List of symphonic poems
This is a list of some notable composers who wrote symphonic poems.
Mily Balakirev
- Russia (Second Overture on Russian Themes)
- In Bohemia (Overture on Czech Themes)
- Tamara
Béla Bartók
- Kossuth (1903)
Arnold Bax
- Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan (1905)
- Into the Twilight (1908)
- In the Faëry Hills (1909)
- Rosc-catha (1910)
- Christmas Eve (1912, r. 1921)
- Nympholept (1912, orch. 1915, r. 1935)
- The Garden of Fand (1913, orch. 1916)
- Spring Fire (1913)
- In Memoriam (1916)
- November Woods (1917)
- Tintagel (1917, orch. 1919)
- Summer Music (1917, orch. 1921, r. 1932)
- The Happy Forest (1922)
- The Tale the Pine Trees Knew (1931)
- Northern Ballad No. 1 (1927)
- Northern Ballad No. 2 (1934)
- Prelude for a Solemn Occasion (Northern Ballad No. 3) (1927, orch. 1933)
- A Legend (1944)
Hector Berlioz
- Chasse royale et orage
Alexander Borodin
- In the Steppes of Central Asia (actually 'Musical Picture'; 1880)
George Whitefield Chadwick
Ernest Chausson
Claude Debussy
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
- La Mer (The Sea)
Frederick Delius
- A Song of Summer
- Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
- On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (actually the first of Two Pieces for Small Orchestra; 1912)
Paul Dukas
- L'apprenti-sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) (actually Symphonic Scherzo after Goethe; 1897)
Antonín Dvořák
- The Water Goblin, Op. 107
- The Noon Witch, Op. 108
- The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
- The Wild Dove, Op. 110
- A Hero's Song, Op. 111
Edward Elgar
George Enescu
Lorenzo Ferrero
- La nueva España, a set of six symphonic poems (1992–99)
Zdeněk Fibich
- Othello, Op. 6
- Spring, Op 13
- Záboj, Slavoj a Luděk, Op. 37
- The Tempest, Op. 46
- Toman and the Wood Nymph, Op. 49
César Franck
- Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, symphonic poem after Victor Hugo, (1845–87, posth.)
- Rédemption, for soprano, chorus and orchestra, M. 52 (1872, r. 1874)
- Les Éolides, M. 43 (1876)
- Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), M. 44 (1882)
- Les Djinns, for piano and orchestra, M. 45 (1884)
- Psyché, for orchestra and chorus, M. 47 (1886–88)
George Gershwin
- An American in Paris (actually 'Tone Poem'; 1928)
- Cuban Overture
Alexander Glazunov
Ferde Grofé
Percy Grainger
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
- Miserae (1933–34, previously titled Symphony No. 1)
Lee Holdridge
- Scenes of Summer (September/October 1973)
Gustav Holst
Arthur Honegger
John Ireland
- The Forgotten Rite (1913, published 1918)
Mieczysław Karłowicz
- Returning Waves, Op. 9 (1904)
- Eternal Songs, Op. 10 (1906)
- Lithuanian Rhapsody, Op. 11 (1906)
- Stanisław i Anna Ošwiecimowie, Op. 12 (1906)
- Sorrowful Tale, op.13 (1908)
- An Episode during Masquerade, Op. 14 (1908–09)
Franz Liszt
- Liszt's symphonic poems:
- Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (1848–9) (after Victor Hugo)
- Tasso: lamento e trionfo (1849) (after Byron)
- Les Préludes, after Lamartine (1848, rev. before 1854)
- Orpheus (1853–4)
- Prometheus (1850)
- Mazeppa (1851)
- Festklänge (1853)
- Héroïde funèbre (1849–50)
- Hungaria (1854)
- Hamlet (1858)
- Hunnenschlacht (1857)
- Die Ideale (1857) (after Schiller)
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (1881–2)
William Lloyd Webber
Leevi Madetoja
- Kullervo, Op. 15 (1913)
- Sammon ryöstö (The Abduction of The Sampo), for baritone and male choir, Op. 24 (1915); text from the Kalevala
- Aslak Smaukka, for baritone and male choir, Op. 37 (1917)
- Väinämöisen kylvö (Väinämöinen Sows the Wilderness), for soprano (or tenor), Op. 46 (1919–20); text from the Kalevala
Frederik Magle
- Cantabile suite – 3 symphonic poems (2004–09)
Paul McCartney
Felix Mendelssohn
- The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) (1830)
Richard Mohaupt
- Town Piper Music (Stadtpfeifermusik) (1941)
Modest Mussorgsky
Carl Nielsen
- Saga-Drøm (Saga Dream), Op. 39 (1908)
- Pan og Syrinx (Pan and Syrinx), Op. 49 (1918)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Prince Rostislav (1891)
- The Rock, Op. 7 (1893)
- Caprice bohémien, Op.12 (1894)
- Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 (1909)
Osmo Tapio Räihälä
- Barlinnie Nine (2005)
Max Reger
- Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin (Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin) for orchestra, Op. 128 (1913)
Cemal Reşit Rey
- Bebek Efsanesi, symphonic poem for orchestra
- Karagöz
- Denizciler Marşı Başlayış
- Çağrılış
- Fatih
Ottorino Respighi
- Brazilian Impressions
- The Roman trilogy: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, and Roman Festivals
Silvestre Revueltas
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Night on Mount Triglav
- Sadko (Symphonic Picture)
- Scheherazade
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Spartacus (1863)
- Le Rouet d'Omphale, op.31 (1869)
- Phaéton, op. 39 (1873)
- Danse macabre, Op.40 (1874)
- La Jeunesse d'Hercule, Op.50 (1877)
- La Muse et le Poète, Op.132 (1910)
Arnold Schoenberg
- Verklärte Nacht, Op.4
- Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5
Alexander Scriabin
- The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 (1905–08); often listed as Symphony No. 4
- Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60 (1910); often listed as Symphony No. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich
- October, Op. 131 (1967)
Jean Sibelius
One of the most prolific (and significant) contributors to the genre; compositions marked with an asterisk were inspired by Finnish mythology:
- En saga (A Saga or A Fairy Tale), Op. 9 (1892, r. 1902)
- Vårsång (Spring Song), Op. 16 (1894, r. 1895 and 1902)
- Skogsrået (The Wood Nymph), Op. 15 (1894)
- Lemminkäinen Suite (also known as Four Legends from the Kalevala), a cycle of four symphonic poems, Op. 22 (1895) *
- Lemminkäinen ja saaren neidot (Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island) (1895, r. 1897 and 1939) *
- Tuonelan joutsen (The Swan of Tuonela) (1893-1895, r. 1897 and 1900) *
- Lemminkäinen Tuonelassa (Lemminkäinen in Tuonela) (1895, r. 1897 and 1939) *
- Lemminkäinen palaa kotitienoille (Lemminkäinen's Return) (1895, r. 1897 and 1900) *
- Finlandia, Op. 26 (1899, r. 1900); arranged from Press Celebrations Music, JS 137
- Pohjolan tytär (Pohjola's Daughter), Op. 49 (1906) *
- Pan och Echo (Pan and Echo), Op. 53a (1906)
- Öinen ratsastus ja auringonnousu (Nightride and Sunrise), Op. 55 (1909)
- Dryadi (The Dryad), Op. 45/1 (1910)
- Luonnotar (Spirit of Nature), for soprano and orchestra, Op. 70 (1913); text from the Kalevala *
- Barden (The Bard), Op. 64 (1913, r. 1914)
- Aallottaret (The Oceanides), Op. 73 (1914, r. 1914)
- Tapiola, Op. 112 (1926) *
Bedřich Smetana
- Richard III, Op. 11/JB 1:70 (1857–58)
- Valdštýnův tábor (Wallenstein's Camp), Op. 14/JB 1:72 (1858–59)
- Hakon Jarl, Op. 16/JB 1:79 (1860–61)
- Má vlast (My Homeland), JB 1:112 (1974–79); a cycle of six symphonic poems
- Vyšehrad (The High Castle)
- Vltava (The Moldau)
- Šárka
- Z českých luhů a hájů (From Bohemia's Woods and Fields)
- Tábor
- Blaník
Richard Strauss
One of the most prolific (and important) contributors to the genre. He preferred the term "tone poem," rather than "symphonic poem."
- Aus Italien (From Italy), Op. 16 (1886)
- Don Juan, Op. 20 (1888)
- Macbeth, Op. 23 (1886–88)
- Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24 (1889)
- Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), Op. 28 (1894–95)
- Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), Op. 30 (1896)
- Don Quixote, Op. 35 (1897)
- Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40 (1898)
- Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 (1903)
- Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64 (1915)
Josef Suk
- Pohádka Léta, Op.29 (A Summer's Tale)
- Praga
- The Ripening
- Cycle of Symphonic Poems from Czech History
Igor Stravinsky
Sergei Taneyev
- Oresteia (labeled as an "overture", but really a symphonic poem based on themes from his opera of the same name)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- The Storm, Op. (posth.) 76 (1864)
- Fatum, Op. 77 (1868)
- Romeo and Juliet, overture-fantasy after Shakespeare, TH 42 (1869–70, r. 1880)
- Francesca da Rimini, symphonic fantasia after Dante, Op. 32 (1876)
- The Tempest, symphonic fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18 (1873)
- Hamlet, overture-fantasy, Op. 67a (1889)
- The Voyevoda, Op. (posth.) 78 (1891)
Geirr Tveitt
Johan Wagenaar
- Saul en David
Richard Wagner
Anton Webern
- Im Sommerwind (actually 'Idyll after B. Wille', 1904)
Eric Whitacre
- Godzilla Eats Las Vegas (for winds, 1996)
Haydn Wood
- Mannin Veen: Dear Isle of Man (1933)
Alexander von Zemlinsky
- Die Seejungfrau (The Little Mermaid), fantasy after Hans Christian Andersen (1902–03)
See also
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