List of symphonic poems

This is a list of some notable composers who wrote symphonic poems.

[Edgar Bainton]

Pompilia
Paracelsus, Op. 8
''Thalassa''

[Mily Balakirev]

Russia Second Overture on Russian Themes
In Bohemia Overture on Czech Themes
''Tamara''

Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan Into the Twilight In the Faëry Hills Rosc-catha Christmas Eve Nympholept The Garden of Fand Spring Fire In Memoriam November Woods Tintagel Summer Music The Happy Forest The Tale the Pine Trees Knew Northern Ballad No. 1 Northern Ballad No. 2 Prelude for a Solemn Occasion

''A Legend''

[Paul Ben-Haim]

Pan for soprano and orchestra, Op. 13
Yizkor for violin and orchestra

[Natanael Berg]

Traumgewalten
''Varde ljus!''

[Hector Berlioz]

Chasse royale et orage from the Opera ''Les Troyens''

[Franz Berwald]

Slaget vid Leipzig
Elfenspiel
Ernste und heitere Grillen
Erinnerung an die norwegischen Alpen
Bayaderen-Fest
''Wettlauf''

[Adolphe Biarent]

''Trenmor''

[Arthur H. Bird]

Eine Karneval-Szene, Op. 5

[Ernest Bloch]

Vivre-aimer
Hiver-printemps
''Voice in the Wilderness''

[Mel Bonis]

Salomé, Op. 100
Ophélie, Op. 165
Le Rêve de Cléopâtre, Op. 180

[Hjalmar Borgstrøm]

Hamlet, Op. 13
Jesus i Gethsemane, Op. 14
John Gabriel Borkman, Op. 15
Die Nacht der Toten, Op. 16
Tanken, Op. 26

[Alexander Borodin]

''In the Steppes of Central Asia''

[Sergei Bortkiewicz]

Othello, Op. 19

[Rutland Boughton]

A Summer Night
Imperial Elegy: Into the Everlasting
Troilus and Cressida
Love in Spring
Midnight for Chorus & Orchestra

[Lili Boulanger]

D'un matin de printemps
''D'un soir triste''

[York Bowen]

The Lament of Tasso, Op.5
Symphonic Fantasia, Op.16

[Henry Brant]

''Curriculum ll: Spatial Tone Poem''

[Havergal Brian]

Hero and Leander Op. 8 Humorous Legend on Three Blind Mice In Memoriam Doctor Merryheart Comedy Overture No. 1 The Battle Song

''Elegy''

[Frank Bridge]

Mid of the Night
Isabella
Summer
''Enter Spring''

[Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff]

''Manfred''

[Alfred Bruneau]

''La belle au bois dormant''

[Ferrucio Busoni]

Symphonisches Tongedicht, Op. 31a

[Alfredo Casella]

Pagine di Guerra for four-hand piano
A Notte Alta, Op. 30 for solo piano

[George Whitefield Chadwick]

Symphonic Sketches Cleopatra Aphrodite Symphonic Fantasy Tam o' Shanter, Symphonic Ballad

''Angel of Death''

[Ernest Chausson]

''Viviane''

[Frederic Cliffe]

''Cloud and Sunshine''

[James Cohn]

A Song of the Waters, Op. 53

[Claude Debussy]

[Frederick Delius]

Hiawatha

Three Small Tone-poems, VI/7

Summer Evening
Winter Night
Spring MorningPaa Vidderne, VI/10 Over the Hills and Far Away, VI/11 ; fantasy overture for orchestraParis: The Song of a Great City, VI/14 ; nocturne for orchestra

Two Pieces for Small Orchestra, VI/19

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Summer Night on the River

Eventyr (Once Upon a Time), VI/23 A Song of Summer, VI/26

[Felix Draeseke]

Julius Caesar
Frithjof
''Der Thunersee''

[Paul Dukas]

L'apprenti sorcier, symphonic scherzo after Goethe
''Le fil de parque''

Henri Duparc">Henri Duparc (composer)">Henri Duparc

Aux étoiles
''Lénore''

[Antonín Dvořák]

Rhapsody in A minor, Op. 14

Vodník, Op. 107
Polednice, Op. 108
Zlatý kolovrat, Op. 109
Holoubek, Op. 110
Píseň bohatýrská, Op. 111

George Dyson">George Dyson (composer)">George Dyson

''Siena''

[Edward Elgar]

Cockaigne (In London Town)
In the South (Alassio) Falstaff Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68

[Ben Emberley]

''Elagabalus, Op.19''

[George Enescu]

Isis Vox maris, Op. 31

[Óscar Esplá]

El sueño de Eros
''Don Quijote velando las armas''

[Harry Farjeon]

Mowgli
Summer Vision
''Pannychis''

[Lorenzo Ferrero]

La Nueva España, a set of six symphonic poems

[Zdeněk Fibich]

Othello, Op. 6 Spring, Op 13 Záboj, Slavoj a Luděk, Op. 37 The Tempest, Op. 46 Toman and the Wood Nymph, Op. 49

[Josef Bohuslav Foerster]

Mé Mládí, Op. 44
Jaro a touha, Op. 93

[César Franck]

Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, symphonic poem after Victor Hugo,
Rédemption, for soprano, chorus and orchestra, M. 52
Les Éolides, M. 43
Le Chasseur maudit, M. 44
Les Djinns, for piano and orchestra, M. 45
Psyché, for orchestra and chorus, M. 47

[Arthur Friedheim]

''Transitions''

[Edward German]

Hamlet
''The Willow Song''

[George Gershwin]

An American in Paris

''Cuban Overture''

[Ruth Gipps]

Knight in Armour, Op. 8
Death on a Pale Horse, Op. 25

[Alexander Glazunov]

Stenka Razin, Op. 13

[Reinhold Glière]

The Sirens, Op. 33 The Zaporozhy Cossacks, Op. 64 The Bequest, Op. 73

[Karl Goldmark]

Zrínyi, Op. 47

Geoffrey Gordon">Geoffrey Gordon (composer)">Geoffrey Gordon

''Shock Diamonds''

[Eugene Aynsley Goossens]

Perseus, Op. 3
The Eternal Rhythm, Op. 5

[Percy Grainger]

''Train Music''

[Čestmír Gregor]

Čekání
''Děti Daidalovy''

[Ferde Grofé]

Knute Rockne Rip Van Winkle Trylon and Perisphere

''Atlantic Crossing''

[Ernest Guiraud]

''Chasse fantastique''

[Henry Kimball Hadley]

Salome, Op. 55
Lucifer, Op. 66
Othello, Op. 96
The Ocean, Op. 99

[Howard Hanson]

Before the Dawn
Exaltation, Op. 20
North and West
Lux aeterna, Op. 24
Pan and the Priest, Op. 26

[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]

''Miserae''

[Hamilton Harty]

With the Wild Geese
''The Children of Lir''

Alfred Hill">Alfred Hill (composer)">Alfred Hill

''The Lost Hunter''

[Joseph Holbrooke]

The Raven, Op. 25
Ode to Victory. Op. 29
The Viking, Op. 32
Ulalume, Op. 35
The Birds of Rhiannon, Op. 87

[Lee Holdridge]

''Scenes of Summer''

[Augusta Holmès]

Hymne à Apollon
Les Argonautes
Irlande
Andromède
Pologne
''La Nuit et l'Amour''

[Gustav Holst]

Indra, Op 13 Egdon Heath, Op. 47

[Arthur Honegger]

Pastorale d'été Pacific 231 Symphonic Movement No. 1 Rugby Symphonic Movement No. 2

''Radio-panoramique''

[Alan Hovhaness]

Copernicus, Op. 338 Komachi 7 miniature tone poems for piano, Op. 240

[Airat Ichmouratov]

David of Sassoun, symphonic poem after Armenian epos, Op. 11 The Letter from an Unknown Woman, for Strings, Op. 56

[Vincent d'Indy]

La Divine Comédie
Poème des montagnes for piano, Op. 15
Istar, Op. 42

John Ireland">John Ireland (composer)">John Ireland

The Forgotten Rite

''Mai-Dun''

[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]

On the Volga, Op. 50

[Jānis Ivanovs]

Varavīksne
Lāčplēsis
Poema Luttuoso for string orchestra
''Novella Brevis''

[Charles Ives]

Central Park in the Dark The Unanswered Question

''The General Slocum''

[Zhu Jian'er]

Ode to the Motherland, Op. 13
Wonders of Naxi, Op. 25
Mountain Soul, Op. 39
A Hundred Years of Vicissitudes, Op. 41

[Dmitry Kabalevsky]

Spring, Op. 65
The Eternal Flame in Bryansk, Op. 85

[Manolis Kalomiris]

Minas, the Rebel Corsair of the Aegean
''The Death of the Valiant Woman''

[Artur Kapp]

''Saatus''

[Sigfrid Karg-Elert]

''Prinz Karneval''

[Mieczysław Karłowicz]

Returning Waves, Op. 9
Eternal Songs, Op. 10
Lithuanian Rhapsody, Op. 11
Stanisław i Anna Oświecimowie, Op. 12
A Sorrowful Tale, Op. 13
An Episode during Masquerade, Op. 14

[Hugo Kaun]

Vineta, Op. 16
Im Urwald, Op.43
Sir John Falstaff, Op. 60

[Paul von Klenau]

Paolo und Francesca
''Jahrmarkt bei London''

[Lev Knipper]

On the Mountain Pass
Tales about the New Land
''Letters to a Girl Friend''

[Victor Kolar]

Hiawatha
''A Fairy Tale''

[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]

Tomorrow for mezzo-soprano, women's choir and orchestra, Op. 31

[László Lajtha]

In Memoriam, Op. 35

[Artur Lemba]

''Symphonic Poem''

[Franz Liszt]

[William Lloyd Webber]

Aurora

[Sergei Lyapunov]

Zelazowa Wola, Op. 37
Hashish, Op. 53

[Borys Lyatoshynsky]

Возз’єднання, Op. 49 Grazyna, Op 58 На берегах Вислы, Op. 59 Lyric poem "To the Memory of Gliere", Op. 66

[Edward MacDowell]

Hamlet and Ophelia, Op. 22
Lancelot and Elaine, Op.25
Lamia, Op. 29
Die Sarazenen & Die schöne Aldâ, Op.30

[Leevi Madetoja]

Kullervo, Op. 15 Sammon ryöstö, for baritone and male choir, Op. 24 ; text from the KalevalaAslak Smaukka, for baritone and male choir, Op. 37 Väinämöisen kylvö, for soprano, Op. 46 ; text from the ''Kalevala''

[Frederik Magle]

''Cantabile suite''

Miguel Marqués">Miguel Marqués (composer)">Miguel Marqués

La Cova del Drach
En la Alhambra
La Vida
''Oceánica''

[Bohuslav Martinů]

Angel of Death H 17
Vanishing Midnight Cycle of symphonic poems H 131

[John Blackwood McEwen]

''Comala''

[Erkki Melartin]

Siikajoki, Op. 28
Traumgesicht, Op. 70
Patria, Op. 72

[Aarre Merikanto]

Lemminkäinen
Pan
Notturno
''The Abduction of Kyllikki''

[Olivier Messiaen]

''Jesus''

[Richard Mohaupt]

''Town Piper Music''

[Douglas Moore]

Moby Dick
''In Memoriam''

[Vano Muradeli]

''The Path of Victory''

[Modest Mussorgsky]

Night on the Bare Mountain

''Pictures at an Exhibition''

[Nikolai Myaskovsky]

Silence, after the fable by Edgar Allan Poe, Op. 9 Alastor, After the poem by Shelley, Op. 14

[Carl Nielsen]

Saga-Drøm, Op. 39

Pan og Syrinx, Op. 49
''En Fantasirejse til Færøerne''

[Ludolf Nielsen]

Regnar Lodbrog, Op. 2
Sommernatsstemning!
In Memoriam
Babelstaarnet, Op.35
''Hjortholm''

[Zygmunt Noskowski]

Step, Op. 66

[Vítězslav Novák]

V Tatrách, Op. 26
O večné touze, Op. 33, after Hans Christian Andersen
Toman a lesní panna, Op. 40
Pan for solo piano, Op. 43
De Profundis, Op. 67

[Feliks Nowowiejski]

Three Symphonic Poems, Op. 17
* 1. Beatrice
* 2. Nina and Pergolesi
* 3. ''The Death of Helena''

Ole Olsen">Ole Olsen (composer)">Ole Olsen

Asgaardsreien, Op. 10
Alfedans, Op. 14

[Otakar Ostrčil]

Pohádka o Šemíku, Op. 3
Léto, Op. 23

[John Knowles Paine]

The Tempest, Op. 31
Poseidon and Amphitrite, Op. 44
''Lincoln''

[Hubert Parry]

''From Death to Life''

[Florence Price]

Ethiopia's Shadow in America
''Songs of the Oak''

[Henri Rabaud]

Procession nocturne, Op. 6

[Sergei Rachmaninoff]

Manfred
Prince Rostislav
The Rock, Op. 7 Isle of the Dead, Op. 29

[Joachim Raff]

Volker for violin and piano, Op. 203

[Osmo Tapio Räihälä]

Ardbeg
Barlinnie Nine
''Rautasade''

[Ture Rangström]

Dithyramb
Ett Midsommarstycke
En Höstsång
''Havet Sjunger''

[Max Reger]

Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin for orchestra, Op. 128

[Cemal Reşit Rey]

Bebek Efsanesi, symphonic poem for orchestraKaragözDenizciler Marşı BaşlayışÇağrılışFatihTürkiye

''Ellinci Yıla Giriş''

[Ottorino Respighi]

Fontane di Roma, P 106 ; part I of Respighi's Roman TrilogyBallata delle gnomidi, P 124
Pini di Roma, P 141 ; part II of Respighi's Roman Trilogy
Feste Romane, P 157 ; part III of Respighi's ''Roman Trilogy''

[Silvestre Revueltas]

Cuauhnáhuac Esquinas Janitzio

''Sensemayá''

[Josef Gabriel Rheinberger]

Wallenstein, Op. 10

[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]

Sadko Musical picture, Op.5 Antar Op. 9 Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op. 35 Flight of the Bumblebee Orchestral interlude from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan Night on Mount Triglav from the opera ''Mlada''

[Albert Roussel]

La Menace, Op. 9
Evocations, Op. 15
Elpénor, Op. 59

[Anton Rubinstein]

Faust, Op. 68
Ivan the Terrible, Op. 79
Don Quixote, Op. 87

[Joseph Ryelandt]

La Noche Oscura, Op. 25
Idylle mystique, Op. 30
Gethsemani, Op 42

[Camille Saint-Saëns]

Spartacus
Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31
Phaéton, Op. 39
Danse macabre, Op. 40
La Jeunesse d'Hercule, Op. 50
La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132

[Vadim Salmanov]

''Forest''

[Giacinto Scelsi]

Rotative for three pianos, winds and percussion

[Philipp Scharwenka]

Herbstfeier, Op. 44

[Ernest Schelling]

Légende Symphonique
''Morocco''

[Arnold Schoenberg]

Frühlings Tod
Verklärte Nacht, Op.4
Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5

Georg Schumann">Georg Schumann (composer)">Georg Schumann

Im Ringen um ein Ideal, Op. 66

[Cyril Scott]

''Disaster at Sea''

[Alexander Scriabin]

The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 ; often listed as Symphony No. 4
Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60 ; often listed as Symphony No. 5

[Johanna Senfter]

Tonstück, Op. 102
Folge von heiteren stücke, Op. 130

[Dmitri Shostakovich]

From Karl Marx to Our Own Days for solo voices, chorus and orchestra
The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op. 119
October, Op. 131

[Jean Sibelius]

One of the most prolific contributors to the genre; compositions marked with an asterisk were inspired by Finnish mythology:Kullervo, Op. 7 * En saga, Op. 9 Spring Song, Op. 16 The Wood Nymph, Op. 15 Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 *

Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island *
The Swan of Tuonela *
Lemminkäinen in Tuonela *
Lemminkäinen's Return *Finlandia, Op. 26 ; arranged from Press Celebrations Music, JS 137Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 *Nightride and Sunrise, Op. 55 The Dryad, Op. 45/1 Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestra, Op. 70 ; text from the Kalevala *The Bard, Op. 64 The Oceanides, Op. 73 Tapiola, Op. 112 *

[Bedřich Smetana]

Richard III, Op. 11/JB 1:70 Valdštýnův tábor, Op. 14/JB 1:72

Hakon Jarl, Op. 16/JB 1:79 Má vlast, JB 1:112 ; a cycle of six symphonic poems

Vyšehrad
Vltava
Šárka
Z českých luhů a hájů
Tábor
''Blaník''

David Stanley Smith">David Stanley Smith (composer)">David Stanley Smith

Darkness and Dawn, Op. 5
The Djinns
The Golden Age, Op.40
Vision of Isaiah, Op. 58
Credo, Op. 85
Triumph and peace for solo organ, Op. 88
The Apostle, Op. 92

Charlotte Sohy

Danse mystique, Op. 19

[William Grant Still]

Darker America Africa Dismal Swamp Kaintuck

''Poem for Orchestra''

[Richard Strauss]

One of the most prolific contributors to the genre. He preferred the term "tone poem," rather than "symphonic poem."Aus Italien, Op. 16 Don Juan, Op. 20 Macbeth, Op. 23

Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Don Quixote, Op. 35 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

[Igor Stravinsky]

''Le chant du rossignol''

George Templeton Strong">George Templeton Strong (composer)">George Templeton Strong

Dance of the Dead, Op.11
Darkness, Op.13
Spring
Undine, Op. 14
On the Ocean
The Night
To the Fields
Le Roi Arthur
Une Vie d'Artiste
''The Voyage''

Josef Suk">Josef Suk (composer)">Josef Suk

Praga, Op. 26

Pohádka Léta, Op. 29 Ripening, Op. 34
''Cycle of Symphonic Poems from Czech History''

[Heikki Suolahti]

Hades, Op. 10

[Evgeny Svetlanov]

Daybreak in the Field
Daugava
Azov Mountain, Op.10
''The Red Guelder-Rose''

[Sergei Taneyev]

''Oresteia''

[Karl Tausig]

Manfred, after Byron
''Der Triumph der Liebe''

[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]

The Storm, Op. 76 Fatum, Op. 77 Romeo and Juliet, overture-fantasy after Shakespeare, TH 42 Francesca da Rimini, symphonic fantasia after Dante, Op. 32 The Tempest, symphonic fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18 Marche slave, Op. 31 Hamlet, overture-fantasy, Op. 67a The Voyevoda, Op. 78