811), German composer of symphonies
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), Italian composer of about 30 symphonies
Josef Bárta (1734–1787), Czech composer of 13 symphonies
Maksym Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777), Ukrainian composer of at least 1 symphony
Gaetano Brunetti (1745–1798), Italian composer of at least 29 symphonies
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799), French composer of 2 symphonies and 8 Symphonies concertantes
Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819), Czech composer of at least 27 symphonies
Carl Stamitz (1745–1801), composer of over 50 symphonies
Giuseppe Cambini (1746–1825), Italian violinist and composer of about 90 symphonies
Felice Alessandri (1747–1798), Italian composer of 6 symphonies
Leopold Koželuch (1747–1818), Czech composer of about 30 symphonies
Josef Fiala (1748–1816), Bohemian composer of several symphonies
Theodor von Schacht (1748–1823), German composer of at least 33 symphonies
Georg Joseph Vogler (1749–1814), German composer of 1 symphony
Antonio Rosetti (c. 1750–1792), Bohemian composer, wrote about 50 symphonies
Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (1750–1817), German composer of at least 24 symphonies
Muzio Clementi (1752–1832), Italian composer of 2 opus numbers symphonies and 4 without opus numbers symphonies
Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752–1817), German composer of 1 symphony
John Marsh (1752–1828), English composer of at least 39 symphonies
Johan David Zander (1752–1796), Swedish composer of several symphonies
Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823), French composer of at least 9 concertante symphonies (of which two are lost) for several instruments
Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812), German composer of over 50 symphonies
Peter Winter (1754–1825), German composer of 3 symphonies
Vincenc Václav Mašek (1755–1831), Bohemian composer of several symphonies
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792), German-Swedish composer of over 20 symphonies, not all of which survive
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), Austrian composer, one of the best-known Classical symphonists. Wrote around 50 symphonies, 41 of which are numbered
Johann Vogel (1756–1788), German composer of 3 symphonies
Pavel Vranický (1756–1808), Bohemian composer of about 50 symphonies
Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831), Austrian composer, publisher, and piano maker, wrote 41 symphonies
Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841), Italian composer of symphonies
Johann Friedrich Grenser (1758–1795), German composer of 1 symphony
António Leal Moreira (1758–1819), Portuguese composer of 3 orchestral symphonies and 1 for six organs
François Devienne (1759–1803), French flautist and composer of 1 symphony and 8 concertante symphonies
Franz Krommer (1759–1831), Czech composer of at least 10 symphonies
Johann Evangelist Brandl (1760–1837), German composer of at least 1 symphony
Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842), Italian composer (active in France) of the Symphony in D major (1815).
Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen (1761–1817), German-born Danish composer of 1 symphony
Antonín Vranický (1761–1820), Czech composer of symphonies, half-brother of Pavel Vranický
Jan Wanski (1762-after 1800), Polish composer of at least 2 symphonies
Franz Danzi (1763–1826), German composer of at least 6 symphonies, plus several sinfonie concertante
Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763–1850), Bohemian composer of around 60 symphonies, many of them commissioned by Johann Peter Salomon in London.
Étienne Méhul (1763–1817), French composer of at least 4 symphonies
Anton Eberl (1765–1807), Austrian composer of 5 symphonies
Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846), Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
Samuel Wesley (1766–1837), English composer of 6 symphonies
Francesco Basili (1767–1850), Italian composer of at least 1 symphony (Sinfonia a piena orchestra sullo stile d'Haydn, 1841)
Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841), German composer of 4 symphonies
Józef Elsner (1769–1854), Polish composer of 8 symphonies
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), German composer—often considered the greatest of all symphonists—of 9 symphonies, of which the ninth (Choral, 1824) includes mixed chorus and parts for soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone in its finale; in addition, the composer also left sketches for a tenth symphony, later elaborated by Barry Cooper in 1988—see Category of Beethoven symphonies. Finally, the orchestral work Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (1813) is sometimes referred to as the "Battle Symphony."
Anton Reicha (1770–1836), Czech–French composer of at least 12 symphonies
Friedrich Witt (1770–1836), German composer of 23 symphonies
Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772–1807), Polish–Austrian composer of at least 3 symphonies
Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772–1847), German-born Dutch composer of 7 symphonies
Václav Jan Tomášek (1774–1850), Czech composer of 3 symphonies
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774–1842), German-born Danish composer of 7 symphonies
João Domingos Bomtempo (1775–1842), Portuguese composer of 2 symphonies
E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822), German writer and composer of 1 symphony
Joseph Küffner (1776–1856), German composer of 7 symphonies
Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813), Swedish composer of 4 finished and 1 unfinished symphonies
José Eulalio Samayoa (1780–1866), Guatemalan composer of 3 extant symphonies
François-Joseph Fétis (1784–1871), Belgian musicologist and composer of 2 symphonies
George Onslow (1784–1853), French composer of 4 symphonies in a style combining echoes of Beethoven and Schubert
Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838), German composer of 8 symphonies, 1 of which is unpublished
Louis Spohr (1784–1859), German composer of 10 symphonies
Henry Bishop (1786–1855), English composer of 1 symphony
Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer of 2 symphonies, each of which is in C major.
Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789–1826), German composer of 3 symphonies
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer (1789–1878), German composer of 1 symphony plus a Sinfonia concertante for four violins and orchestra
Carl Czerny (1791–1857), Austrian composer of 7 symphonies
Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1844), French composer of 2 symphonies
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791–1844), Austrian composer of 1 symphony
Jan Václav Voříšek (1791–1825), Czech composer of 1 symphony
Cipriani Potter (1792–1871), English composer of 9 symphonies
Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870), Czech composer of 1 symphony
Franz Berwald (1796–1868), Swedish composer of 4 numbered symphonies, preceded by a Symphony in A major (1820), of which only a fragment of the first movement is extant.
Carl Loewe (1796–1869), German composer of 2 symphonies
Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867), Italian composer of 1 symphony (Dante Symphony, 1863, first performance in 1865 for the 6th centenary of the birth of the poet)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848), Italian composer of at least 15 symphonies
Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Austrian composer of 7 complete symphonies (Nos. 1–6, 9), the last (the Great, 1825–26) of which is the largest in scale; two completed movements from the (incomplete) eighth (Unfinished, 1822) are regularly performed. In addition to No. 8, sketches for 5 other incomplete symphonies survive, a number of which have been elaborated by other composers, in particular Brian Newbould—see Category of Schubert symphonies.

1800–1849

Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), Italian composer of 8 symphonies
John Lodge Ellerton (1801–1873), English composer of 6 symphonies
Jan Křtitel Václav Kalivoda or Johann Baptist Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801–1866), Czech composer of 7 symphonies
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878), Swedish composer of 2 symphonies
Bernhard Molique (1802–1869), German composer of 1 symphony
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), French composer of 4 unnumbered, programmatic symphonies: Symphonie fantastique (1830), perhaps the first true programmatic symphony; Harold en Italie (1834), for viola obbligato and orchestra; Roméo et Juliette (1839), a choral symphony with parts for contralto and tenor soloists; and, Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale (1840), scored for concert band, solo trombone, and (optional) chorus and strings.
Franz Lachner (1803–1890), German composer of 8 symphonies between 1828 and 1851. His 5th symphony won him the prize offered by the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 1835
Sir Julius Benedict (1804–1885), German–British composer of 2 symphonies
Louise Farrenc (1804–1875), French composer of 3 symphonies
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805–1900), Danish composer of 2 symphonies
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826), Basque composer of 1 symphony
Johannes Frederik Fröhlich (1806-1860), Danish composer of 1 symphony
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807–1867), Polish composer of 2 symphonies
Hilarión Eslava (1807–1878), Spanish composer of 1 symphony
Gottfried von Preyer (1807–1901), Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
Napoléon Henri Reber (1807–1880), French composer of 4 symphonies
Michael William Balfe (1808–1870), Irish composer of 1 symphony
Johann Josef Netzer (1808-1864), Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composer of 5 numbered symphonies, the second (Lobgesang, 1840) of which is a "symphony-cantata" that includes parts for chorus, two sopranos, and tenor in the final ten of its thirteen movements; sketches for a sixth symphony also exist—see Category of Mendelssohn symphonies. In addition, he completed 12 sinfonia for strings (the thirteenth was left unfinished).
Fredrik Pacius (1809–1891), German–Finnish composer of 1 symphony
Norbert Burgmüller (1810–1836), German composer of 2 symphonies
Otto Nicolai (1810–1849), German composer of 2 symphonies
Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer of 4 completed symphonies, as well as an earlier incomplete Symphony in G minor (Zwickau, WoO 29, 1832–33)—see Category of Schumann symphonies.
Félicien David (1810–1876), French composer of 3 symphonies, as well as the choral symphony Le désert (1844), which includes parts for speaker, tenor soloist, and male chorus.
Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian composer of 2 unnumbered, programmatic symphonies, of which the Faust Symphony (1854, r. 1857–61 and 1880) includes male chorus and parts for organ and tenor soloist, while the Dante Symphony (1855–56) includes women's chorus and a soprano soloist.
Wilhelm Taubert (1811–1891), German composer of 4 symphonies
Karl Graedener (1812–1883), German composer of 2 symphonies
Emilie Mayer (1812-1883), German composer of 8 symphonies
Julius Rietz (1812–1877), German composer of 3 symphonies
Johann Rufinatscha (1812–1893), Austrian composer of 6 symphonies
William Henry Fry (1813-1864), American composer of 7 symphonies
George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887), English composer of 9 symphonies
Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer of the Symphony in C major (1832, r. 1882), as well as sketches for a (incomplete) Symphony in E major (1834, WWV 35)
Mihály Mosonyi (1815–1870), Hungarian composer of 2 symphonies
Robert Volkmann (1815–1883), German composer of 2 symphonies
August Wilhelm Ambros (1816–1876), Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
Franz Krenn (1816–1897), Austrian composer of 1 symphony
Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), English composer of 5 symphonies
Johannes Verhulst (1816–1891), Dutch composer of 1 symphony
Édouard Deldevez (1817–1897), French composer of at least 3 symphonies
Eduard Franck (1817–1893), German composer of 4 symphonies, of which Nos. 1 and 2 are lost
Niels Gade (1817–1890), Danish composer of 8 symphonies
Fritz Spindler (1817–1905), German composer of 2 symphonies
Charles Gounod (1818–1893), French composer of 2 symphonies and a 3rd for nine wind instruments (Petite symphonie)
Carl Helsted (1818-1904), Danish composer of 1 symphony
Jacob Axel Josephson (1818-1880), Swedish composer of 1 symphony
Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819–1898), French composer of 9 symphonies
Oscar Byström (1821–1909), Swedish composer of 1 symphony
August Conradi (1821–1873), German composer of 5 symphonies
César Franck (1822–1890), Belgian composer of the Symphony in D minor (1888), known for its use of cyclic form.
Joachim Raff (1822–1882), Swiss-born German composer of 11 numbered symphonies, of which the eleventh (Der Winter, 1876) is unfinished (completion by Max Erdmannsdörfer). Also symphonic is the Sinfonietta, Op. 188 and the Grand Symphony in E minor (WoO 18, 1854), of which only two of the five movements are extant—see Category of Raff symphonies.
Édouard Lalo (1823–1892), French composer of the Symphony in G minor (1886), as well as the concertante work Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra, Op. 21 (1874).
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer of 9 numbered symphonies, many of which—due to edits, cuts, and revisions—exist in multiple editions. The ninth (1887–96) is only partially complete, Bruckner having left the finale unfinished (a number of composers subsequently have made completions). In addition, two completed, unnumbered symphonies survive: the Study Symphony in F minor (WAB 99, 1863; often called Symphony No. 00) and the Symphony in D minor (WAB 100, 1869; often called Symphony No. 0 or Die Nullte). Finally, sketches for a (unfinished) Symphony in B-flat major (WAB 142, 1869) also survive—see Category of Bruckner symphonies.
Per August Ölander (1824-1886), Swedish composer of 1 symphony
Carl Reinecke (1824–1910), German composer of 3 numbered symphonies plus a symphony in G major (probably lost) and a Kinder–Sinfonie (op. 239)
Adolphe Samuel (1824–1898), Belgian composer of 7 symphonies
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), Czech composer of the Triumphal Symphony (1854, r. c. 1882; sometimes called the Festive Symphony)
Richard Wüerst (1824–1881), German composer of 3 symphonies
George Frederick Bristow (1825–1898), American composer of 6 symphonies
Richard Hol (1825–1904), Dutch composer of 4 symphonies
Walter Cecil Macfarren (1826–1905), English composer of 1 symphony
Ernst Pauer (1826–1905), Austrian composer of 1 symphony
Albert Rubenson (1826-1901), Swedish composer of 1 symphony
Hugo Staehle (1826-1848), German composer of 1 symphony
Julius Otto Grimm (1827–1903), German composer of 1 symphony
Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897), German composer of 1 symphony
Albert Dietrich (1829–1908), German composer of 1 symphony
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869), American composer of 2 symphonies: Symphonie romantique "A Night in the Tropics" and "À Montevideo"
Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), Russian composer of 6 symphonies
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (1830–1913), German composer of 2 symphonies (both lost)
Karl Goldmark (1830–1915), Hungarian composer of 2 symphonies
Eduard Lassen (1830–1904), Danish–Belgian composer of 2 symphonies
Robert Radecke (1830-1911), German composer of 1 symphony
Johann von Herbeck (1831–1877), Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
Salomon Jadassohn (1831-1902), German composer of 4 symphonies
Ludvig Norman (1831–1885), Swedish composer, conductor, pianist who wrote 3 symphonies
Johann Joseph Abert (1832–1915), German composer of 7 symphonies
Leopold Damrosch (1832–1885), German–American conductor and composer of 1 symphony
Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), Russian composer of 2 complete symphonies, as well as sketches for two movements to a (incomplete) third symphony—subsequently orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov.
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), German composer—considered by Eduard Hanslick to be the artistic heir of Beethoven—of 4 symphonies, of which the first (1854–76) is sometimes referred to as "Beethoven's Tenth" (for example, by conductor Hans von Bülow)—see Category of Brahms symphonies.
Albert Becker (1834–1899), German composer of 1 symphony
Vilém Blodek (1834–1874), Czech composer of 1 symphony
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886), Italian composer of 2 symphonies
Felix Draeseke (1835–1913), German composer of the New German School wrote 4 symphonies
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), French composer of 3 numbered symphonies, of which the third (1886) includes a part for organ; he also completed two unnumbered symphonies, in A major (1850) and F major (Urbs Roma; 1856), respectively.
Bernhard Scholz (1835–1916), German composer of 2 symphonies
August Winding (1835–1899), Danish composer of 1 symphony
Mily Balakirev (1837–1910), Russian composer of 2 symphonies
John Francis Barnett (1837–1916), English composer of 1 symphony
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924), French composer of 3 symphonies
Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911), French composer of 2 symphonies for organ and orchestra, which are versions of his 1st and the 8th organ sonatas, respectively
Karl Adolf Lorenz (1837–1923), German composer of 1 symphony
Heinrich Urban (1837–1901), German composer of 1 symphony
Józef Wieniawski (1837-1912), Polish pianist and composer of 1 symphony
Georges Bizet (1838–1875), French composer of a Symphony in C major (1855); the composer referred to a second work, Roma (1861–71), as a symphony, although it is classified often as a suite.
Max Bruch (1838–1920), German composer of 3 symphonies
Alexis de Castillon (1838–1873), French composer of 2 symphonies
Heinrich Schulz-Beuthen (1838-1915), German composer of 8 symphonies (2 others are incomplete)
Ferdinand Thieriot (1838–1919), German composer of 9 symphonies plus a sinfonietta
Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916), German composer of 4 symphonies
Eduard Nápravník (1839–1916), Czech–Russian composer of 4 symphonies
John Knowles Paine (1839–1906), American composer of 2 symphonies
Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901), Liechtensteiner composer of 2 symphonies
Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884), English composer of 3 symphonies
Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray (1840–1910), French composer of 2 symphonies (the second, Symphonie religieuse for choir and orchestra)
Samuel de Lange jr. (1840–1911), Dutch composer of 5 symphonies
Hermann Goetz (1840-1876), German composer of 1 symphony (1 other is incomplete)
Ernst Rudorff (1840–1916), German composer of 3 symphonies
Johan Svendsen (1840–1911), Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies (A third symphony allegedly was destroyed during an 1883 domestic dispute.)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer of 6 numbered symphonies; the programmatic Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (1885) is unnumbered; a seventh symphony, in E♭, was abandoned in 1892 (Bogatyrev completion c. 1955), with the first movement rescored in 1894 by the composer as Allegro Brillante for piano and orchestra—see Category of Tchaikovsky symphonies.
Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929), Swedish composer of 2 orchestral and 2 organ symphonies
Giovanni Bolzoni (1841–1919), Italian composer of 1 symphony
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer of 9 symphonies; many of his symphonies utilize Bohemian folk elements, while the ninth (From the New World, 1893) was inspired by Native American music and African-American spirituals—see Category of Dvořák symphonies.
Daniël de Lange (1841-1918), Dutch composer of 1 symphony
Giovanni Sgambati (1841−1914), Italian composer of 2 numbered symphonies plus "Sinfonia-Epitalamio" and "Sinfonia Festosa"
Arrigo Boito (1842–1918), Italian composer of 1 symphony
Heinrich Hofmann (1842-1902), German composer of 1 symphony
Ödön Mihalovich (1842–1929), Hungarian composer of 4 symphonies
Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), British composer of 1 symphony
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Norwegian composer of the Symphony in C minor (1864), as well as sketches for a second.
Asger Hamerik (1843–1923), Danish conductor and composer of 8 symphonies
Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843−1900), Austrian composer of 8 symphonies
Miguel Marqués (1843–1918), Spanish composer of 5 symphonies
Hermann Graedener (1844–1929), German composer of 2 symphonies
Émile Paladilhe (1844–1926), French composer of 1 symphony
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), Russian composer of 3 symphonies, the second of which (Antar, Op. 9; 1868, r. 1897 and 1903) the composer later reclassified as a symphonic suite; in addition, he left sketches for two other symphonies.
Charles Marie Widor (1844–1937), French composer of 6 orchestral symphonies and 10 symphonies for organ
August Bungert (1845–1915), German composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonia Vietrix op. 70 for choir, solo voices and orchestra)
Anastazy Wilhelm Dreszer (1845–1907), Polish composer of 2 symphonies
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer of 1 symphony (Op. 40, unpublished, the manuscript was destroyed; material was re-used in the late violin sonata n. 2 Op.108 and cello sonata n. 1 Op.109)
Ignaz Brüll (1846–1907), Austrian composer of 1 symphony
William Gilchrist (1846–1916), American composer of at least one symphony
Zygmunt Noskowski (1846–1909), Polish composer of 3 symphonies
Robert Fuchs (1847–1927), Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
Johannes Haarklou (1847–1925), Norwegian composer of 4 symphonies
August Klughardt (1847–1902), German composer of 5 symphonies
Otto Malling (1848–1915), Danish composer of 1 symphony
Hubert Parry (1848–1918), British composer of 5 symphonies
Henri Dallier (1849–1934), French organist and composer of 1 symphony
Benjamin Godard (1849–1895), French composer of 5 symphonies
Arnold Krug (1849–1904), German composer of 2 symphonies

1850–1899

Tomás Bretón (1850–1923), Spanish composer of 3 symphonies
Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900), Czech composer of 3 complete symphonies, plus 4 fragmentary or lost symphonies
Peter Lange-Müller (1850–1926), Danish composer of 2 symphonies
Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924), German–Polish pianist and composer of 1 symphony
Antonio Scontrino (1850–1922), Italian composer of 2 symphonies
Alexander Taneyev (1850–1918), Russian composer of 3 symphonies
Anton Urspruch (1850–1907), German composer of 1 symphony
Victor Bendix (1851–1926), Danish composer of 4 symphonies
Jan Blockx (1851–1912), Belgian composer of 1 symphony
Ruperto Chapí (1851–1909), Spanish composer of 1 symphony
Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931), French composer of 3 numbered symphonies; also symphonic is the Symphony on a French Mountain Air, for piano and orchestra, Op. 25 (1886) and the programmatic symphony Jean Hundaye, Op. 5 (1874–75).
Antoni Stolpe (1851–1872), Polish composer of 1 symphony
Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935), British composer of 6 symphonies and a sinfonietta
Hans Huber (1852–1921), Swiss composer of 8 numbered symphonies, plus an A major symphony (1889, unpublished)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), British composer of 7 symphonies
Hans von Koessler (1853–1926), German composer of 2 symphonies
André Messager (1853–1929), French composer of 1 symphony
George Whitefield Chadwick (1854–1931), American composer of 3 symphonies
Bernard Zweers (1854–1924), Dutch composer of 3 symphonies
Ernest Chausson (1855–1899), French composer of the Symphony in B-flat major, Op. 20 (1890), as well as sketches for a second (1899).
Michele Esposito (1855–1929), Italian composer of 2 symphonies
Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Köstritz (1855–1910), German composer of 6 symphonies
Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), Dutch composer of 21 symphonies
Arthur Bird (1856–1923), American composer of 1 symphony
Robert Kajanus (1856–1933), Finnish composer of a Sinfonietta in B-flat major, for strings, Op. 16 (1915)
Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909), Italian composer of 2 symphonies
Christian Sinding (1856–1941), Norwegian composer of 4 symphonies
Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915), Russian composer of 4 symphonies
George Templeton Strong (1856–1948), American composer of 3 symphonies
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944), French composer of 1 symphony (Les Amazones, for choir and orchestra)
Frederic Cliffe (1857–1931), English composer of 2 symphonies
Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), English composer of 2 completed symphonies, with sketches for a third elaborated into a performing version by Anthony Payne in 1997—see Category of Elgar symphonies. In addition, the composer referred to a fourth work, The Black Knight (1889–93), as a "symphony for chorus and orchestra," although it is classified typically as a cantata.
Sylvio Lazzari (1857–1944), French composer of 1 symphony
Richard Franck (1858–1938), German composer of 1 symphony
Hans Rott (1858–1884), Austrian composer of the Symphony in E major (1878–80), which features stylistic similarities to those of his friend Gustav Mahler. In addition, Rott completed a Symphony for Strings in A-flat major (1874–75) and left sketches for a (unfinished) second symphony.
Harry Rowe Shelley (1858–1947), American composer of 2 symphonies
Max Fiedler (1859–1939), German conductor and composer of 1 symphony
Gerard von Brucken Fock (1859–1935), Dutch composer of 3 symphonies
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951), Czech composer of 5 symphonies
Alexander Ilyinsky (1859–1920), Russian composer of 1 symphony
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935), Russian composer of 2 symphonies plus a "Sinfonietta for Orchestra"
Sergei Lyapunov (1859−1924), Russian composer of 2 symphonies
Pietro Floridia (1860–1932), Italian–American composer of 1 symphony
Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942), Italian composer of 1 symphony
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer of 9 numbered symphonies, the third (1893–96) of which is his longest symphony at approximately 95 minutes, while the eighth (1906) calls for three choirs and eight vocal soloists (and premiered with over 1,000 performers); in addition, the composer also left detailed sketches for a tenth symphony, later elaborated by, among others, Deryck Cooke—see Category of Mahler symphonies. Finally, a composition for soprano, tenor, and orchestra, Das Lied von der Erde (1908–09), is classified often as an unnumbered symphony.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), Polish composer of 1 symphony
Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945), Austrian composer of 5 symphonies
William Wallace (1860–1940), Scottish composer of a "Creation Symphony"
Felix Woyrsch (1860−1944), German composer of 7 symphonies
Anton Arensky (1861–1906), Russian composer of 2 symphonies
Wilhelm Berger (1861–1911), German composer of 2 symphonies
Georgy Catoire (1861–1926), Russian composer of 1 symphony
Ludwig Thuille (1861–1907), Austrian composer of 1 symphony
Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897), French composer of 1 symphony
Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer of 2 symphonies among them La Mer 3 Symphonic sketches though referred to as a symphony by the composer
Maurice Emmanuel (1862–1938), French composer of 2 symphonies
Edward German (1862–1936), English composer of 2 symphonies
Friedrich Koch (1862–1927), German composer of 2 symphonies
Alberto Williams (1862–1952), Argentine composer of 9 symphonies
Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931), Russian composer of 1 symphony
Hugo Kaun (1863–1932), German composer of 3 symphonies
Horatio Parker (1863–1919), American composer of 1 symphony
Arthur Somervell (1863–1937), English composer of a Thalassa Symphony
Jāzeps Vītols (1863–1948), Latvian composer of 2 symphonies
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), Austrian composer of 7 symphonies and a sinfonietta
Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932), German composer of 1 symphony
Hjalmar Borgstrøm (1864–1925), Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies
Louis Glass (1864–1936), Danish composer of 6 symphonies
Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956), Russian composer of 5 symphonies
Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935), Norwegian composer of 3 symphonies
Alexandre Levy (1864–1892), Brazilian composer of 1 symphony
Guy Ropartz (1864–1955), French composer of 5 symphonies, the third (1905) of which is with chorus.
Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer 2 numbered symphonies; also symphonic—in name if not technique—are the tone poems Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 (1903) and An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (1915).
August de Boeck (1865–1937), Belgian composer of 1 symphony
Paul Dukas (1865–1931), French composer of the Symphony in C major (1896)
Paul Gilson (1865–1942), Belgian composer of 3 symphonies and La Mer (4 Symphonic sketches)
Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), Russian composer of 8 completed symphonies, as well as sketches for a ninth (piano sketch, 1910; later orchestrated by Gavril Yudin)—see Category of Glazunov symphonies.
Albéric Magnard (1865–1914), French composer of 4 symphonies
Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), Danish composer of 6 symphonies, the third (1911) of which utilizes a vocalise for soprano and baritone in its second movement—see Category of Nielsen symphonies.
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Finnish composer of 7 numbered symphonies, the seventh (in one movement; 1924) of which erodes the traditional subdivisions of sonata form; an eighth symphony likely was destroyed by the composer—see Category of Sibelius symphonies. In addition, the choral work Kullervo, Op. 7 (1892) and Lemminkäinen, Op. 22 (1895)—both based upon Kalevala myths—are classified occasionally as unnumbered, programmatic symphonies.^[1]^[2]
Waldemar von Baußnern (1866–1931), German composer of 8 symphonies and 1 chamber symphony
Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901), Russian composer of 2 symphonies
Georg Schumann (1866–1952), German composer of 2 symphonies
Amy Beach (1867–1944), American composer of the Gaelic Symphony, Op. 32 (1894), the first such work to be composed by a female American composer.
Christian Danning (1867–1925), Danish composer of 3 symphonies
Charles Koechlin (1867–1950), French composer of 5 symphonies
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942), Swedish composer of 5 symphonies
Ewald Straesser (1867–1933), German composer of 6 symphonies (at least 3 unpublished)
Gustav Strube (1867–1953), German–American composer of 2 symphonies
Granville Bantock (1868–1946), British composer of 4 symphonies: Hebridean Symphony, Pagan Symphony, The Cyprian Goddess: Symphony No. 3 and Celtic Symphony
Hermann Bischoff (1868–1936), German composer of 2 symphonies
Frederic Lamond (1868–1948), Scottish pianist and composer of 1 symphony
Sir John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948), Scottish composer of 5 symphonies
José Vianna da Motta (1868–1948), Portuguese pianist and composer of 1 symphony
Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941), English composer of 2 symphonies
Alfred Hill (1869−1960), Australian composer of 12 symphonies
Albert Roussel (1869–1937), French composer of 4 symphonies
Howard Brockway (1870–1951), American composer of 1 symphony
Ludvík Čelanský (1870–1931), Czech composer of 1 symphony
Cornelis Dopper (1870–1939), Dutch composer of 7 symphonies
Emil Młynarski (1870–1935), Polish composer of 1 symphony
Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949), Czech composer of the May Symphony for solos, choir and orchestra
Joseph Ryelandt (1870–1965), Belgian composer of 6 symphonies
Florent Schmitt (1870–1958), French composer of 2 symphonies (the first a "symphonie concertante") and 1 for strings (Janiana)
Hermann Suter (1870–1926), Swiss composer of 1 symphony
Charles Tournemire (1870–1939), French composer of 8 orchestral symphonies, as well as a Simphonie-choral and Symphonie sacrée for organ
Louis Vierne (1870–1937), French composer of 1 orchestral symphony and 6 symphonies for organ
Adolphe Biarent (1871–1916), Belgian composer of 1 symphony
Frederick Converse (1871–1940), American composer of 5 symphonies
Henry Kimball Hadley (1871–1937), American composer of 5 symphonies
Sigurd Lie (1871–1903), Norwegian composer of 1 symphony
Ruben Liljefors (1871–1936), Swedish composer of 1 symphony
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927), Swedish composer of 2 symphonies, the first of which he later disowned. (The composer also left sketches for a third.)
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942), Austrian composer of 2 numbered symphonies, as well as a (partially-lost) Symphony in E minor (1891); also symphonic are the Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 (1923), for soprano, baritone, and orchestra; the Sinfonietta, Op. 23 (1934); and, the tone poem Die Seejungfrau (1902)—the last a symphony in all but name.
Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), Swedish composer of 5 symphonies, the fourth (Från havsbandet, 1919) of which includes a vocalise for soprano and tenor.
Eyvind Alnæs (1872–1932), Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies
Frederic Austin (1872–1952), English baritone and composer of 1 symphony
Felix Borowski (1872–1956), British–American composer of 3 symphonies
Arthur Farwell (1872–1972), American composer of 1 symphony
Paul Graener (1872–1944), German composer of 3 symphonies and a sinfonietta (for harp and strings)
Siegmund von Hausegger (1872–1948), Austrian composer of 1 symphony (Natursymphonie with final chorus)
Paul Juon (1872–1940), Russian–Swiss composer of 4 symphonies (including a Rhapsodic Symphony and a Little Symphony) plus a chamber symphony and a Sinfonietta Capricciosa
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Russian composer of 3 numbered symphonies, the first (1900) of which includes parts for mezzo-soprano and tenor; his two tone poems, The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 (1908) and Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60 (1910) are classified frequently as symphonies No. 4 and No. 5, respectively—see Category of Scriabin symphonies.
Bernhard Sekles (1872–1934), German composer of 1 symphony
Sergei Vasilenko (1872–1956), Russian composer of 2 symphonies
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), English composer of 9 symphonies, the first of which (A Sea Symphony; 1903–09) includes a chorus as well as parts for soprano and baritone, while the third (A Pastoral Symphony; 1922) utilizes a vocalise for soprano in the fourth movement—see Category of Vaughan Williams symphonies.
Dimitri Arakishvili (1873–1953), Georgian composer of 3 symphonies
Blagoje Bersa (1873–1934), Croatian composer of 1 symphony
Joseph Jongen (1873–1953), Belgian composer of 1 symphony plus a Symphonie concertante for organ and orchestra
Witold Maliszewski (1873–1939), Polish composer of 5 symphonies
Daniel Gregory Mason (1873–1953), American composer of 3 symphonies
Henri Rabaud (1873–1949), French composer of 2 symphonies
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), Russian composer of 3 numbered symphonies, as well as the choral symphony The Bells, Op. 35 (1913); also symphonic is the unfinished Youth Symphony in D minor (1891).
Julius Bittner (1874–1939), Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
Gustav Holst (1874–1934), English composer of the Symphony F major (The Cotswolds, 1899–1900), as well as the First Choral Symphony (1923–24), for soprano, mixed chorus, and orchestra (fragmentary sketches also exist for a Second Choral Symphony); in addition, the composer also completed a Scherzo (1933–34) for a projected but unfinished symphony.
Charles Ives (1874–1954), American composer of 4 numbered symphonies, the fourth (1910–24) of which requires two conductors and includes parts for piano (four-hands); in addition, he wrote two unnumbered symphonies: New England Holidays (1897–1913) and the (unfinished) Universe Symphony (1911–28)—see Category of Ives symphonies.
Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874–1953), German composer of 1 symphony
Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), Austrian composer of 2 chamber symphonies and sketches for several (unfinished) symphonies. In addition, the tone poem Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 (1902–03) is sometimes considered to have symphonic qualities—for example, by Alban Berg.^[3]^[4]
Josef Suk (1874–1935), Czech composer of 2 unnumbered symphonies: the Symphony in E major, Op. 14 (1897–99) and the Asrael Symphony, Op. 27 (1905–06)—a 'funeral symphony' in commemoration of the deaths of his wife, Otilie Suková, and of his father-in-law, Antonín Dvořák.
Franco Alfano (1875–1954), Italian composer of 2 symphonies
Julián Carrillo (1875–1965), Mexican composer, wrote 2 symphonies plus 3 atonal symphonies written in the "Thirteen Sound" technique
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912), English composer of 1 symphony
Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), Russian composer of 3 symphonies
Erkki Melartin (1875–1937), Finnish composer of 6 symphonies, the fourth (Summer Symphony, 1912) of which utilizes a vocalise for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and contralto in its third movement.
Cyril Rootham (1875−1938), English composer of 2 symphonies
Donald Tovey (1875–1940), British musicologist and composer of 1 symphony
Richard Wetz (1875–1935), German composer of 3 symphonies
Hakon Børresen (1876–1954), Danish composer of 3 symphonies
Havergal Brian (1876–1972), English composer of 32 symphonies, most of which he wrote in his seventies and eighties. His first symphony, The Gothic, is one of the largest symphonies ever written
John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951), American composer of 2 symphonies
Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), Polish composer of 1 symphony
Ludolf Nielsen (1876–1939), Danish composer of 3 symphonies
Bruno Walter (1876–1962), German conductor and composer of 2 symphonies
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948), Italian-German composer of the Sinfonia da Camera (1901); an early composer in the genre of the 20th-century chamber symphony
Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952), Austrian pianist and composer of 2 symphonies
Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960), Hungarian composer of two numbered symphonies and an earlier Symphony in F
Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946), English composer of 1 symphony
Albert Dupuis (1877–1967), Belgian composer of 2 symphonies
Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957), Russian composer of 3 symphonies
Ernst Mielck (1877–1899), Finnish composer a Symphony in F minor, Op. 4 (1897)
Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvar (1877–1953), Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
David Stanley Smith (1877–1945), American composer of 5 symphonies
Rutland Boughton (1878–1960), English composer of 3 symphonies
Fritz Brun (1878–1959), Swiss conductor and composer of 10 symphonies
Adam Carse (1878–1958), English composer of 2 symphonies for strings
Antun Dobronić (1878–1955), Croatian composer of 8 symphonies
Carl Ehrenberg (1878–1962), German composer of 2 symphonies
Joseph Holbrooke (1878–1958), English composer of 9 symphonies
Artur Kapp (1878–1952), Estonian composer. Generally considered to be one of the founders of Estonian symphonic music. He wrote 5 symphonies
Franz Schreker (1878–1934), Austrian composer of 1 symphony (unpublished) and 1 chamber symphony
Volkmar Andreae (1879–1962), Swiss composer of 2 symphonies
Natanael Berg (1879–1957), Swedish composer of 5 symphonies
Frank Bridge (1879–1941), English composer of an unfinished Symphony for Strings (1941)
Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879–1953), Polish composer of 2 symphonies
Sir Hamilton Harty (1879–1941), Irish composer of 1 symphony
Otakar Ostrčil (1879–1935), Czech composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), Italian composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonia drammatica, 1914)
Cyril Scott (1879–1970), English composer of 4 symphonies
Johanna Senfter (1879–1961), German composer of 9 symphonies
Julius Weismann (1879–1950), German composer of 3 symphonies
Adolf Wiklund (1879–1950), Swedish composer of 1 symphony
Edgar Bainton (1880–1956), British composer of 4 symphonies
Ernest Bloch (1880–1959), American composer of Swiss origin, whose works include (in addition to an unpublished Symphonie orientale amongst his juvenilia) a Symphony in C-sharp minor, a Sinfonia Breve, a Symphony for Trombone and Orchestra, and a Symphony in E-flat
Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968), Italian composer of "Symphony in A" and "Sinfonia del fuoco" (from music for the silent film Cabiria)
Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881–1946), American composer of 1 symphony (Pennsylvania Symphony)
Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949), Danish composer of 1 symphony (the first symphony written by a Danish female composer)
Sem Dresden (1881–1957), Dutch composer of 1 sinfonietta for clarinet and orchestra and 1 concertante symphony
George Enescu (1881–1955), Romanian violinist, pianist, cellist, conductor, teacher, and composer of 3 (acknowledged and complete) numbered symphonies, as well as 2 unfinished symphonies elaborated by Pascal Bentoiu as No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. (In addition, among the composer's juvenilia are 4 early "Study Symphonies".) Also symphonic are the Chamber Symphony, for 12 instruments, Op. 33 (1954), and the Symphonie concertante in B minor, for cello and orchestra, Op. 8 (1901).
Jan van Gilse (1881–1944), Dutch composer of 4 symphonies, sketches for a fifth
Peder Gram (1881–1956), Danish composer of 3 symphonies
Edvin Kallstenius (1881–1967), Swedish composer of 5 symphonies and 4 sinfoniettas
Paul Le Flem (1881–1984), French composer of 4 symphonies
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950), Russian composer of 27 symphonies, as well as 3 sinfoniette for strings.
Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944), Russian composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber symphony
Karl Weigl (1881–1949), Austrian composer of 6 symphonies
Ignatz Waghalter (1881–1949), Polish-German composer of 4 operas, violin concerto, numerous Lieder, and the "New World Suite"
Marion Bauer (1882–1955), American composer of 1 symphony
Walter Braunfels (1882–1954), German composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonia brevis op. 69) plus a Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola, 2 horns and strings
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973), Italian composer of 11 symphonies
Gino Marinuzzi (1882–1945), Italian composer of 1 symphony
Joseph Marx (1882–1964), Austrian composer of 1 symphony and a symphony for strings
Lazare Saminsky (1882–1959), Russian–American composer of 5 symphonies
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Russian composer of 3 (purely orchestral) unnumbered symphonies, as well as the choral symphony Symphony of Psalms (1930, r. 1948)—see Category of Stravinsky symphonies. Finally, the chamber piece Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920, r. 1947) uses the word 'symphony' in the old (Greek) sense of "sounding together."
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937), Polish composer of 4 symphonies, of which the third (The Song of the Night, 1914–16) includes mixed chorus and a part for tenor (or soprano) soloist, while the fourth (Symphonie concertante, 1932) is a concertante work for piano and orchestra.
Joaquín Turina (1882–1949), Spanish composer of "Sinfonía sevillana" (1920) and "Sinfonía del mar" (1945)
Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen (1882–1954), German composer of 1 symphony
Paul Hastings Allen (1883–1952), American composer of 8 symphonies
Sir Arnold Bax (1883–1953), English composer of 7 numbered symphonies, preceded by a Symphony in F major (completed piano score 1907; orchestrated in 2012–13 by Martin Yates); the tone poem Spring Fire (1913) is classified occasionally as an unnumbered, programmatic symphony.
Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), Italian composer of 3 symphonies
Sir George Dyson (1883–1964), English composer of 1 symphony
Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962), Greek composer of 3 symphonies
Paul von Klenau (1883–1946), Danish composer of 9 symphonies
Toivo Kuula (1883–1918), Finnish composer of an incomplete, projected Symphony, Op. 36 (1918), of which only the Introduction was sketched.
Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946), Russian composer of 5 symphonies
Anton Webern (1883–1945), Austrian composer of 1 symphony (1928)
Boris Asafyev (1884–1949), Russian composer of 5 symphonies
York Bowen (1884–1961), English composer of 3 symphonies
Ture Rangström (1884–1947), Swedish composer of 4 symphonies, the fourth (Invocatio, 1936) of which is for organ and orchestra.
Albert Wolff (1884–1970), French conductor and composer of 1 symphony
Henri Collet (1885–1951), French composer of 1 symphony
Dimitrie Cuclin (1885–1978), Romanian composer of 20 symphonies
Otto Klemperer (1885–1973), German conductor and composer of 6 symphonies
Artur Lemba (1885–1963), Estonian composer of 2 symphonies
Dora Pejačević (1885–1923), Croatian composer of 1 symphony
Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961), American composer of 4 symphonies
Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Austrian musicologist and composer of 9 symphonies
John J. Becker (1886–1961), American composer of 7 symphonies
Marcel Dupré (1886–1971), French composer of a Symphony in G minor, Op. 25, for organ and orchestra
Óscar Esplá (1886–1976), Spanish composer of 2 symphonies
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), German composer of 3 symphonies
Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962), Italian composer of 2 symphonies
Jesús Guridi (1886–1961), Spanish composer of "Pyrenean Symphony"
Jef van Hoof (1886–1959), Belgian composer of 6 symphonies
Paul Paray (1886–1979), French composer of 2 symphonies plus a "Symphonie d'archets" for string orchestra
Kosaku Yamada (1886–1965), First Japanese symphonic composer. He wrote 3 symphonies
Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974), Swedish composer of 9 symphonies, the sixth (1928) of which won first prize at the 1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition, while the ninth (1956) includes parts for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and chorus. Also symphonic is the Sinfonia for Strings, Op. 53 (1953).
Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947), Finnish composer of 3 symphonies (An incomplete fourth symphony was lost when the composer was robbed in Paris.)—see Category of Madetoja symphonies.
Ernest Pingoud (1887–1942), Finnish composer of 3 symphonies
Florence Price (1887–1953), American composer of 4 symphonies
Yuri Shaporin (1887–1966), Russian composer of 2 symphonies
Heinz Tiessen (1887–1971), German composer of 2 symphonies
Ernst Toch (1887–1964), Austrian composer of 7 symphonies
Max Trapp (1887–1971), German composer of 7 symphonies
Fartein Valen (1887–1952), Norwegian composer of 5 symphonies
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), Brazilian composer of 12 symphonies, the fifth of which is lost. The third is for orchestra, brass band, and (optional) mixed chorus; similarly, the fourth is for orchestra, wind band, and concertino ensemble. Finally, the tenth is a 'symphony-oratorio' that includes mixed chorus and parts for tenor, baritone, and bass soloists—see Category of Villa-Lobos symphonies. In addition, the composer left two sinfoniette (1916 and 1947, respectively).
Anatoly Alexandrov (1888–1982), Russian composer of 2 symphonies
Emil Bohnke (1888–1928), German violist and composer of 1 symphony
Max Butting (1888–1976), German composer of 10 symphonies (the first for 16 instruments), plus a chamber symphony and 2 sinfoniettas (the first with banjo)
Philip Greeley Clapp (1888–1954), American composer of 12 symphonies
Luis Cluzeau Mortet (1888–1957), Uruguayan composer of 1 symphony
Piero Coppola (1888–1971), Italian conductor and composer of 1 symphony
Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986), German composer of 1 symphony
Victor Kolar (1888–1957), Hungarian–American composer of 1 symphony
Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967), Dutch composer of 7 symphonies
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889–1960), English composer of 3 symphonies
Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971), German composer of 1 symphony
Levko Revutsky (1889–1977), Ukrainian composer of 2 symphonies
Francisco Santiago (1889–1947), Filipino composer of "Taga-ilog", in 1938
Vladimir Shcherbachov (1889–1952), Russian composer of 5 symphonies
Rudolph Simonsen (1889−1947), Danish composer of 2 symphonies
Luís de Freitas Branco (1890–1955), Portuguese composer of 4 symphonies
Hans Gál (1890–1987), Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
Andrés Isasi (1890–1940), Spanish composer of 2 symphonies
Frank Martin (1890–1974), Swiss composer of 1 symphony plus a Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and string orchestra
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959), Czech composer of 6 symphonies
Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966), Swedish composer of 6 symphonies
Arthur Bliss (1891–1975), English composer of A Colour Symphony (1922)
Adolf Busch (1891–1952), German–Swiss violinist and composer of 1 symphony
Karel Boleslav Jirák (1891–1972), Czech composer of 6 symphonies
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), Russian composer of 7 symphonies, of which the fourth (Op. 47, 1929; revised as Op. 112, 1947) exists in two versions; plans to revise his second (Op. 40, 1924–25) went unrealized. In addition, two youth symphonies precede the numbered symphonies—see Category of Prokofiev symphonies. Also symphonic is the Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125 (1950–52) and the Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 5 (1909; later revised as Op. 48, 1929).
Väinö Raitio (1891–1945), Finnish composer of 1 symphony
Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981), Dutch composer of 4 numbered symphonies and a Symphonia Concertante
Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971), Dutch composer of 1 symphony
Ettore Desderi (1892–1974), Italian composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonia davidica for soprano and baritone soloists, choir and orchestra)
Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892–1965), Italian composer of 1 symphony (Symphonia, posthumous work)
Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), Swiss-French composer of 5 symphonies
Philipp Jarnach (1892–1982), German composer of a Sinfonia brevis
László Lajtha (1892–1963), Hungarian composer of 9 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
Arthur Lourié (1892–1966), Russian–American composer of 2 symphonies
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), French composer of 12 numbered symphonies, 6 numbered chamber symphonies, an unnumbered Symphonie pour l’univers claudélien, and a Symphonie Concertante for four instruments and orchestra
Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985), Swedish composer of 8 symphonies
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988), English composer of 12 symphonies: 7 for piano, 3 for organ, and 2 for piano, organ, chorus and large orchestra. The first of his piano symphonies ("No. 0") is the piano part of his otherwise unfinished 2nd Symphony for Orchestra.^[5]
Jean Absil (1893–1974), Belgian composer of 5 symphonies
Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960), Australian composer of 1 symphony (1944–45)
Eugene Goossens (1893–1962), British conductor and composer of 2 symphonies and a sinfonietta
Rued Langgaard (1893–1952), Danish composer of 16 symphonies, many of which he later revised. The third (La Melodia, 1915–16, r. 1925–33) is essentially a concertante work for piano and orchestra, while the fourteenth (Morgenen, 1947–48, r. 1951) includes mixed chorus; the sixteenth (Sørstormen, 1937, r. 1949) is for baritone soloist and male chorus.
Aarre Merikanto (1893−1958), Finnish composer of 3 symphonies
Douglas Moore (1893–1969), American composer of 2 symphonies
Bernard Rogers (1893–1968), American composer of 5 symphonies
Marcel Tyberg (1893–1944), Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979), Russian–French composer of 2 symphonies (Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra for 4 pianos in quarter tones and Symphonie en un mouvement)
Mihail Andricu (1894–1974), Romanian composer of 11 symphonies and 13 sinfoniettas
Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981), American composer of 7 symphonies
Pavel Bořkovec (1894–1972), Czech composer of 3 symphonies
Paul Dessau (1894–1979), German composer of 2 symphonies
Ludvig Irgens-Jensen (1894–1969), Norwegian composer of 1 symphony
Ernest John Moeran (1894–1950), British composer of 1 complete symphony, in G minor (1937); the composer also began, but failed to complete, a second symphony, in E-flat major (1947–50; elaborated in 2011 by Martin Yates).
Willem Pijper (1894–1947), Dutch composer of 3 symphonies
Walter Piston (1894–1976), American composer of 8 symphonies
Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942), Czech composer of 8 symphonies (the last 2 in short score)
Mark Wessel (1894–1973), American composer of 1 symphony and a Symphony Concertante for piano and horn with orchestra
Jenő Zádor (1894–1977), Hungarian–American composer of 4 symphonies
August Baeyens (1895–1966), Belgian composer of 8 symphonies plus 1 chamber symphony and a Sinfonia breve for small orchestra
Bjarne Brustad (1895–1978), Norwegian composer of 9 symphonies
Juan José Castro (1895–1968), Argentine composer of five symphonies
Georges Dandelot (1895–1975), French composer of 1 symphony
Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977), Austrian composer of 8 symphonies, plus a Sinfonia preclassica, a Sinfonia breve for small orchestra and a symphony for strings
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), German composer of several works with descriptive titles designated symphonies, of which the best known is Mathis der Maler, as well as the Symphony in E-flat of 1939 and the Symphony in B-flat for Concert Band
Gordon Jacob (1895–1984), British composer of two numbered symphonies, a Symphony AD 78 for band, A Little Symphony, Sinfonia Brevis, and a Symphony for Strings
Boris Lyatoshinsky (1895–1968), Ukrainian composer of 5 symphonies
Slavko Osterc (1895–1941), Slovenian composer of 1 symphony
Kazimierz Sikorski (1895–1986), Polish composer of 4 symphonies
Leo Sowerby (1895–1968), American composer of 5 numbered orchestral symphonies, as well as a Symphony in G and Sinfonia brevis for organ
William Grant Still (1895–1978), American composer of 5 symphonies
Walter Abendroth (1896–1973), German composer of 5 symphonies plus a sinfonietta
František Brož (1896–1962), Czech composer of 1 symphony
Eduard Erdmann (1896–1958), German composer of 4 symphonies
Jacobo Ficher (1896–1978), Argentine composer of ten symphonies
Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970), Catalan composer, active in England, wrote 5 numbered symphonies (1952–69, the last unfinished), and a Symphony "Homenaje a Pedrell" (1940–41)
Howard Hanson (1896–1981), American composer of 7 symphonies (No. 1 Nordic, No. 2 Romantic—his most famous, No. 4 Requiem, No. 5 Sinfonia Sacra, and No. 7 Sea Symphony)
Jean Rivier (1896–1987), French composer of 8 symphonies, four of which are for string orchestra
Roger Sessions (1896–1985), American composer of 9 symphonies, all but the first 2 of which are written using some form of the twelve-tone technique
Bolesław Szabelski (1896–1979), Polish composer of 5 symphonies
Virgil Thomson (1896–1989), American composer of 3 symphonies
Wladimir Vogel (1896–1984), Russian–Swiss composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonia fugata, 1930–32)
Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984), Israeli composer of 2 symphonies
Jørgen Bentzon (1897–1951), Danish composer of 2 symphonies
Matija Bravničar (1897–1977), Slovenian composer of 4 symphonies
Henry Cowell (1897–1965), American composer of 20 symphonies (a 21st exists only as sketches), as well as a Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra (1928) and an incomplete Symphonic Sketch (1943)
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897–1948), Brazilian composer of 2 symphonies
Ottmar Gerster (1897–1969), German composer of 4 symphonies
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Czech composer of 1 symphony
Francisco Mignone (1897–1986), Brazilian composer of 3 orchestral symphonies and a chamber work titled Four Symphonies, for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
Quincy Porter (1897–1966), American composer of 2 symphonies
Knudåge Riisager (1897−1974), Danish composer of 5 symphonies
Harald Sæverud (1897–1992), Norwegian composer of 9 symphonies
Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986), Polish composer of 9 symphonies
Ernst Bacon (1898–1990), American composer of 4 symphonies
Emmanuel Bondeville (1898–1987), French composer of 2 symphonies
Marcel Delannoy (1898–1962), French composer of 2 symphonies
Norman Demuth (1898–1968), Engllish composer of 1 symphony for string orchestra
Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), German composer of a Little Symphony (1932), a Chamber Symphony (1940) and a German Symphony for choir and orchestra (1930–1958)
Herbert Elwell (1898–1974), American composer of a Blue Symphony for soprano and string quartet
Roy Harris (1898–1979), American composer of 15 symphonies, of which Symphony No. 3 is by far the most famous
Lev Knipper (1898–1874), Russian composer of 21 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985), Romanian–French composer of 5 symphonies
Karl Rankl (1898–1968), Austrian–British conductor and composer of 8 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994), Italian–American composer of 11 symphonies
Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944), Czech composer of 2 symphonies (1944, both are reconstructions from the short score of the Piano Sonatas No. 5 and Piano Sonatas No. 7 by Bernard Wulff)
William Baines (1899–1922), English composer of 1 symphony
Radie Britain (1899–1994), American composer of 2 symphonies
Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), Mexican composer of 6 symphonies, as well as a "Dance Symphony" Caballos de vapor (AKA Horse Power), and a Sinfonía proletaria (proletarian symphony)
Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899–1974), Canadian composer of 2 symphonies and a Symphony-Concerto for piano and orchestra
Pavel Haas (1899–1944), Czech composer of an unfinished Symphony (1940/41, orchestration completed by Zdenek Zouhar)
Eduardo Hernández Moncada (1899–1995), Mexican composer of 2 symphonies
Finn Høffding (1899–1997), Danish composer of 4 symphonies
Harl McDonald (1899–1955), American pianist, conductor, and composer of 4 symphonies
Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977), Russian composer of 4 symphonies
Randall Thompson (1899–1984), American composer of 3 symphonies
Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978), Bulgarian composer of 2 symphonies (the second for strings)

1900–1949

George Antheil (1900–1959), American composer of 6 symphonies plus "Symphony for 5 instruments" and "A Jazz Symphony"
Henry Barraud (1900–1997), French composer of 3 symphonies (the second for strings) and a Symphonie concertante for trumpet and orchestra
Nicolai Berezowsky (1900–1953), Russian–American violinist and composer of 4 symphonies
Willy Burkhard (1900–1955), Swiss composer of 1 symphony (Piccola sinfonia giocosa for small orchestra)
Alan Bush (1900–1995), British composer of 4 symphonies
Aaron Copland (1900–1990), American composer of 3 numbered symphonies, a Symphony for organ and orchestra (later arranged without organ as Symphony No. 1), and a Dance Symphony for orchestra. The fourth movement of No. 3 is based on his famous Fanfare for the Common Man
Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900–1936), French composer of 1 symphony
Uuno Klami (1900–1961), Finnish composer of 2 numbered symphonies, as well as a Symphonie enfantine, Op. 17 (1928)
Ernst Krenek (1900–1991), Austrian composer of 5 symphonies
Colin McPhee (1900–1964), Canadian composer of 2 symphonies
Lucijan Marija Škerjanc (1900–1973), Slovene composer of 5 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
Carl Ueter (1900–1985), German composer of 2 symphonies
Kurt Weill (1900–1950), German composer of 2 symphonies
Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (1900–1995), Polish composer of 1 symphony and 1 Symphony concertante for cello and orchestra
Karel Albert (1901–1897), Belgian composer of 4 symphonies plus 1 chamber symphony and 1 sinfonietta
Blaž Arnič (1901–1970), Slovenian composer of 9 symphonies
Julián Bautista (1901–1961), Spanish–Argentine composer of 1 symphony
Conrad Beck (1901–1989), Swiss composer of 7 symphonies
Werner Egk (1901–1983), German composer of 1 symphony (Kleine Symphonie, 1926)
Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901–1947), British composer of 2 symphonies
Emil Hlobil (1901–1987), Czech composer of 7 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
Ernst Pepping (1901–1981), German composer of 3 symphonies
Marcel Poot (1901–1988), Belgian composer of 7 symphonies
Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986), English composer of 11 symphonies
Henri Sauguet (1901–1989), French composer of 4 symphonies
Mark Brunswick (1902–1971), American composer of 1 symphony
Alfonso de Elías (1902–1984), Mexican composer of 3 symphonies
Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982), Finnish composer of 3 symphonies and a Sinfonia brevis
Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963), Russian composer of 5 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
John Vincent (1902–1977), American composer of 2 numbered symphonies and 1 earlier symphony (lost)
Arnold Walter (1902–1973), Austrian–Canadian composer of 1 symphony
Sir William Walton (1902–1983), English composer of 2 symphonies
Meredith Willson (1902–1984), American composer of 2 symphonies
Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972), German-born composer of a Symphony (1955–56)
Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989), English composer of 4 symphonies
Boris Blacher (1903–1975), German composer of 2 symphonies
Vernon Duke (1903–1969), Russian–American composer of 3 symphonies
Antiochos Evangelatos (1903–1981), Greek composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
Jerzy Fitelberg (1903–1951), Polish–American composer of 2 symphonies, plus a symphony for strings and a sinfonietta
Vittorio Giannini (1903–1966), American composer of 5 symphonies
Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), Armenian composer of 3 symphonies
Mykola Kolessa (1903–2006), Ukrainian composer of 2 symphonies
Luis Humberto Salgado (1903–1977), Ecuadorian composer of 9 symphonies
Saburō Moroi (1903–1977), Japanese composer of 5 symphonies
Günter Raphael (1903–1960), German composer of 5 symphonies plus a "Sinfonia breve"
John Antill (1904–1986), Australian composer of Symphony on a City (1959)
Victor Bruns (1904–1996), German composer of 6 symphonies, plus 1 chamber symphony for strings and 1 sinfonietta
Erik Chisholm (1904–1965), Scottish composer of 2 symphonies
Hubert Clifford (1904–1959), Australian–British composer of 1 symphony
Balys Dvarionas (1904–1972), Lithuanian composer of 1 symphony
Kunihiko Hashimoto (1904–1949), Japanese composer of 2 symphonies
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904–1987), Russian composer of 4 symphonies
Iša Krejčí (1904–1968), Czech composer of 4 symphonies
Richard Mohaupt (1904–1957), German-U.S. composer of 1 symphony
Gavriil Popov (1904–1972), Russian composer of 7 symphonies (the last unfinished)
Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985), Turkish composer of 2 symphonies
Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling (1904−1985), German composer of 2 symphonies
William Alwyn (1905–1985), English composer of 5 symphonies
Boris Arapov (1905–1992), Russian composer of 7 symphonies
Vytautas Bacevičius (1905–1970), Lithuanian composer of 6 symphonies
Theodor Berger (1905–1992), Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
Marc Blitzstein (1905–1961), American composer of 1 symphony (The Airborne Symphony, 1946, for narrator, vocal soloists, male chorus and orchestra)
Eugène Bozza (1905–1991), French composer of 5 symphonies
Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981), Russian composer of 8 symphonies
Christian Darnton (1905–1981), British composer of 4 symphonies
Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000), Hungarian composer of 1 symphony
Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963), German composer of 8 symphonies
André Hossein (1905–1983), Iranian–French composer of 3 symphonies
André Jolivet (1905–1974), French composer of 3 numbered symphonies and a symphony for strings
Jef Maes (1905–1996), Belgian composer of 3 symphonies
Léon Orthel (1905–1985), Dutch composer of 6 symphonies
Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971), British composer of 3 symphonies
Marcel Rubin (1905–1995), Austrian composer of 10 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990), Israeli composer of 1 symphony (1937)
Sir Michael Tippett (1905–1998), English composer of 4 symphonies
Eduard Tubin (1905–1982), Estonian composer of 11 symphonies, the last of which is incomplete. Also symphonic is the Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs (1940).
Dag Wirén (1905–1986), Swedish composer of 5 symphonies plus a "Sinfonietta"
Xian Xinghai (1905–1945), Chinese composer of 2 symphonies
Kees van Baaren (1906–1970), Dutch composer of 1 symphony (1957)
Yves Baudrier (1906–1988), French composer of 1 symphony
Ivan Brkanović (1906–1987), Croatian composer of 5 symphonies
Pierre Capdevielle (1906–1969), French composer of 3 symphonies
Arnold Cooke (1906−2005), British composer of 6 symphonies
Paul Creston (1906–1985), American composer of 6 symphonies
Antal Doráti (1906–1988), American conductor and composer of Hungarian birth, who wrote 2 symphonies
Klaus Egge (1906–1979), Norwegian composer of 5 symphonies
Will Eisenmann (1906–1992), German–Swiss composer of 1 symphony for strings
Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972), Turkish composer of 2 symphonies plus a Sinfonietta for strings and a Symphony concertante for piano and orchestra
Benjamin Frankel (1906–1973), English composer of 8 symphonies
Janis Ivanovs (1906–1983), Latvian composer of 21 symphonies
Peter Mieg (1906–1990), Swiss composer of 1 symphony
Alexander Moyzes (1906–1984), Slovak composer of 12 symphonies
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Soviet composer of 15 symphonies, of which a number have vocal parts: the second (To October, 1927) and third (First of May, 1929) include mixed chorus; the thirteenth (Babi Yar, 1962) includes parts for bass soloist and male chorus, while the fourteenth (1969) is for soprano and bass soloists—see Category of Shostakovich symphonies.
David Van Vactor (1906–1994), American composer of 7 symphonies
Grace Williams (1906–1977), Welsh composer of 2 symphonies plus a "Sinfonia Concertante"
Tony Aubin (1907–1981), French composer of 2 symphonies
Henk Badings (1907–1987), Dutch composer of 15 symphonies
Günter Bialas (1907–1995), German composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonia Piccola)
Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993), French composer of 3 symphonies
Wolfgang Fortner (1907–1987), German composer of 1 symphony plus a Sinfonia concertante
Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993), Brazilian composer of 7 symphonies
Karl Höller (1907–1987), German composer of 2 symphonies and 2 little symphonies (op. 32a and 32b, from the two piano four hands little sonatas op. 32)
Dmitri Klebanov (1907–1987), Russian composer of 9 symphonies
Hisato Ōsawa (1907–1953), Japanese composer of at least 3 symphonies
Willem van Otterloo (1907–1978), Dutch conductor and composer of 1 symphony and a Symphonietta for winds
Roman Palester (1907–1989), Polish composer of 5 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for chamber orchestra
Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995), Hungarian-American composer of 1 symphony
Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907–1991), Turkish composer of 5 symphonies
Martin Scherber (1907–1974), German composer of 3 symphonies
Menachem Avidom (1908–1995), Israeli composer of 10 symphonies
Jan Zdeněk Bartoš (1908–1981), Czech composer of 7 symphonies
Elliott Carter (1908–2012), American composer of 3 symphonies, including A Symphony of Three Orchestras (1976) and Symphonia: sum fluxae pretiam spei (1993–96)
Jean Coulthard (1908–2000), Canadian composer of 4 symphonies
Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994), German composer of 4 symphonies, plus 1 symphony and 2 sinfoniettas for strings
Miloslav Kabeláč (1908–1979), Czech composer of 8 symphonies, including Symphony No. 8 Antiphonies.
Herman David Koppel (1908–1998), Danish composer of 7 symphonies
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986), Swedish composer of 3 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta for strings
Nina Makarova (1908–1976), Russian composer of 1 symphony
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), composer of Turangalîla-Symphonie (1946–48) in ten movements, with solo parts for piano and Ondes Martenot
Vano Muradeli (1908–1970), Georgian composer of 2 symphonies
Halsey Stevens (1908–1989), American composer of 2 symphonies
Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981), Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies plus a sinfonietta
John Verrall (1908–2001), American composer of 4 symphonies
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969), Polish composer of 4 numbered symphonies plus a symphony and a sinfonietta, both for strings
Bruno Bjelinski (1909–1992), Croatian composer of 15 symphonies and 6 sinfoniettas
Paul Constantinescu (1909–1963), Romanian composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
Václav Dobiáš (1909–1978), Czech composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
Erwin Dressel (1909–1972), German composer of 4 symphonies
Harald Genzmer (1909–2007), German composer of 5 numbered symphonies, 1 chamber symphony and 3 sinfoniettas for strings plus a Sinfonia per giovani for large school orchestra and a Bremer Sinfonie
Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996), Danish composer of 13 symphonies, 4 symphonies for strings and 3 chamber symphonies (these 7 works not discarded, but not included by him among the other 13)
Robin Orr (1909–2006), Scottish composer of 3 symphonies and a Sinfonietta Helvetica
Elie Siegmeister (1909–1991), American composer of 8 symphonies
Ādolfs Skulte (1909–2000), Latvian composer of 9 symphonies
Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer of 2 symphonies
Elsa Barraine (1910–1999), French composer of 2 symphonies
Miguel Bernal Jiménez (1910–1956), Mexican composer of 2 symphonies (Mexico and Hidalgo)
Henri Challan (1910–1977), French composer of 1 symphony
Werner Wolf Glaser (1910–2006), German–Swedish composer of 13 symphonies
Evgeny Golubev (1910–1988), Russian composer of 7 symphonies
Charles Jones (1910–1997), Canadian–American composer of 4 symphonies
Erland von Koch (1910–2009), Swedish composer of 6 symphonies
Jean Martinon (1910–1976), French conductor and composer of 4 numbered symphonies plus a sinfonietta and a Symphonie de voyages
H. Owen Reed (1910–2014), American composer of 1 symphony
Ennio Porrino (1910–1959), Italian composer of 1 symphony
William Schuman (1910–1992), American composer of 10 symphonies
Robert Still (1910–1971), English composer of 4 symphonies
Josef Tal (1910–2008), Israeli composer of 6 symphonies
José Ardévol (1911–1981), Cuban composer of 3 symphonies
Stanley Bate (1911–1959), English composer of 4 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
Ján Cikker (1911–1989), Slovak composer of 3 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
Helmut Degen (1911–1995), German composer of 1 chamber symphony
Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), American composer of 1 symphony (1940)
Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000), American composer of 67 symphonies
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007), Italian–American composer of 1 symphony (The Halcyon, 1976)
Allan Pettersson (1911–1980), Swedish composer of 17 symphonies
Nino Rota (1911–1979), Italian composer of 3 symphonies and "Sinfonia sopra una Canzone d'Amore"
Mukhtar Ashrafi (1912–1975), Uzbek composer of 2 symphonies
Wayne Barlow (1912–1996), American composer of 1 chamber symphony
Roger Sacheverell Coke (1912–1972), English composer of 3 symphonies
Ingolf Dahl (1912–1970), German–American composer of 1 concertante symphony for two clarinets and orchestra and 1 sinfonietta for concert band
Don Gillis (1912–1978), American composer of 10 symphonies, plus a "Symphony No. 5½"
Rudolf Escher (1912–1980), Dutch composer of 2 numbered symphonies, an unfinished Symphony in memoriam Maurice Ravel, and a Symphony for 10 instruments
Jean Françaix (1912–1997), French composer of 1 symphony
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990), Australian composer of a Sinfonietta (1935)
Robert Hughes (1912–2007), Scottish–Australian composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
Daniel Jones (1912–1993), Welsh composer of 13 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
Tauno Marttinen (1912–2008), Finnish composer of 10 symphonies
Xavier Montsalvatge (1912−2002), Catalan composer of "Sinfonía Mediterránea" (1948) and "Sinfonía de réquiem" (1985)
José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958), Mexican composer of 2 symphonies (1944 and 1958, the latter unfinished), and a Sinfonietta (1945)
Vadim Salmanov (1912–1978), Russian composer of 4 symphonies plus a Little Symphony for strings and a Toy Symphony
Ma Sicong (1912–1987), Chinese composer of 2 symphonies
Bruno Bettinelli (1913–2004), Italian composer of 7 symphonies
Henry Brant (1913–2008), American composer of 5 unnumbered symphonies
Cesar Bresgen (1913–1988), Austrian composer of 1 symphony
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), British composer of several symphonies, including A Simple Symphony for strings (1933–34), Sinfonia da Requiem (1939–40), a Spring Symphony (1948–49), and the Cello Symphony (1963), as well as a Sinfonietta (1932)
Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008), American composer of 1 symphony
Alvin Etler (1913–1973), American composer of 1 symphony
Morton Gould (1913–1996), American composer of 4 numbered symphonies (the last for band), plus 4 Symphonettes
Hans Henkemans (1913–1995), Dutch composer of 1 symphony (1934, subsequently withdrawn)
Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007), Russian composer of 3 symphonies
René Leibowitz (1913–1972), Polish–French composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber sinfonietta
George Lloyd (1913–1998), English composer of 12 symphonies
Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994), Polish composer of 4 symphonies
Aleksandre Machavariani (1913–1995), Georgian composer of 7 symphonies
Jerome Moross (1913–1983), American composer of 1 symphony
Gardner Read (1913–2005), American composer of 4 symphonies
John Weinzweig (1913–2006), Canadian composer of 1 symphony
Norman Cazden (1914–1980), American composer of 2 symphonies
Natko Devčić (1914–1997), Croatian composer of 1 symphony
Cecil Effinger (1914–1990), American composer of 5 numbered symphonies and 2 "Little Symphonies"
Irving Fine (1914–1962), American composer of 1 symphony
Roger Goeb (1914–1997), American composer of 6 symphonies and 2 "sinfonias"
César Guerra-Peixe (1914–1993), Brazilian composer of 2 symphonies
Alexei Haieff (1914–1994), American composer of 3 symphonies
Hermann Haller (1914–2002), Swiss composer of 1 symphony
Akira Ifukube (1914–2006), Japanese composer of 1 symphony plus a Symphony Concertante for piano and orchestra
Jan Kapr (1914–1988), Czech composer of 10 symphonies
Dezider Kardoš (1914–1991), Slovak composer of 7 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
Gail Kubik (1914–1984), American composer of 2 symphonies and a Sinfonia Concertante for piano, viola, trumpet, and orchestra
Riccardo Malipiero (1914–2003), Italian composer of 3 symphonies
Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991), Polish composer of 10 symphonies
Stjepan Šulek (1914–1986), Croatian composer of 8 symphonies
Harold Truscott (1914–1992), British composer of a Symphony in E major (1949–50), as well as a now-lost Grasmere Symphony (1938)
David Diamond (1915–2005), American composer of 11 symphonies
Grigory Frid (1915–2012), Russian composer of 3 symphonies
Kurt Graunke (1915-2005), German composer of 9 symphonies
Marcel Landowski (1915–1999), French composer of 5 symphonies
Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963), Australian composer of a Symphony (1953) and a Sinfonietta (1956)
Douglas Lilburn (1915–2001), New Zealand composer of 3 symphonies
Robert Moffat Palmer (1915–2010), American composer of 2 symphonies
George Perle (1915–2009), American composer of a Short Symphony (1980) and 2 sinfoniettas
Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987), American composer of 9 symphonies
Humphrey Searle (1915–1982), British composer of 5 symphonies
Carlos Surinach (1915–1997), American composer of Catalan origin, he wrote 3 symphonies
Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968), Swedish composer of 3 symphonies
Houston Bright (1916–1970), American composer of 1 symphony
Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013), French composer of 2 symphonies
Einar Englund (1916–1999), Finnish composer of 7 symphonies
Tolia Nikiprowetzky (1916–1997), Russian–French composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
Roh Ogura (1916–1990), Japanese composer of 1 symphony
Nikolay Peyko (1916–1995), Russian composer of 10 symphonies plus a sinfonietta and a Concerto–Symphony
Bernard Stevens (1916–1983), British composer of 2 symphonies
Richard Arnell (1917–2009), English composer of 6 symphonies
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), British novelist and composer of 3 symphonies, as well as a Petite symphonie pour Strasbourg (1988), and a Sinfonietta for Liana (1990)
Edward T. Cone (1917–2004), American composer of 1 symphony
Roque Cordero (1917–2008), Panamanian composer of 4 symphonies
Robert Farnon (1917–2005), Canadian composer of 3 symphonies
John Gardner (1917–2011), English composer of 3 symphonies
Jovdat Hajiyev (1917–2002), Azerbaijani composer of 6 symphonies
Lou Harrison (1917–2003), American composer of 4 symphonies
Robert Ward (1917–2013), American composer of 6 symphonies
Richard Yardumian (1917–1985), American composer of 2 symphonies
Isang Yun (1917–1995), Korean composer of 7 symphonies
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American composer and conductor, composed 3 symphonies
Lorne Betts (1918–1985), Canadian composer of 2 symphonies
Harold Gramatges (1918–2008), Cuban composer of 1 symphony and a Sinfonietta
Argeliers León (1918–1991), Cuban composer of 2 numbered symphonies, as well as an unnumbered Symphony for Strings
George Rochberg (1918–2005), American composer of 6 symphonies
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970), German composer of a Sinfonia prosodica (1945), as well as a Symphony in 1 movement (1947–51/53)
Jacob Avshalomov (1919–2013), American composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994), Swedish composer of 2 string symphonies and 1 chamber symphony
Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919–2000), Danish composer of 24 symphonies
Lex van Delden (1919–1988), Dutch composer of 8 symphonies
Leif Kayser (1919–2001), Danish composer of 4 symphonies
Talivaldis Kenins (1919–2008), Latvian-born Canadian composer of 8 symphonies
Leon Kirchner (1919–2009), American composer of 1 symphony
Juan Orrego-Salas (born 1919), Chilean composer of 5 numbered symphonies, plus a Symphony in One Movement "Semper reditus" (1997)
Cláudio Santoro (1919–1989), Brazilian composer of 14 symphonies
Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006), Russian composer of 5 symphonies
Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919–1996), Polish composer who emigrated to the Soviet Union, composer of 20 symphonies for full orchestra and 4 chamber symphonies
Alexander Arutiunian (1920–2012), Armenian composer of 2 symphonies
Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998), British composer of 2 symphonies
Peter Racine Fricker (1920–1990), British composer of 5 symphonies
Karen Khachaturian (1920–2011), Armenian composer of 4 symphonies
John La Montaine (1920–2013), American composer of 2 symphonies
Alexander Lokshin (1920–1987), Russian composer of 11 symphonies plus 2 "Symphonietta"
Ravi Shankar (1920–2012), Indian composer of 1 symphony
Harold Shapero (1920–2013), American composer of 1 symphony
Heikki Suolahti (1920–1936), Finnish composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonia piccola)
Douglas Allanbrook (1921–2003), American composer of 7 symphonies
Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), British composer of 9 symphonies
Jack Beeson (1921–2010), American composer of 1 symphony
William Bergsma (1921–1994), American composer of 2 symphonies
Andrzej Dobrowolski (1921–1990), Polish composer of 1 symphony
Johannes Driessler (1921–1998), German composer of 3 symphonies
Hans Ulrich Engelmann (1921–2011), German composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber symphony
Fritz Geißler (1921–1984), German composer, wrote 11 symphonies
Ruth Gipps (1921–1999), British composer of 5 symphonies
Karel Husa (1921–2016), American composer of Czech birth, composer of 2 symphonies
Andrew Imbrie (1921–2007), American composer of 3 symphonies
Joonas Kokkonen (1921–1996), Finnish composer of 5 symphonies (the last unfinished)
Robert Kurka (1921–1957), American composer of 2 symphonies
Edvard Mik’aeli Mirzoian (born 1921), Armenian composer of 1 symphony
Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992), Argentine composer of a Sinfonía Buenos Aires
Yves Ramette (1921–2012), French composer of 6 symphonies
Alfred Reed (1921–2005), American composer and conductor of Austrian descent, composed 5 symphonies, all for wind band
Robert Simpson (1921–1997), British composer, wrote 11 symphonies
İlhan Usmanbaş (born 1921), Turkish composer of 3 symphonies
Gerard Victory (1921–1995), Irish composer of 4 symphonies
Irwin Bazelon (1922–1995), American composer of 9 symphonies
Lukas Foss (1922–2009), German–American composer of 4 symphonies
Iain Hamilton (1922–2000), Scottish composer of 4 symphonies plus a symphony for two orchestras and a sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and chamber orchestra
Ester Mägi (born 1922), Estonian composer of 1 symphony
Finn Mortensen (1922–1983), Norwegian composer of 1 symphony
Kazimierz Serocki (1922–1981), Polish composer of 2 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for 2 string orchestras
John Veale (1922–2006), English composer of 3 symphonies
George Walker (born 1922), American composer of 4 symphonies
Felix Werder (1922–2012), Australian composer of German origin, wrote 7 numbered symphonies (1943–92), a Sinfonia for viola, piano, and orchestra (1986), and a Wind Symphony (1990)
Raymond Wilding-White (1922–2001), British–American composer of 3 numbered symphonies plus a symphony for swing orchestra and a Symphony of Symphonies
James Wilson (1922–2005), Irish composer of 3 symphonies
Mario Zafred (1922–1987), Italian composer of 7 symphonies and a Sinfonietta, plus a Sinfonietta breve for strings
Jianer Zhu (born 1922), Chinese composer of 10 symphonies
Arthur Butterworth (1923–2014), English composer of 7 symphonies
Frank William Erickson (1923–1996), American composer of 3 symphonies
Viktor Kalabis (1923–2006), Czech composer of 5 symphonies
William Kraft (born 1923), American composer of 1 symphony
Peter Mennin (1923–1983), American composer, wrote 9 symphonies
Vasilije Mokranjac (1923–1984), Serbian composer of 5 symphonies and a Sinfonietta for strings
Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006), American composer of 4 symphonies
Ned Rorem (born 1923), American composer of 3 numbered orchestral symphonies, a symphony for winds and a symphony for strings
Warren Benson (1924–2005), American composer of 2 symphonies
Ikuma Dan (1924–2001), Japanese composer of 6 symphonies, 7th unfinished
Heimo Erbse (1924–2005), German composer of 5 symphonies plus a Sinfonietta giocosa
Egil Hovland (1924–2013), Norwegian composer of 3 symphonies (the third for reciter, choir and orchestra)
Benjamin Lees (1924–2010), American composer of 5 symphonies
Franco Mannino (1924–2005), Italian composer of 12 symphonies
Sergiu Natra (born 1924), Romanian–Israeli composer of 3 symphonies and 1 symphony for strings
Serge Nigg (1924–2008), French composer of 1 symphony (Jérôme Bosch, 1960)
Mikhaïl Nossyrev (1924–1981), Russian composer of 4 symphonies
Joly Braga Santos (1924–1988), Portuguese composer of 6 symphonies
Yasushi Akutagawa (1925–1989), Japanese composer of 1 numbered symphony (1954), plus a Symphony "Twin Stars", for children (1957) and the Ellora Symphony (1958)
Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996), Dutch composer of 8 numbered symphonies, plus a Symphonietta concertante, for four trumpets and orchestra (1947), and a Sinfonia "Il fiume" for winds (1984)
Robert Beadell (1925–1994), American composer of 2 symphonies
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925–2010), Chilean composer of 3 symphonies
Luciano Berio (1925–2003), Italian composer of the famous Sinfonia (1968–69)
Aldo Clementi (1925–2011), Italian composer of 1 chamber symphony
Marius Constant (1925–2004), Romanian–French composer of 3 symphonies (the first is scored for wind intruments)
Georges Delerue (1925–1992), French composer of 1 concertante symphony for piano and orchestra
Andrei Eshpai (born 1925), Russian composer of 9 symphonies
Bertold Hummel (1925–2002), German composer of 3 symphonies
Włodzimierz Kotoński (1925–2014), Polish composer of 2 symphonies
Ivo Malec (born 1925), Croatian–French composer of 1 symphony
Kirke Mechem (born 1925), American composer of 2 symphonies
Anthony Milner (born 1925), British composer of 3 orchestral symphonies and a symphony for organ
Julián Orbón (1925–1991), Spanish composer of 1 symphony
Boris Parsadanian (1925–1997), Armenian–Estonian composer of 11 symphonies
Gunther Schuller (born 1925), American composer of 3 symphonies, a Symphony for Organ, and a Chamber Symphony (1989)
Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996), Soviet composer of 3 symphonies and a Symphony with Harp
Paul W. Whear (born 1925), American composer of 4 symphonies
Louis Calabro (1926–1991), American composer of 3 symphonies
Edwin Carr (1926–2003), New Zealand composer of 4 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
Jacques Castérède (1926–2014), French composer of 2 symphonies (the first for strings)
Barney Childs (1926–2000), American composer of 2 symphonies
Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012), German composer of 10 symphonies
Ben Johnston (born 1926), American composer of a Symphony in A (1987) and a Chamber Symphony (1990)
François Morel (born 1926), Canadian composer of 1 symphony for brass
Anatol Vieru (1926–1998), Romanian composer of 7 symphonies
Paul Angerer (born 1927), Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
Pascal Bentoiu (1927–2016), Romanian composer of 8 symphonies
Gunnar Bucht (born 1927), Swedish composer of 16 symphonies
Franco Donatoni (1927–2000), Italian composer of 2 symphonies (the first for strings, the second for chamber orchestra). Another work, Souvenir (1967), is subtitled Kammersymphonie
Donald Erb (1927–2008), American composer of a Symphony of Overtures (1964)
Walter Hartley (1927–2016), American composer of 21 symphonies for different ensembles (from small wind ensembles to full orchestra) plus 2 Sinfonia concertante for wind and percussion, 2 sinfoniettas and 1 chamber symphony
Wilfred Josephs (1927–1997), British composer of 12 symphonies
John Joubert (born 1927), British composer of 2 symphonies
Wilhelm Killmayer (born 1927), German composer of 3 symphonies
Richard Nanes (1927–2009), American composer of 4 symphonies
Graham Whettam (1927–2007), English composer of 9 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
Thomas Wilson (1927–2001), Scottish composer of American birth, composed 5 symphonies between 1955 and 1998 and a Chamber Symphony (1990)
Samuel Adler (born 1928), German-born American composer of 6 symphonies
Tadeusz Baird (1928–1981), Polish composer of 3 symphonies
James Cohn (born 1928), American composer of 8 symphonies
Jean-Michel Damase (1928–2013), French composer of 1 symphony
George Dreyfus (born 1928), Australian composer of 2 symphonies (1967 and 1976), and a Symphonie Concertante for bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and string orchestra (1978)
Nicolas Flagello (1928–1994), American composer of 2 symphonies
Robert Helps (1928–2001), American pianist and composer of 2 symphonies
Zdeněk Lukáš (1928–2007), Czech composer of 7 symphonies
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016), Finnish composer of 8 symphonies
William Russo (1928–2003), American composer of 2 symphonies
Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002), Russian conductor and composer of a Symphony (1956)
Raymond Warren (born 1928), British composer of 3 symphonies
Carmelo Bernaola (1929–2002), Spanish composer of 3 symphonies
Philip Cannon (1929–2016), British composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
Edison Denisov (1929–1996), Russian composer of 2 symphonies
Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008), Welsh composer of 10 symphonies
Donald Keats (born 1929), American composer of 2 symphonies
Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988), British composer of 3 symphonies plus a "Symphony for Strings"
Teizo Matsumura (1929–2007), Japanese composer of 2 symphonies
Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929–1997), Japanese composer of a "Nirvana Symphony" (1958) and a "Mandala Symphony" (1960)
Robert Muczynski (1929–2010), American composer of 2 symphonies
Bogusław Schaeffer (born 1929), Polish composer of 4 symphonies
Hans Stadlmair (born 1929), Austrian composer of a Sinfonia serena for strings
Avet Terterian (1929–1994), Armenian composer of 9 symphonies, the last unfinished
Akio Yashiro (1929–1976), Japanese composer of 1 symphony
David Amram (born 1930), American composer of 1 symphony
John Davison (1930–1999), American composer of 6 symphonies
Richard Felciano (born 1930), American composer of 1 symphony for strings
Jean Guillou (born 1930), French composer of 3 symphonies
Nikolai Karetnikov (1930–1994), Russian composer of 4 symphonies and 2 chamber symphonies
Dieter Schnebel (born 1930), German composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonie X)
Eino Tamberg (1930–2010), Estonian composer of 4 symphonies
Gilbert Harry Trythall (born 1930), American composer of 1 symphony plus a Sinfonia concertante
Donald Harris (1931–2016), American composer of 2 symphonies
Ib Nørholm (born 1931), Danish composer of 12 symphonies
Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003), Australian composer of 7 numbered symphonies, as well as a Symphony for Organ (1960), a Sinfonia Concertante for three trumpets, piano and strings (1960–62), a Symphony for Voices (1962), and a Choral Symphony "The Dawn is at Hand" (1989)
John Barnes Chance (1932–1972), American composer of 2 symphonies
James Douglas (born 1932), Scottish composer of 15 symphonies
Alexander Goehr (born 1932), British composer of German birth, wrote a Little Symphony (1963), Symphony in One Movement (1969/81), a Sinfonia for chamber orchestra (1979), and Symphony with Chaconne (1985–86)
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932–2016), Danish composer of 1 symphony Symfoni, Antifoni (1977)
Henri Lazarof (1932–2013), Bulgarian composer of 7 symphonies
Malcolm Lipkin (born 1932), English composer of 3 symphonies
Martin Mailman (1932–2000), American composer of 3 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
Richard Meale (1932–2009), Australian composer of 1 symphony (1994)
Per Nørgård (born 1932), Danish composer of 8 symphonies
Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932), Russian composer of 3 symphonies
Robert Sherlaw Johnson (1932–2000), British composer of 1 symphony
Claude Thomas Smith (1932–1987), American composer of 1 symphony
John Williams (born 1932), American composer and conductor. He wrote a "Symphony" (1966) and a "Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble" (1968)
Hugh Wood (born 1932), British composer of 1 symphony (1982)
Iosif Andriasov (1933–2000), Armenian-Russian composer of 2 symphonies
Leonardo Balada (born 1933), American composer of Spanish birth, has written 6 symphonies
Easley Blackwood (born 1933), American composer of 5 symphonies
Seóirse Bodley (born 1933), Irish composer of 5 symphonies and a Chamber Symphony
Ramiro Cortés (1933–1984), American composer of a Sinfonia Sacra (1954/59)
Pozzi Escot (born 1933), American composer of 6 symphonies
Henryk Górecki (1933–2010), Polish composer of 3 symphonies
Toshi Ichiyanagi (born 1933), Japanese composer of 6 symphonies and 2 chamber symphonies
W. Francis McBeth (1933–2012), American composer of 4 symphonies
Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933), Polish composer of 8 symphonies (as of 2005)
Vladimir Dashkevich (born 1934), Russian composer of 5 symphonies
Anthony Gilbert (born 1934), British composer of 1 symphony
William Mathias (1934–1992), Welsh composer of 3 symphonies
Siegfried Matthus (born 1934), German composer of 3 symphonies
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016), British Composer of a Sinfonia (1962), a Sinfonia Concertante (1982), a Sinfonietta (1983) and 10 numbered symphonies (1976–2013), the last of which includes a chorus and baritone soloist
Claudio Prieto (1934–2015), Spanish composer of 4 symphonies
Bernard Rands (born 1934), British–American composer of 1 symphony
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998), Russian composer of 10 symphonies (including symphony No."0"), the last unfinished
Richard Wernick (born 1934), American composer of 2 symphonies
Nigel Butterley (born 1935), Australian composer of 1 symphony (1980)
Samuel Jones (born 1935), American composer of 3 symphonies
Giya Kancheli (born 1935), Georgian composer of 7 symphonies
Carlo Martelli (born 1935), English composer of 1 symphony
Nicholas Maw (1935–2009), British composer of 1 symphony for chamber orchestra
Arvo Pärt (born 1935), Estonian composer of 4 symphonies
Aulis Sallinen (born 1935), Finnish composer of 8 symphonies
Josep Soler i Sardà (born 1935), Spanish composer of 8 symphonies
David Blake (born 1936), English composer of 1 chamber symphony
Iván Erőd (born 1936), Hungarian–Austrian pianist and composer of 2 symphonies
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (born 1936), Russian composer of 4 symphonies
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012), English composer of 3 symphonies and a sinfonietta
Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937), Lithuanian composer of 5 symphonies
Philip Glass (born 1937), American composer of 11 symphonies (as of 2017)
Milcho Leviev (born 1937), Bulgarian composer of 1 symphony
Valentin Silvestrov (born 1937), Ukrainian composer of 7 symphonies
Loris Tjeknavorian (born 1937), Iranian-Armenian conductor and composer of 5 symphonies
Wang Xilin (born 1937), Chinese composer of at 7 symphonies
Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938), American composer of 2 symphonies
William Bolcom (born 1938), American pianist and composer of 6 symphonies
Youri Boutsko (1938–2015), Russian composer of 13 symphonies
Gloria Coates (born 1938), American composer of 16 symphonies
John Corigliano (born 1938), American composer of 3 symphonies
John Harbison (born 1938), American composer of 5 symphonies
Paavo Heininen (born 1938), Finnish composer of 6 symphonies
Frederic Rzewski (born 1938), American composer of a Scratch Symphony (1997)
José Serebrier (born 1938), Uruguayan composer of 3 symphonies
Charles Wuorinen (born 1938), American composer of 8 numbered symphonies and a Microsymphony (1992)
Louis Andriessen (born 1939), Dutch composer of De negen symfonieën van Beethoven, for orchestra and ice-cream vendor's bell (1970), Symfonieën der Nederlanden, for two or more wind bands (1974), and Symphony for Open Strings for 12 solo strings (1978)
Robert Jager (born 1939), American composer of 2 symphonies and a sinfonietta
Jaroslav Krček (born 1939), Czech composer of 6 symphonies
John McCabe (1939–2015), English composer of 5 numbered symphonies, plus a Six-minute Symphony for strings
Tomas Svoboda (born 1939), Czech-American composer of 6 symphonies
Boris Tishchenko (1939–2010), Russian composer of 7 symphonies plus a "French Symphony", "Sinfonia Robusta", the Choreo-symphonic cycle of "Beatrice" (5 symphonies), and a "Pushkin Symphony"
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939), American composer of 5 symphonies
Alireza Mashayekhi (born 1940), Iranian composer of 9 symphonies
Tilo Medek (1940—2006), German composer of 3 symphonies
Stephen Albert (1941–1992), American composer of 2 symphonies (the second with orchestration completed by Sebastian Currier)
Derek Bourgeois (born 1941), British composer of 111 symphonies (as of June 2016)
Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009), German composer of 4 numbered symphonies and 4 unnumbered symphonies plus a sinfonietta and Quasi una sinfonia
Adolphus Hailstork (born 1941), American composer of 3 symphonies
John Melby (born 1941), American composer of 2 symphonies
Gillian Whitehead (born 1941), New Zealand–born Australian composer of 1 symphony
Richard Edward Wilson (born 1941), American composer of 3 symphonies
Philip Bračanin (born 1942), Australian composer of 6 symphonies
Volker David Kirchner (born 1942), German composer of 2 symphonies
Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish composer of 9 symphonies
Ross Edwards (born 1943), Australian composer of 4 symphonies
Robin Holloway (born 1943), English composer of 2 symphony (the first, Clarissa Symphony, for soprano, tenor and orchestra)
Shin'ichirō Ikebe (born 1943), Japanese composer of 7 symphonies
Ilaiyaraaja (born 1943), Indian composer of 1 symphony
David Maslanka (born 1943), American composer of 8 symphonies
Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943), Polish composer of 9 symphonies plus an unnumbered Symphony in Mozartean style
Joseph Schwantner (born 1943), American composer of 1 symphony
Roger Smalley (born 1943), English composer of 1 symphony (1979–81)
William Albright (1944–1998), American composer of a Symphony for Organ and Percussion
Christopher Gunning (born 1944), British composer of 7 symphonies
Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944–2008), Finnish composer of 8 symphonies plus a symphony for strings and a chamber symphony
Leif Segerstam (born 1944), Finnish composer of 300 symphonies, the all-time record as of 2015^[6]
Gerd Domhardt (1945–1997), German composer of 2 symphonies and 2 chamber symphonies
Edward Gregson (born 1945), English composer of 1 symphony for brass band
Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945), American composer of 2 numbered symphonies, plus a "dance symphony" titled Hidden Heritage and a Symphony for wind orchestra in three scenes (2003)
Thomas Pasatieri (born 1945), American composer of 3 symphonies
Arnold Rosner (1945–2013), American composer of 6 symphonies
Alexei Rybnikov (born 1945), Russian composer of 6 symphonies
Ragnar Søderlind (born 1945), Norwegian composer of 8 symphonies
Martin Bresnick (born 1946), American composer of 1 symphony
Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946), Israeli composer of 5 symphonies
Tristan Keuris (1946–1996), Dutch composer of a "Sinfonia" (1972–1974), and "Symphony in D" (1995)
Ladislav Kubík (born 1946), Czech-American composer of 3 sinfoniettas
Ulrich Leyendecker (born 1946), German composer of 4 symphonies
Richard St. Clair (born 1946), American composer of 1 symphony
Pēteris Vasks (born 1946), Latvian composer of 3 symphonies
Heinz Winbeck (born 1946), German composer of 5 large scale symphonies, the first premiered in 1984, the fifth in 2010, the third including text of Georg Trakl for alto and speaker
John Adams (born 1947), American composer of a Dr. Atomic symphony, drawn from his opera of the same name, and of a Chamber Symphony (1992)
Jack Gallagher (born 1947), American composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001), Russian–Canadian composer of 4 symphonies
Emil Tabakov (born 1947), Bulgarian Composer of 8 symphonies
Claude Baker (born 1948), American composer of 1 symphony
Ioseb Bardanashvili (born 1948), Georgian–Israeli composer of 3 symphonies
Glenn Branca (born 1948), American composer and guitarist, who has composed 12 symphonies, 9 of them for ensembles of electric guitars and percussion
Stephen Brown (born 1948), Canadian composer of 1 symphony, The Northern Journey
Carlos Franzetti (born 1948), Argentinian composer of 2 symphonies
Mikko Heiniö (born 1948), Finnish composer of 2 symphonies
Jonathan Lloyd (born 1948), British composer of 5 symphonies
Edward McGuire (born 1948), Scottish composer of 3 symphonies
Julia Tsenova (1948–2010), Bulgarian composer of Sinfonia con piano concertante (1974)
Dan Welcher (born 1948), American conductor and composer of 5 symphonies
Kalevi Aho (born 1949), Finnish composer of 15 symphonies
James Barnes (born 1949), American composer of 5 symphonies
Hiro Fujikake (born 1949), Japanese composer of 3 symphonies
Eduard Hayrapetyan (born 1949), Armenian composer of 3 symphonies
Richard Mills (born 1949), Australian composer of 2 symphonies
Stephen Paulus (1949–2014), American composer of 2 symphonies (the second for strings) and 2 sinfoniettas
Shulamit Ran (born 1949), Israeli–American composer of 1 symphony
Christopher Rouse (born 1949), American composer of 4 symphonies
Poul Ruders (born 1949), Danish composer of 4 symphonies
Manfred Trojahn (born 1949), German composer of 5 symphonies

1950–2000

Jay Reise (born 1950), American composer of 3 symphonies
Otomar Kvěch (born 1950), Czech composer of 5 symphonies
Lepo Sumera (1950–2000), Estonian composer of 6 symphonies and 1 symphony for string orchestra and percussion
Stephen Oliver (1950–1992), English composer of 1 symphony
John Buckley (born 1951), Irish composer of 1 symphony
Brian M. Israel (1951–1986), American composer of 6 symphonies
Gerald Levinson (born 1951), American composer of 2 symphonies
Michael Rosenzweig (born 1951), South African composer of 1 symphony and 2 sinfoniettas
Craig H. Russell (born 1951), American composer of 2 symphonies
Robert Savage (1951–1993), American composer of 1 symphony
Roger Briggs (born 1952), American composer of 2 symphonies
Brenton Broadstock (born 1952), Australian composer of 5 symphonies
Stephen Hartke (born 1952), American composer of 4 symphonies
Oliver Knussen (born 1952), English conductor and composer of 3 symphonies
Alla Pavlova (born 1952), Russian composer of 6 symphonies
Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952), German composer of 3 numbered and 2 unnumbered symphonies
Daniel Asia (born 1953), American composer of 5 symphonies
Rory A. Leitner Composer of 1 symphony
Johan de Meij (born 1953), Dutch composer of 4 symphonies
Akira Nishimura (born 1953), Japanese composer of 3 symphonies and 3 chamber symphonies
Wolfgang von Schweinitz (born 1953), German composer of 2 symphonies plus a Plainsound–Sinfonie for basset clarinet, ensemble and orchestra
Roberto Sierra (born 1953), Puerto Rican composer of 4 symphonies
Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953), Japanese composer of 5 symphonies
Chen Yi (born 1953), Chinese composer of 3 symphonies
Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954), Italian composer of 1 symphony
Daniel Bukvich (born 1954), American composer of 2 symphonies
Robert Carl (born 1954), American composer of 3 symphonies
Michael Daugherty (born 1954), American composer of a Metropolis Symphony (1988–93)
Eric Ewazen (born 1954), American composer of 1 symphony for strings and 1 chamber symphony
Anders Nilsson (born 1954), Swedish composer of 3 symphonies
Tobias Picker (born 1954), American composer of 3 symphonies
Sergio Rendine (born 1954), Italian composer of 2 symphonies
Sinan Savaskan (born 1954), British composer of 4 symphonies
Carl Vine (born 1954), Australian composer of 7 symphonies
Ye Xiaogang (born 1955), Chinese composer of 1 symphony
Nigel Keay (born 1955), New Zealand composer of 1 symphony
Dieter Lehnhoff (born 1955), German-Guatemalan composer of 2 symphonies
Behzad Ranjbaran (born 1955), Persian–American composer of 1 symphony
Sally Beamish (born 1956), British composer of 2 symphonies
Richard Danielpour (born 1956), American composer of 3 symphonies
Jouni Kaipainen (born 1956), Finnish composer of 4 symphonies
Onutė Narbutaitė (born 1956), Lithuanian composer of 4 symphonies
Thomas Sleeper (born 1956), American composer of 5 symphonies
Miguel del Aguila (born 1957), Uruguayan-American composer 2 programmatic Symphonies
Mark Alburger (born 1957), American composer of 9 symphonies
Keith Burstein (born 1957), English composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber symphony
Bechara El-Khoury (born 1957), Lebanese-born French composer of 1 symphony
Tan Dun (born 1957), Chinese composer of 1 symphony
Frank Ticheli (born 1958), American composer of 2 symphonies
Alejandro Civilotti (born 1959), Argentine composer of 5 symphonies
Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959), Japanese composer of 7 chamber symphonies
Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959), Estonian composer of 8 symphonies
Detlev Glanert (born 1960), German composer of 3 symphonies and 1 chamber symphony
Kamran Ince (born 1960), American composer of 5 symphonies
Aaron Jay Kernis (born 1960), American composer of 3 symphonies
Nicolas Bacri (born 1961), French composer of 7 symphonies
Daron Hagen (born 1961), American composer of 5 symphonies
Lowell Liebermann (born 1961), American composer of 4 symphonies, the second with chorus to texts by Walt Whitman
Michael Torke (born 1961), American composer of 1 symphony
Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf (born 1962), German composer of 3 chamber symphonies
Victoria Poleva (born 1962), Ukrainian composer of 3 symphonies
Rudi Spring (born 1962), German composer of 3 chamber symphonies
Timothy Brock (born 1963), American composer of 3 symphonies
Sean O'Boyle (born 1963), Australian composer of 1 symphony
Matthew de Lacey Davidson (composer) (born 1964), Canadian composer of Symphony No. 1 in 20 keys ("Letter to the World")
David del Puerto (born 1964), Spanish composer of 2 symphonies
Julia Gomelskaya (1964–2016), Ukrainian composer of 4 symphonies plus a Concert–Symphony for violin and orchestra and 2 chamber symphonies
Robert Steadman (born 1965), British composer of 2 symphonies and 1 chamber symphony
Jeffrey Ching (born 1965), Chinese-Philippine composer of 5 symphonies
Moritz Eggert (born 1965), German composer of 2 symphonies (Symphonie 1.0 for 12 typrewriters and Internet–Symphonie for orchestra)
Thierry Pécou (born 1965), French composer of 1 symphony
Vache Sharafyan (born 1966), Armenian composer of 2 symphonies
Julian Anderson (born 1967), British composer of 1 symphony
Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967), Italian composer of 3 symphonies
Frederick Stocken (born 1967), British composer of 2 symphonies
Christopher Theofanidis (born 1967), American composer of 1 symphony
Matthew Hindson (born 1968), Australian composer of 3 symphonies
Esteban Benzecry (born 1970), Argentine composer of 3 symphonies
Robert Paterson (born 1970), American composer of a Symphony in Three Movements
Fazıl Say (born 1970), Turkish composer of 3 symphonies.^[7]
Thomas Adès (born 1971), British composer of 1 symphony
Michael Hersch (born 1971), American composer of 3 symphonies
Jason Wright Wingate (born 1971), American composer of 2 symphonies
Kevin Puts (born 1972), American composer of 4 symphonies
Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Russian–American composer of 3 symphonies
Søren Nils Eichberg (born 1973), Danish–German composer of 3 symphonies
Mason Bates (born 1977), American composer of 4 symphonies
Dinesh Subasinghe (born 1979), Sri Lankan composer of 1 symphony
Edward Manukyan (born 1981), Armenian-American composer of 1 symphony
Mohammed Fairouz (born 1985), American composer of 4 symphonies
Jay Greenberg (born 1991), American composer of 6 symphonies
Alex Prior (born 1992), British composer of 4 symphonies

References

↑ Tawaststjerna, Erik (1976). Sibelius: Volume I (1865–1905). (Robert Layton, English translation). London: Faber & Faber. pp. 107–108, 176–177
↑ Hurwitz, David (2007). Jean Sibelius: Sibelius: The Orchestral Works. Pompton Plains: Amadeus Press. pp. 49, 59
↑ Frisch, Walter (1993). The Early Works of Arnold Schoenberg, 1893–1908. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, pp. 160.
↑ Puffett, Derrick (1995). "'Music that Echoes within One' for a Lifetime: Berg's Reception of Schoenberg's Pelleas und Melisande", Music and Letters 76/2.
↑ Marc-André Roberge (2013-03-11). "Sorabji Resource Site: Titles of Works Grouped by Categories". Mus.ulaval.ca. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
↑ Fimic - Suomalaisen musiikin tiedotuskeskus
↑ http://fazilsay.com/fazil-say-istanbul-symphony/

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