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

Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751), Italian composer of eight sinfonie
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Italian composer of 21 string sinfonie
Andrea Zani (1696–1757), Italian composer of the earliest securely dated symphonies (part of his Op. 2, published in 1729)
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699–1783), German composer of six symphonies
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1701–1775), Italian composer of at least 67 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
Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789), Czech composer of at least 69 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
William Boyce (1710–1779), 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
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 composer who wrote symphonies in which he included French horns
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787), German composer later active in London, wrote 23 symphonies
Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774), German-speaking Bohemian composer of 32 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
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)
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
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
Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781), Czech composer of over 45 symphonies
Michael Haydn (1737–1806), Austrian composer of 41 symphonies
Leopold Hoffmann (1738–1793), Austrian composer of several symphonies
William Herschel (1738–1822), German-born British composer of 24 symphonies
Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813), Bohemian composer of 51 published symphonies
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799), Austrian composer of at least 120 symphonies
Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801), Italian composer of at least 8 surviving symphonies
Wenzel Pichl (1741–1805), Austrian composer of about 89 symphonies
Simon Leduc (1742–1777), French composer of at least 4 surviving symphonies
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), Italian composer of about 30 symphonies
Maksym Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777), Ukrainian composer of at least 1 symphony
Carl Stamitz (1745–1801), composer of over 50 symphonies
Leopold Kozeluch (1747–1818), Czech composer of about 30 symphonies
Antonio Rosetti (c. 1750–1792), Bohemian composer, wrote about 50 symphonies
Muzio Clementi (1752–1832), Italian composer of 2 opus numbers symphonies and 4 without opus numbers symphonies
Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812), German composer of over 50 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
Pavel Vranický (1756–1808), Bohemian composer of about 50 symphonies
Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831), Austrian composer, publisher, and piano maker, wrote 41 symphonies
António Leal Moreira (1758–1819), Portuguese composer of 3 orchestral symphonies and 1 for six organs
Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842), French composer of 1 symphony
Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen (1761–1817), German-born Danish composer of 1 symphony
Franz Danzi (1763–1826), German composer of at least 6 symphonies, plus several sinfonie concertante
Étienne Méhul (1763–1817), French composer of at least 4 symphonies
Anton Eberl (1765–1807), Austrian composer of 5 symphonies
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), German-Austrian composer, often considered the greatest of all symphonists, who wrote 9 numbered symphonies plus sketches for a 10th—see Category of Beethoven 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
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
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
Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer of 2 symphonies
Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789–1826), German composer of 3 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 5 symphonies (the 1st lost save for a fragment of the first movement)
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 between 7 and 12 surviving symphonies (depending on the degree of completeness required), with the Symphony No. 8 (the Unfinished) and Symphony No. 9 (the Great) the largest in scale and best known

1800–1900

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
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), French composer of 4 program symphonies, best remembered for his first, the Symphonie fantastique, perhaps the first true programmatic symphony
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
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807–1867), Polish composer of 2 symphonies
Napoléon Henri Reber (1807–1880), French composer of 4 symphonies
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), Composer of 12 complete string symphonies (the 13th was left unfinished) and 5 numbered symphonies, with sketches for a 6th (1847)
Otto Nicolai (1810–1849), German composer of 2 symphonies
Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer of 4 symphonies, the last of which experimented with cyclic form
Félicien David (1810–1876), French composer of 3 instrumental symphonies and an influential vocal symphony, Le désert
Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian composer of 2 programmatic symphonies, the Faust Symphony and the Dante Symphony
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
Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer of 1 symphony
Robert Volkmann (1815–1883), German composer of 2 symphonies
Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), English composer of 5 symphonies
Johannes Verhulst (1816–1891), Dutch composer of 1 symphony
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)
Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819–1898), French composer of 9 symphonies
August Conradi (1821–1873), German composer of 5 symphonies
César Franck (1822–1890), Belgian composer of 1 symphony, best known for its use of cyclic form
Joachim Raff (1822–1882), Swiss-born German composer of 11 symphonies
Édouard Lalo (1823–1892), French composer of a "Symphony in G minor"
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer of 11 large-scale symphonies, including Nos. 00 and 0
Carl Reinecke (1824–1910), German composer of 3 numbered symphonies plus a symphony in G major (probably lost) and a Kinder–Sinfonie (op. 239)
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), Czech composer of one symphony named Triumphal
Richard Hol (1825–1904), Dutch composer of 4 symphonies
Ernst Pauer (1826–1905), Austrian composer of 1 symphony
Julius Otto Grimm (1827–1903), German composer of 1 symphony
Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897), 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, with the second, the Ocean, and the 6th being the best known (though neither as well known now as they were in Rubinstein's day)
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
Salomon Jadassohn (1831-1902), German composer of 4 symphonies
Ludvig Norman (1831–1885), Swedish composer, conductor, pianist who wrote 3 symphonies
Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), Russian composer of 3 symphonies, the last unfinished
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), German composer of 4 symphonies, considered by Eduard Hanslick to be the artistic heir of Beethoven
Albert Becker (1834–1899), German composer of 1 symphony
Felix Draeseke (1835–1913), German composer of the New German School wrote 4 symphonies
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), French composer of 5 symphonies (of which 3 are numbered), of which the best known is the third, his Symphony No. 3 with organ
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
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
Max Bruch (1838–1920), German composer of 3 symphonies
Georges Bizet (1838–1875), French composer remembered by his Opera Carmen, wrote his Symphony in C at the age of 17; a second symphony, Roma, is sometimes classified as a suite, though referred to as a symphony by the composer
Alexis de Castillon (1838–1873), French composer of 2 symphonies
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
Samuel de Lange jr. (1840–1911), Dutch composer of 5 symphonies
Ernst Rudorff (1840–1916), German composer of 3 symphonies
Johan Svendsen (1840–1911), Norwegian violinist, conductor, and composer of 2 symphonies
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer of 6 numbered symphonies, of which No. 4 (1878), No. 5 (1888), and No. 6 Pathétique (1893) are the most famous; 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
Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929), Swedish composer of 2 orchestral and 2 organ symphonies
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer of 9 symphonies, of which the most famous is the ninth (From the New World). He combined Bohemian folk elements with large-scale structure
Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), British composer of 1 symphony
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Norwegian composer of 1 symphony
Giovanni Sgambati (1843−1914), Italian composer of 2 numbered symphonies plus "Sinfonia-Epitalamio" and "Sinfonia Festosa"
Asger Hamerik (1843–1923), Danish conductor and composer of 8 symphonies
Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843−1900), Austrian composer of 8 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 and sketches for 2 others
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)
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 (1882–1912)
Arnold Krug (1849–1904), German composer of 2 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
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
Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931), French composer of 3 symphonies
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 (1876–1911)
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 1 symphony and sketches for a 2nd
Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), Dutch composer of 21 symphonies
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
Frederic Cliffe (1857–1931), English composer of 2 symphonies
Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), English composer completed 2 symphonies, with sketches for a third made into a performing version by Anthony Payne
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 a symphony (1879/1880), which features many stylistic similarities to the later symphonies of his friend and fellow student Gustav Mahler. A Symphony No. 2 was planned
Harry Rowe Shelley (1858–1947), American composer of 2 symphonies
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
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer completed 9 large-scale symphonies, plus an incomplete 10th—see Category of Mahler symphonies. His third symphony is his longest symphony at 95 minutes, and his eighth, the Symphony of a Thousand, premiered with over 1,000 performers
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
Hugo Kaun (1863–1932), German composer of 3 symphonies
Horatio Parker (1863–1919), American composer of 1 symphony
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), Austrian composer of 7 symphonies and a sinfonietta
Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932), German composer of 1 symphony
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, no. 3 (1905) with chorus
Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer of programmatic symphonies
August de Boeck (1865–1937), Belgian composer of 1 symphony
Paul Dukas (1865–1931), French composer of 1 symphony
Paul Gilson (1865–1942), Belgian composer of 3 symphonies and La Mer (4 Symphonic sketches)
Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), Russian composer of 9 symphonies
Albéric Magnard (1865–1914), French composer of 4 symphonies
Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), Danish composer of 6 symphonies
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Finnish composer of 7 numbered symphonies (an eighth symphony likely was destroyed by the composer), of which No. 2 (1902) and No. 5 (1915, r. 1916, 1919) are the most famous, while No. 7 (1924) (in one movement) erodes the traditional subdivisions of sonata form. Kullervo, Op. 7 (1892) and Lemminkäinen, Op. 22 (1895)—both based upon Kalevala myths—are occasionally classified 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 1 symphony
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
Sir John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948), Scottish composer of 5 symphonies
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
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
Frederick Converse (1871–1940), American composer of 5 symphonies
Henry Kimball Hadley (1871–1937), American composer of 5 symphonies
Ruben Liljefors (1871–1936), Swedish composer of 1 symphony
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927), Swedish composer of 2 symphonies, 1 disowned by him, and sketches for a third
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942), Austrian composer of 3 symphonies, a Lyrische Symphonie for soprano, baritone and orchestra, a symphony in all but name called Die Seejungfrau (1902), and a Sinfonietta (1934)
Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), Swedish violinist, conductor, and composer of 5 symphonies
Eyvind Alnæs (1872–1932), Norwegian composer of 2 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)
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Russian composer of 3 numbered symphonies; 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
Bernhard Sekles (1872–1934), German composer of 1 symphony
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), English composer of 9 symphonies
Joseph Jongen (1873–1953), Belgian composer of 1 symphony plus a Symphonie concertante for organ and orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), Russian composer of 3 symphonies in a late-Romantic style
Witold Maliszewski (1873–1939), Polish composer of 5 symphonies
Gustav Holst (1874–1934), British composer of an unpublished Symphony "The Cotswolds" (1899–1900), a First Choral Symphony (1923–24), and a Scherzo (1933–34) for a projected but unfinished symphony
Charles Ives (1874–1954), American composer of 4 symphonies, his "Holiday Symphony" referred to as his 5th, and his "Universe Symphony" later reconstructed
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 several sketches for unpublished symphonies. Alban Berg thought of Schoenberg's tone poem Pelleas und Melisande (1902) as a symphony
Josef Suk (1874–1935), Czech composer of 2 symphonies, including the Asrael Symphony
Franco Alfano (1875–1954), Italian composer of 2 symphonies
Erkki Melartin (1875–1937), Finnish composer of 6 symphonies
Julián Carrillo (1875–1965), Mexican composer, wrote 2 symphonies plus 3 atonal symphonies written in the "Thirteen Sound" technique
Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), Russian composer of 3 symphonies
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
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
Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957), Russian composer of 3 symphonies
Ernst Mielck (1877–1899), Finnish composer of 1 symphony, in F minor, Op. 4 (1897)
Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvar (1877–1953), Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
Fritz Brun (1878–1959), Swiss conductor and composer of 10 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 programmatic symphonies
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
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)
Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949), Danish composer of 1 symphony (the first symphony written by a Danish female composer)
George Enescu (1881–1955), Romanian composer. Wrote 3 acknowledged and complete symphonies, 4 earlier ones and 2 later ones—the last 2 completed by Pascal Bentoiu—as well as a Chamber Symphony
Paul Le Flem (1881–1984), French composer of 4 symphonies
Jan van Gilse (1881–1944), Dutch composer of 4 symphonies, skecthes for a fifth
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950), Russian composer (moved from Poland at a very young age) and composer of 27 symphonies
Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944), Russian composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber symphony
Karl Weigl (1881–1949), Austrian composer of 6 symphonies
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 symphonies plus the Symphony of Psalms for chorus and orchestra; his Symphonies of Wind Instruments uses the word symphony in its old sense of "sounding together"
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937), Polish composer of 4 symphonies, No. 3 (The Song of the Night) with vocal soloists and choir, and No. 4 (Symphonie concertante) with piano soloist
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
Sir Arnold Bax (1883–1953), English composer of 7 numbered symphonies, preceded by a Symphony in F, Op. 8 (unorchestrated, 1907) and a symphony titled Spring Fire (1913)
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
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
Henri Collet (1885–1951), French composer of 1 symphony
Dimitrie Cuclin (1885–1978), Romanian composer of 20 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
Marcel Dupré (1886–1971), French composer of a Symphony in G minor, Op. 25, for organ and orchestra
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
Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947), Finnish composer of 3 symphonies
Ernest Pingoud (1887–1942), Finnish composer of 3 symphonies between 1920 and 1927
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
Anatoly Alexandrov (1888–1982), Russian composer of 2 symphonies
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
Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967), Dutch composer of 7 symphonies
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889–1960), English composer of 3 symphonies
Levko Revutsky (1889–1977), Ukrainian composer of 2 symphonies
Francisco Santiago (1889–1947), Filipino composer of "Taga-ilog", in 1938
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
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, plus a Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra—see Category of Prokofiev symphonies
Väinö Raitio (1891–1945), Finnish composer of 1 symphony, Op. 13 (1919)
Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981), Dutch composer of 4 numbered symphonies and a Symphonia Concertante
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
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.^[3]
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
Aarre Merikanto (1893−1958), Finnish 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)
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 symphony
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
Bjarne Brustad (1895–1978), Norwegian composer of 9 symphonies
Juan José Castro (1895–1968), Argentine composer of five symphonies
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
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
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
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 2 symphonies
Harald Sæverud (1897–1992), Norwegian composer of 9 symphonies
Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986), Polish composer of 9 symphonies
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),
Roy Harris (1898–1979), American composer of 15 symphonies, of which Symphony No. 3 is by far the most famous
Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985), Romanian–French composer of 5 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
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)

1900–1950

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
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
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
Blaž Arnič (1901–1970), Slovenian composer of 9 symphonies
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
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
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
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
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
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
Vytautas Bacevičius (1905–1970), Lithuanian composer of 6 symphonies
Theodor Berger (1905–1992), Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
Eugène Bozza (1905–1991), French composer of 5 symphonies
Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963), German composer of 8 symphonies
André Jolivet (1905–1974), French composer of 3 numbered symphonies and a symphony for strings
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 10 symphonies, plus an incomplete 11th
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)
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
Benjamin Frankel (1906–1973), English composer of 8 symphonies
Janis Ivanovs (1906–1983), Latvian composer of 21 symphonies
Alexander Moyzes (1906–1984), Slovak composer of 12 symphonies
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Soviet composer of 15 symphonies—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"
Henk Badings (1907–1987), Dutch composer of 15 symphonies
Tony Aubin (1907–1981), French composer of 2 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)
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
Elliott Carter (1908–2012), American composer of 3 symphonies, including A Symphony of Three Orchestras (1976) and Symphonia: sum fluxae pretiam spei (1993–96)
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
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
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
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
Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer of 2 symphonies
Erland von Koch (1910–2009), Swedish composer of 6 symphonies
William Schuman (1910–1992), American composer of 10 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
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"
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)
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)
Ma Sicong (1912–1987), Chinese composer of 2 symphonies
José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958), Mexican composer of 2 symphonies (1944 and 1958, the latter unfinished), and a Sinfonietta (1945)
Henry Brant (1913–2008), American composer of 5 unnumbered symphonies
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
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
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
Jan Kapr (1914–1988), Czech composer of 10 symphonies
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
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
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
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
Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013), French composer of 2 symphonies
Einar Englund (1916–1999), Finnish composer of 7 symphonies
Nikolay Peyko (1916–1995), Russian composer of 10 symphonies plus a sinfonietta and a Concerto–Symphony
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)
Robert Farnon (1917–2005), Canadian composer of 3 symphonies
John Gardner (1917–2011), English composer of 3 symphonies
Lou Harrison (1917–2003), American composer of 4 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)
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
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
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
Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), British composer of 9 symphonies
Jack Beeson (1921–2010), American composer of 1 symphony
Andrzej Dobrowolski (1921–1990), Polish composer of 1 symphony
Fritz Geißler (1921–1984), German composer, wrote 11 symphonies
Ruth Gipps (1921–1999), British composer of 5 symphonies
Karel Husa (born 1921), American composer of Czech birth, composer of 2 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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
Anatol Vieru (1926–1998), Romanian composer of 7 symphonies
Pascal Bentoiu (1927–2016), Romanian composer of 8 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
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
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
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
Zdeněk Lukáš (1928–2007), Czech composer of 7 symphonies
Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 1928), 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)
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)
Bogusław Schaeffer (born 1929), Polish composer of 4 symphonies
Avet Terterian (1929–1994), Armenian composer of 9 symphonies, the last unfinished
David Amram (born 1930), American composer of 1 symphony
Nikolai Karetnikov (1930–1994), Russian composer of 4 symphonies and 2 chamber symphonies
Dieter Schnebel (born 1930), German composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonie X)
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)
Henri Lazarof (1932–2013), Bulgarian composer of 7 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
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
Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933), Polish composer of 8 symphonies (as of 2005)
Vladimir Dashkevich (born 1934), Russian composer of 5 symphonies
William Mathias (1934–1992), Welsh 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)
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
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
Arvo Pärt (born 1935), Estonian composer of 4 symphonies
Aulis Sallinen (born 1935), Finnish composer of 8 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 10 symphonies (as of 2014)
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
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
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
Stephen Albert (1941–1992), American composer of 2 symphonies (the second with orchestration completed by Sebastian Currier)
Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009), German composer of four symphonies
Adolphus Hailstork (born 1941), American composer of 3 symphonies
Gillian Whitehead (born 1941), New Zealand–born Australian composer of 1 symphony
Richard Edward Wilson (born 1941), American composer of 2 symphonies
Derek Bourgeois (born 1941), British composer of 111 symphonies (as of June 2016)
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
Ilaiyaraaja (born 1943), Indian composer, has written one symphony
David Maslanka (born 1943), American composer of 8 symphonies
Robin Holloway (born 1943), English composer of 2 symphony (the first, Clarissa Symphony, for soprano, tenor and orchestra)
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
Leif Segerstam (born 1944), Finnish composer of 300 symphonies, the all-time record as of 2015^[4]
Alexei Rybnikov (born 1945), Russian composer of 6 symphonies
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)
Arnold Rosner (1945–2013), American composer of 6 symphonies
Ragnar Søderlind (born 1945), Norwegian composer of 8 symphonies
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)
Ulrich Leyendecker (born 1946), German composer of 4 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
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
Julia Tsenova (1948–2010), Bulgarian composer of Sinfonia con piano concertante (1974)
Dan Welcher (born 1948), American conductor and composer of 3 symphonies
Kalevi Aho (born 1949), Finnish composer of 15 symphonies
James Barnes (born 1949), American composer of 5 symphonies
Eduard Hayrapetyan (born 1949), Armenian composer of 3 symphonies
Richard Mills (born 1949), Australian composer of 2 symphonies
Christopher Rouse (born 1949), American composer of 4 symphonies
Poul Ruders (born 1949), Danish composer of 4 symphonies
Hiro Fujikake (born 1949), Japanese composer of 3 symphonies

1950–2000

Ilayaraaja (born 1943), Indian music composer who has completed scores for 1000 Indian films
Lepo Sumera (1950–2000), Estonian composer of 6 symphonies and 1 symphony for string orchestra and percussion
John Buckley (born 1951), Irish composer of 1 symphony
Brian M. Israel (1951–1986), American composer of 6 symphonies
Craig H. Russell (born 1951), American composer of 2 symphonies
Robert Savage (1951–1993), American composer of 1 symphony
Brenton Broadstock (born 1952), Australian composer of 5 symphonies
Oliver Knussen (born 1952), English 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
Roberto Sierra (born 1953), Puerto Rican composer of 4 symphonies
Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953), Japanese composer of 5 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
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
Anders Nilsson (born 1954), Swedish composer of 3 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
Richard Danielpour (born 1956), American composer of 3 symphonies
Jouni Kaipainen (born 1956), Finnish 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
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
Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959), Japanese composer of 7 chamber symphonies
Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959), Estonian composer of 8 symphonies
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
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
Rudi Spring (born 1962), German composer of 3 chamber symphonies
Sean O'Boyle (born 1963), Australian composer of 1 symphony
David del Puerto (born 1964), Spanish composer of 2 symphonies
Robert Steadman (born 1965), British composer of 2 symphonies and 1 chamber symphony
Jeffrey Ching (born 1965), Chinese-Philippine composer of 5 symphonies
Vache Sharafyan (born 1956), Armenian composer of 2 symphonies
Moritz Eggert (born 1965), German composer of 2 symphonies (Symphonie 1.0 for 12 typrewriters and Internet–Symphonie for orchestra)
Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967), Italian 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.^[5]
Thomas Adès (born 1971), British composer of 1 symphony
Jason Wright Wingate (born 1971), American composer of 2 symphonies
Kevin Puts (born 1972), American composer of 4 symphonies
Mason Bates (born 1977), American composer of 4 symphonies
Dinesh Subasinghe (born 1979), Sri Lankancomposer 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

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
↑ 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
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Lists of symphonies

List of symphonies by number List of symphonies with names List of symphonies by key List of symphony composers List of choral symphonies List of organ symphonies

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