List of symphony composers

From the earliest symphonies to 1800

Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751), Italian violinist, singer, and composer of eight sinfonie

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Italian violinist, teacher, cleric, and composer of 21 string sinfonie

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)

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), Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor, music theoretician, and 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 violinist and composer who wrote symphonies in which he included (natural) French horns

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

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

Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819), Czech composer of at least 27 symphonies

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

Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752–1817), German composer of 1 symphony

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 the Symphony in D major (1815).

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

Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841), German composer of 4 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

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, each of which is in C major.

Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789–1826), German composer of 3 symphonies

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

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 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

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807–1867), Polish composer of 2 symphonies

Napoléon Henri Reber (1807–1880), French 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).

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

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).

Robert Volkmann (1815–1883), German 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

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 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.

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 the Triumphal Symphony (1854, r. c. 1882; sometimes called the Festive Symphony).

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

Giovanni Sgambati (1841−1914), Italian composer of 2 numbered symphonies plus "Sinfonia-Epitalamio" and "Sinfonia Festosa"

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

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)

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

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

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 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).

Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), Dutch composer of 21 symphonies

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

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

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

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

Hugo Kaun (1863–1932), German composer of 3 symphonies

Horatio Parker (1863–1919), American composer of 1 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

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.

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.

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

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

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, 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.

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 numbered symphonies, as well as the choral symphony The Bells, Op. 35 (1913); also symphonic is the unfinished Youth Symphony in D minor (1891).

Witold Maliszewski (1873–1939), Polish composer of 5 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Rutland Boughton (1878–1960), English 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 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)

Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949), Danish composer of 1 symphony (the first symphony written by a Danish female composer)

George Enescu (1881–1955), Romanian 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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

Emmanuel Bondeville (1898–1987), French composer of 2 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

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

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)

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Klaus Egge (1906–1979), Norwegian composer of 5 symphonies

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

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"

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)

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

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

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

Halsey Stevens (1908–1989), American composer of 2 symphonies

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

Paul Constantinescu (1909–1963), Romanian composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta

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

Henri Challan (1910–1977), French composer of 1 symphony

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

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

John Weinzweig (1913–2006), Canadian 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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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 (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)

Carmelo Bernaola (1929–2002), Spanish composer of 3 symphonies

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

Nikolai Karetnikov (1930–1994), Russian composer of 4 symphonies and 2 chamber symphonies

Dieter Schnebel (born 1930), German composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonie X)

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

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

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

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

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

Robin Holloway (born 1943), English composer of 2 symphony (the first, Clarissa Symphony, for soprano, tenor and orchestra)

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

Gerd Domhardt (1945–1997), German composer of 2 symphonies and 2 chamber 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)

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

Emil Tabakov (born 1947), Bulgarian Composer of 8 symphonies

Claude Baker (born 1948), American composer of 1 symphony

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

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

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

Hiro Fujikake (born 1949), Japanese composer of 3 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

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

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

Johan de Meij (born 1953), Dutch composer of 4 symphonies

Akira Nishimura (born 1953), Japanese composer of 3 symphonies and 3 chamber symphonies

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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