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==[[Gustav Mahler]]==
==[[Gustav Mahler]]==
* [[Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 2]], ''Titan''
* [[Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 1]] in [[D major]] (?[[1884]]–[[1888]]; rev. [[1893]]–[[1896]]; 2nd rev. [[1906]]).
* [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 2]], ''Resurrection''
** Note: This was first called "[[Symphonic poem|Symphonic Poem]]", later ''"Titan"'' (presumably after [[Jean Paul]], a suggestion however rejected by Mahler). Originally in 5 movements, the second movement, ''Blumine'', was discarded in final revision.
* [[Symphony No. 3 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 3]]
* [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 2]] in [[C minor]] ([[1888]]–[[1894]]; rev. [[1903]])
* [[Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 4]]
** Note: The title  ''"Resurrection"'', while popular with listeners, does not appear on the score and is not used in works of reference (e.g. the ''[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|New Grove]]'').
* [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]]
* [[Symphony No. 3 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 3]] in [[D minor]] ([[1893]]–[[1896]]; rev. [[1906]])
* [[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 6]]
* [[Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 4]] in [[G major]] ([[1892]], [[1899]]–[[1900]]; rev. [[1901]]–[[1910]])
* [[Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 7]]
* [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]] ([[1901]]–[[1902]]; scoring repeatedly rev.)
* [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 8]], ''Symphony of a Thousand''
** Note: While the symphony begins in the advertised C-sharp minor, it should be noted that the composer, himself, wrote in a letter to his [[publisher]], "it is difficult to speak of a key for the whole symphony, and to avoid misunderstandings the key should best be omitted."{{citequote}}
* [[Symphony No. 9 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 9]]
* [[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 6]] in [[A minor]] ([[1903]]–[[1904]]; rev. [[1906]]; scoring repeatedly rev.)
* [[Symphony No. 10 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 10]]
** Note: At a performance in Vienna in 1907, the title ''"Tragic"'' was attached to the symphony on posters and programs, but the word does not appear on the score and is not used in works of reference.
* [[Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 7]] in [[E minor]] ([[1904]]–[[1905]]; scoring repeatedly rev.)
** Note: The title ''"Song of the Night"'', while popular with listeners, did not originate with Mahler, does not appear on the score, and is not used in works of reference.
[[Image:8th.jpg|200px|thumb|right|American premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 8]]
* [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 8]] in [[E-flat major]] ([[1906]]–[[1907]])
** Note: The title ''"Symphony of a Thousand"'', while popular with listeners, is not due to Mahler, does not appear on the score, and is not used in works of reference. The composer, in fact, strongly objected to this title being applied to the eighth symphony.<ref>James 1985, 137. </ref>
* ''[[Das Lied von der Erde]]'' (subtitled ''A Symphony for One Tenor and One Alto (or Baritone) Voice and Orchestra, After Hans Bethge's "The Chinese Flute"'') ([[1908]]–[[1909]])
* [[Symphony No. 9 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 9]] in [[D major]] ([[1908]]–[[1909]])
 
* [[Symphony No. 10 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 10]] (1910–1911) (unfinished; a continuous "beginning-to-end" draft of 1,945 bars exists, but much of it is not fully elaborated and most of it not orchestrated.)


==[[Carl Nielsen]]==
==[[Carl Nielsen]]==

Revision as of 13:36, 3 November 2007

Joseph Haydn

Hoboken also includes four other works in his "Symphony" category (Hob. I):

  • Hob. I/105 in B flat major, better known as the Sinfonia Concertante (1792)
  • Hob. I/106, for which only one part has survived (1769?)
  • Hob. I/107 in B flat major, often known not by a number but as Symphony A (composed by 1762)
  • Hob. I/108 in B flat major, often known not by a number but as Symphony B (composed by 1765)

It should be noted that Hob. I/105 is not really a symphony, but a symphonie concertante (that is, a concerto-like work with more than one solo instrument, in this case four: violin, cello, oboe, bassoon), and as No. 106 has not survived to the present day, the number of "symphonies" by Haydn is usually reckoned to be 106.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The above are the numbered symphonies from Mozart's early childhood. There are also a fair amount of unnumbered symphonies from this period.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Franz Schubert

Hector Berlioz

Felix Mendelssohn

  • Symphonies for string orchestra Nos. 1-12 (1821-3)

Mature symphonies (the numbers do not well reflect the order of composition):

Robert Schumann

César Franck

Anton Bruckner

Johannes Brahms

Alexander Borodin

Camille Saint-Saëns

Mily Balakirev

Georges Bizet

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Antonin Dvořák

  • No. 9 From the New World (New World Symphony)

Edward Elgar

Gustav Mahler

  • Symphony No. 1 in D major (?1884–1888; rev. 1893–1896; 2nd rev. 1906).
    • Note: This was first called "Symphonic Poem", later "Titan" (presumably after Jean Paul, a suggestion however rejected by Mahler). Originally in 5 movements, the second movement, Blumine, was discarded in final revision.
  • Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1888–1894; rev. 1903)
    • Note: The title "Resurrection", while popular with listeners, does not appear on the score and is not used in works of reference (e.g. the New Grove).
  • Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1893–1896; rev. 1906)
  • Symphony No. 4 in G major (1892, 1899–1900; rev. 1901–1910)
  • Symphony No. 5 (1901–1902; scoring repeatedly rev.)
    • Note: While the symphony begins in the advertised C-sharp minor, it should be noted that the composer, himself, wrote in a letter to his publisher, "it is difficult to speak of a key for the whole symphony, and to avoid misunderstandings the key should best be omitted."Template:Citequote
  • Symphony No. 6 in A minor (1903–1904; rev. 1906; scoring repeatedly rev.)
    • Note: At a performance in Vienna in 1907, the title "Tragic" was attached to the symphony on posters and programs, but the word does not appear on the score and is not used in works of reference.
  • Symphony No. 7 in E minor (1904–1905; scoring repeatedly rev.)
    • Note: The title "Song of the Night", while popular with listeners, did not originate with Mahler, does not appear on the score, and is not used in works of reference.
American premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 8
  • Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (1906–1907)
    • Note: The title "Symphony of a Thousand", while popular with listeners, is not due to Mahler, does not appear on the score, and is not used in works of reference. The composer, in fact, strongly objected to this title being applied to the eighth symphony.[1]
  • Das Lied von der Erde (subtitled A Symphony for One Tenor and One Alto (or Baritone) Voice and Orchestra, After Hans Bethge's "The Chinese Flute") (1908–1909)
  • Symphony No. 9 in D major (1908–1909)
  • Symphony No. 10 (1910–1911) (unfinished; a continuous "beginning-to-end" draft of 1,945 bars exists, but much of it is not fully elaborated and most of it not orchestrated.)

Carl Nielsen

Alexander Glazunov

Jean Sibelius

Alexander Scriabin

(The last two works are one-movement symphonies in sonata form; Scriabin continued to produce Sonatas showing the same kind of development.)

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Sergei Rachmaninov

Arnold Schoenberg

Igor Stravinsky

Arnold Bax

Sergei Prokofiev

Edmund Rubbra

Dmitri Shostakovich

Samuel Barber

Alfred Schnittke

  1. ↑ James 1985, 137.
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