List of symphony composers
This is a list of composers who have written symphonies, listed in chronological order by year of birth, alphabetical within year. It includes only composers of significant fame, notability or importance who have Wikipedia articles. For lists of music composers by other classifications, see Lists of composers.
1600–1699
- Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer of 18 sinfonias scored for eight unspecified instruments which were published in 1610 in his opus 18 collection Sinfonie musicali.
- Leonora Duarte, Flemish composer from a Portuguese Jewish family who composed 7 sinfonias scored for five viols sometime between 1625 and 1650 which survive in a manuscript held at the Christ Church College Library at Oxford University.
- Antonio Caldara, Italian composer of a dozen sinfonie.
- Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist, singer, and composer of eight sinfonie
- Giovanni Porta, Italian composer of a sinfonia in D.
- Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist, teacher, cleric, and composer of 21 string sinfonie
- Christoph Graupner, German composer of at least 113 symphonies
- Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, Italian composer of the Sinfonia Teatrale.
- Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer of numerous sinfonie.
- Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer famous for keyboard sonatas but also a writer of sinfonie for strings.
- Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer of 7 sinfonie
- Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer of at least 19 symphonies for strings
- Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Italian composer of at least 6 symphonies
- Giovanni Antonio Giay, Italian composer of 5 symphonies
- Leonardo Vinci, Italian composer known for opera, but writer of a sinfonia for strings.
- Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer of a sinfonia in A.
- Christoph Förster, German composer of at least 15 symphonies
- Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer of at least 21 symphonies
- Johann Melchior Molter, German composer of more than 140 symphonies
- Andrea Zani, Italian violinist and composer of the earliest securely dated symphonies
- Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer, teacher, and composer of six symphonies
1700–1749
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian oboist, organist, choirmaster, teacher, and composer of at least 67 symphonies
- Johan Agrell, German-Swedish composer of at least 22 symphonies
- Johann Gottlieb Graun, German violinist and composer of about 100 symphonies
- Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer of 1 symphony
- Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer of at least 3 symphonies
- Andrea Bernasconi, Italian composer of about 20 symphonies
- Antonio Brioschi, Italian composer of at least 26 symphonies
- Carl Höckh, German composer of 11 symphonies
- Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian composer of 24 symphonies
- Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Silesian composer of at least 7 symphonies
- Johann Adolf Scheibe, German-Danish composer of more than 70 symphonies
- Franz Benda, Bohemian composer of 17 symphonies
- Franz Xaver Richter, Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor, music theoretician, and composer of at least 69 symphonies
- Christoph Schaffrath, German composer of at least 5 symphonies
- Thomas Arne, British composer of roughly a dozen symphonies originally written as overtures to stage works
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, and a German composer of 8 symphonies
- Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer of at least 3 symphonies
- William Boyce, 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, French composer of 6 symphonies
- Ignaz Holzbauer, Austro-German composer of 69 symphonies
- Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, composer of 4 symphonies
- Antoine Dauvergne, French composer of 4 symphonies
- Johann Ludwig Krebs, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer of 17 symphonies, with several more being also attributed to him
- Christoph Willibald Gluck, German opera reformer of at least several symphonies
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer of several symphonies
- Georg Matthias Monn, composer of the first symphony with a minuet as the third movement
- Johann Stamitz, Czech composer of 58 symphonies, and the first composer to regularly include a minuet as the third movement
- Wenzel Raimund Birck, Austrian composer of pre-Classical "sinfonie", as well as a few symphonies of the evolved form
- Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist and composer who wrote symphonies in which he included French horns
- Georg Benda, Czech composer of about 30 symphonies
- Carl Friedrich Abel, German viola da gamba virtuoso and composer, later active in London, wrote 43 symphonies, one of which was misattributed in the 19th century to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as his Symphony No. 3
- Johann Hartmann, Danish composer of 4 symphonies, grandfather of Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
- Johann Wilhelm Hertel, German composer of many symphonies
- Florian Leopold Gassmann, German-speaking Bohemian composer of 32 symphonies
- Pierre van Maldere, Belgian composer of about 45 symphonies
- František Xaver Pokorný, Bohemian composer of about 140 symphonies, 104 of which were deliberately misattributed to other composers in 1796 by Theodor von Schacht
- Jean-Baptiste Cardonne, French composer of at least 2 symphonies
- John Valentine, English composer of Eight Easy Symphonies
- Christian Cannabich, German composer of the Mannheim school, who wrote about 70 symphonies
- František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer of 37 symphonies
- Gaetano Pugnani, Italian violinist and composer of at least 12 symphonies
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, of German composer of 28 symphonies, most of which are lost. He was the fifth son of Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer, one of the best-known Classical composers of symphonies, he wrote 106 examples, combining wit and structural clarity
- Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer of at least 33 symphonies
- Anton Fils, German composer who wrote at least 40 symphonies for the Mannheim orchestra
- Franz Ignaz Beck, German composer of about 25 symphonies
- François-Joseph Gossec, French composer of over 60 symphonies
- Karl von Ordoñez, Austrian composer of some 73 symphonies
- Luka Sorkočević, Croatian composer of 8 symphonies
- Johann Christian Bach, German composer, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, wrote at least 28 symphonies
- John Collett, British composer of 6 symphonies
- Ernst Wilhelm Wolf, German composer of at least 12 symphonies
- Ignaz Fränzl, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Michael Haydn, Austrian composer of 41 symphonies.
- Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer of over 45 symphonies
- Antonio Boroni, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- William Herschel, German-born British astronomer, and composer of 18 symphonies for small orchestra and 6 symphonies for large orchestra
- Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer of several symphonies
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer of at least 120 symphonies
- Johann Baptist Wanhal, Bohemian composer of 51 published symphonies
- Ernst Eichner, German composer of 31 symphonies
- Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer of at least 8 surviving symphonies
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer of 12 symphonies
- Wenzel Pichl, Austrian composer of about 89 symphonies
- Henri-Joseph Rigel, German–French composer of at least 15 symphonies
- Simon Le Duc, French composer of at least 4 surviving symphonies
- Anton Ferdinand Titz, German composer of symphonies
- Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer of about 30 symphonies
- Marianna Martines, Spanish-descended Austrian composer of a Sinfonia in C major in three movements
- John Abraham Fisher, English composer of 6 symphonies
- Maxim Berezovsky, Ukrainian composer of at least 1 symphony
- Gaetano Brunetti, Italian composer of at least 29 symphonies
- Chevalier de Saint-Georges, French composer of 2 symphonies and 8 Symphonies concertantes
- Georg Druschetzky, Czech composer of at least 27 symphonies
- Carl Stamitz, composer of over 50 symphonies
- Josef Bárta, Czech composer of 13 symphonies
- Giuseppe Cambini, Italian violinist and composer of about 90 symphonies
- Felice Alessandri, Italian composer of 6 symphonies
- Leopold Koželuch, Czech composer of about 30 symphonies
- Josef Fiala, Bohemian composer of several symphonies
- Theodor von Schacht, German composer of at least 33 symphonies
- Georg Joseph Vogler, German composer of 1 symphony
1750–1799
- Antonio Rosetti, Bohemian composer, wrote about 50 symphonies
- Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, German composer of at least 24 symphonies
- William Smethergell, English composer of two sets of six overture-symphonies
- Muzio Clementi, Italian-British composer of as many as twenty symphonies of which only six survive, 2 with opus numbers and 4 without.
- Justin Heinrich Knecht, German composer of 1 symphony
- John Marsh, English composer of at least 39 symphonies
- Ambrogio Minoja, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French composer of at least 9 concertante symphonies for several instruments
- Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer of over 50 symphonies
- Peter Winter, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick, Belgian composer of 1 symphony and 1 concertante symphony for clarinet, bassoon and orchestra
- Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer of over 20 symphonies, not all of which survive
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, one of the best-known Classical symphonists. Wrote around 50 symphonies, 41 of which are numbered
- Johann Vogel, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Pavel Vranický, Bohemian composer of about 50 symphonies
- Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer, publisher, and piano maker, wrote 41 symphonies
- Alessandro Rolla, Italian composer of symphonies
- António Leal Moreira, Portuguese composer of 3 orchestral symphonies and 1 for six organs
- François Devienne, French flautist and composer of 1 symphony and 8 concertante symphonies
- Franz Krommer, Czech composer of at least 10 symphonies
- Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer of the Symphony in D major.
- Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen, German-born Danish composer of 1 symphony
- Antonín Vranický, Czech composer of at least 15 symphonies, half-brother of Pavel Vranický
- Paul Alday, French-Irish composer of 2 symphonies written in Dublin, circa 1819.
- Franz Danzi, German composer of at least 6 symphonies, plus several sinfonie concertante
- Adalbert Gyrowetz, Bohemian composer of around 60 symphonies, many of them commissioned by Johann Peter Salomon in London.
- Étienne Méhul, French composer of at least 4 symphonies
- Anton Eberl, Austrian composer of 5 symphonies
- Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
- Samuel Wesley, English composer of 6 symphonies
- Francesco Basili, Italian composer of at least 1 symphony
- Andreas Romberg, German composer of 10 symphonies of which only 6 survive, 4 with opus numbers and 2 without.
- Bernhard Romberg, German composer of 4 symphonies
- Carlos Baguer, Spanish composer of 19 symphonies
- Carl Andreas Göpfert, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Józef Elsner, Polish composer of 8 symphonies
- Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer of 4 symphonies featuring guitar
- Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer of 9 symphonies, of which the ninth 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 is sometimes referred to as the "Battle Symphony."
- Anton Reicha, Czech–French composer of at least 12 symphonies
- Friedrich Witt, German composer of 23 symphonies
- Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer of 3 symphonies
- Antonio Casimir Cartellieri, Polish–Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
- Johann Wilhelm Wilms, German-born Dutch composer of 7 symphonies
- William Horsley, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Václav Jan Tomášek, Czech composer of 3 symphonies
- Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, German-born Danish composer of 7 symphonies
- João Domingos Bomtempo, Portuguese composer of 2 symphonies
- William Crotch, English composer of 2 symphonies
- E. T. A. Hoffmann, German writer and composer of 1 symphony
- Joseph Küffner, German composer of 7 symphonies
- Sigismund von Neukomm, Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
- Fernando Sor, Spanish composer of 3 symphonies
- Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish composer of 4 finished and 1 unfinished symphonies
- José Eulalio Samayoa, Guatemalan composer of 3 extant symphonies
- François-Joseph Fétis, Belgian musicologist and composer of 2 symphonies
- George Onslow, French composer of 4 symphonies in a style combining echoes of Beethoven and Schubert
- Ferdinand Ries, German composer of 8 symphonies, 1 of which is unpublished
- Louis Spohr, German composer of 10 symphonies
- Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer of 1 symphony
- Henry Bishop, English composer of 1 symphony
- Friedrich Schneider, German composer of 23 symphonies
- Carl Maria von Weber, German composer of 2 symphonies, both in C major.
- Johann Peter Pixis, German pianist and composer of 1 symphony
- Friedrich Ernst Fesca, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, German composer of 1 symphony plus a Sinfonia concertante for four violins and orchestra
- Karol Lipiński, Polish violinist and composer of 3 symphonies
- Carl Czerny, Austrian composer of 7 symphonies
- Ferdinand Hérold, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer of 1 symphony
- Jan Václav Voříšek, Czech composer of 1 symphony
- Cipriani Potter, English composer of 9 symphonies
- Anselm Hüttenbrenner, Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
- Ignaz Moscheles, Czech composer of 1 symphony
- Franz Berwald, Swedish composer of 4 numbered symphonies, preceded by a Symphony in A major, of which only a fragment of the first movement is extant—see Category of Berwald symphonies.
- Carl Loewe, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Giovanni Pacini, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer of at least 15 symphonies
- Franz Schubert, Austrian composer of 7 complete symphonies ; two completed movements from the eighth 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 Schubert's symphonies and Category of Schubert symphonies.
- John Griesbach, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, German composer of one symphony
1800–1849
- Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer of 8 symphonies
- John Lodge Ellerton, English composer of 6 symphonies
- Jan Křtitel Václav Kalivoda or Johann Baptist Wenzel Kalliwoda, Czech composer of 7 symphonies
- Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Swedish composer of 2 symphonies
- Bernhard Molique, German composer of 1 symphony
- Hector Berlioz, French composer of 4 unnumbered, programmatic symphonies: Symphonie fantastique, perhaps the first true programmatic symphony; Harold en Italie, for viola obbligato and orchestra; Roméo et Juliette, a choral symphony with parts for contralto and tenor soloists; and, Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, scored for concert band, solo trombone, and chorus and strings.
- Franz Lachner, German composer of 8 symphonies
- Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer of 2 unfinished symphonies, the first completed by Petr Klimov and the second On Two Russian Themes by Vissarion Shebalin
- Sir Julius Benedict, German–British composer of 2 symphonies
- Louise Farrenc, French composer of 3 symphonies
- Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Danish composer of 2 symphonies
- Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer of 1 symphony
- Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, Danish composer of 1 symphony
- Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Polish composer of 2 symphonies
- Hilarión Eslava, Spanish composer of 1 symphony
- Gottfried von Preyer, Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
- Napoléon Henri Reber, French composer of 4 symphonies
- Michael William Balfe, Irish composer of 1 symphony
- Charles Lucas, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Felix Mendelssohn, German composer of 5 numbered symphonies, the second of which is a "symphony-cantata" that includes parts for chorus, two sopranos, and tenor in the final ten of its thirteen movements—see Category of Mendelssohn symphonies. In addition, he completed 13 symphonies for strings.
- Thomas Molleson Mudie, English composer of 6 symphonies
- Fredrik Pacius, German–Finnish composer a Symphony in D minor
- Norbert Burgmüller, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Otto Nicolai, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Robert Schumann, German composer of 4 symphonies, as well as an earlier incomplete Symphony in G minor —see Category of Schumann symphonies.
- Félicien David, French composer of 3 symphonies, as well as the choral symphony Le désert, which includes parts for speaker, tenor soloist, and male chorus.
- Ferdinand Hiller, German composer of 4 symphonies
- Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer of 2 unnumbered, programmatic symphonies, of which the Faust Symphony includes male chorus and parts for organ and tenor soloist, while the Dante Symphony includes women's chorus and a soprano soloist.
- Wilhelm Taubert, German composer of 4 symphonies
- Karl Graedener, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Emilie Mayer, German composer of 8 symphonies
- Julius Rietz, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Johann Rufinatscha, Austrian composer of 5 symphonies
- William Henry Fry, American composer of 7 symphonies
- George Alexander Macfarren, English composer of 9 symphonies
- Richard Wagner, German composer of the Symphony in C major, as well as sketches for a Symphony in E major
- Mihály Mosonyi, Hungarian composer of 2 symphonies
- Robert Volkmann, German composer of 2 symphonies
- August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
- Franz Krenn, Austrian composer of 1 symphony
- Sir William Sterndale Bennett, English composer of 5 symphonies
- Johannes Verhulst, Dutch composer of 1 symphony
- Édouard Deldevez, French composer of at least 3 symphonies
- Eduard Franck, German composer of 4 symphonies, of which Nos. 1 and 2 are lost
- Niels Gade, Danish composer of 8 symphonies
- Fritz Spindler, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Charles Gounod, French composer of 2 numbered symphonies as well as a Petite symphonie for nine wind instruments.
- Carl Helsted, Danish composer of 1 symphony
- Théodore Gouvy, French composer of 9 symphonies
- Laura Wilson Barker, English composer of 1 symphony
- Oscar Byström, Swedish composer of 1 symphony
- August Conradi, German composer of 5 symphonies
- César Franck, Belgian composer of the Symphony in D minor, known for its use of cyclic form.
- Joachim Raff, Swiss-born German composer of 11 numbered symphonies, of which the eleventh is unfinished. Also symphonic is the Grand Symphony in E minor, of which only two of the five movements are extant—see Category of Raff symphonies— and the Sinfonietta for wind band of 1873, believed to be the earliest work to be designated a Sinfonietta
- Carl Martin Reinthaler, German composer of 1 symphony
- Édouard Lalo, French composer of the Symphony in G minor, as well as the concertante work Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra, Op. 21
- Emanuel Abraham Aguilar, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer of 9 numbered symphonies, many of which—due to edits, cuts, and revisions—exist in multiple editions. The ninth is only partially complete, Bruckner having left the finale unfinished. In addition, two completed, unnumbered symphonies survive: the Study Symphony in F minor and the Symphony in D minor. Finally, sketches for a Symphony in B-flat major also survive—see List of symphonies by Anton Bruckner and Category of Bruckner symphonies.
- Carl Reinecke, German composer of 3 numbered symphonies plus a symphony in G major and a Kinder–Sinfonie.
- Adolphe Samuel, Belgian composer of 7 symphonies
- Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer of the Triumphal Symphony
- Richard Wüerst, German composer of 3 symphonies
- George Frederick Bristow, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Richard Hol, Dutch composer of 4 symphonies
- Walter Cecil Macfarren, English composer of 1 symphony
- Ernst Pauer, Austrian composer of 1 symphony
- Hugo Staehle, German composer of 1 symphony
- Julius Otto Grimm, German composer of 1 symphony
- Hugo Ulrich, German composer of two symphonies
- Ludwig Meinardus, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Woldemar Bargiel, German composer of 1 symphony
- Pietro Platania, Italian composer of 3 symphonies
- Albert Dietrich, German composer of 1 symphony
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer of 2 symphonies: Symphonie romantique "A Night in the Tropics" and "À Montevideo"
- Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer of 6 symphonies
- Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Karl Goldmark, Hungarian composer of 2 symphonies
- Eduard Lassen, Danish–Belgian composer of 2 symphonies
- Robert Radecke, German composer of 1 symphony
- Henry Charles Banister, English composer of 4 symphonies
- Johann von Herbeck, Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
- Salomon Jadassohn, German composer of 4 symphonies
- Ludvig Norman, Swedish composer, conductor, pianist who wrote 3 symphonies
- Johann Joseph Abert, German composer of 7 symphonies
- Leopold Damrosch, German–American conductor and composer of 1 symphony
- Alexander Borodin, Russian composer of 2 symphonies, as well as sketches for two movements to a third symphony—subsequently orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov.
- Johannes Brahms, German composer—considered by Eduard Hanslick to be the artistic heir of Beethoven—of 4 symphonies, of which the first is sometimes referred to as "Beethoven's Tenth" —see Category of Brahms symphonies.
- Albert Becker, German composer of 1 symphony
- Vilém Blodek, Czech composer of 1 symphony
- Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer of 2 symphonies
- Felix Draeseke, German composer of 4 symphonies
- Ebenezer Prout, English composer of 4 symphonies
- Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer of 3 numbered symphonies, of which the third includes a part for organ; he also completed two unnumbered symphonies, in A major and F major, respectively.
- Bernhard Scholz, German composer of 2 symphonies
- August Winding, Danish composer of 1 symphony
- Emil Hartmann, Danish composer of 7 symphonies
- Mily Balakirev, Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- John Francis Barnett, English composer of 1 symphony
- Théodore Dubois, French composer of 3 symphonies
- Alexandre Guilmant, French composer of 2 symphonies for organ and orchestra, which are versions of his 1st and the 8th organ sonatas, respectively
- Alfred Holmes, English composer of 6 symphonies
- Karl Adolf Lorenz, German composer of 1 symphony
- Heinrich Urban, German composer of 1 symphony
- Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist and composer of 1 symphony
- Georges Bizet, French composer of 2 symphonies. The composer referred to the second as Roma, although it is classified often as a suite.
- Max Bruch, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Alexis de Castillon, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Heinrich Schulz-Beuthen, German composer of 8 symphonies
- Ferdinand Thieriot, German composer of 9 symphonies plus a sinfonietta
- Friedrich Gernsheim, German composer of 4 symphonies
- Henry Holmes, English composer of 5 symphonies
- Victorin de Joncières, French composer of 1 symphony
- Eduard Nápravník, Czech–Russian composer of 4 symphonies
- John Knowles Paine, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner composer of 2 symphonies
- Alice Mary Smith, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Samuel de Lange jr., Dutch composer of 5 symphonies
- Hermann Goetz, German composer of 1 symphony
- Ernst Rudorff, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Johan Svendsen, Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer of 6 numbered symphonies; the programmatic Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 is unnumbered; a seventh symphony, in E, was abandoned in 1892, with the first movement re-scored in 1894 by the composer as Allegro Brillante for piano and orchestra—see Category of Tchaikovsky symphonies.
- Elfrida Andrée, Swedish composer of 2 orchestral and 2 organ symphonies
- Giovanni Bolzoni, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer of 9 symphonies; many of his symphonies utilize Bohemian folk elements, while the ninth was inspired by Native American music and African-American spirituals—see Category of Dvořák symphonies.
- Giovanni Sgambati, Italian composer of 2 numbered symphonies plus "Sinfonia-Epitalamio" and "Sinfonia Festosa"
- Arrigo Boito, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- Heinrich Hofmann, German composer of 1 symphony
- Ödön Mihalovich, Hungarian composer of 4 symphonies
- Arthur Sullivan, British composer of 1 symphony
- Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer of the Symphony in C minor, as well as sketches for a second.
- Asger Hamerik, Danish conductor and composer of 8 symphonies
- Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer of 8 symphonies
- Charles Lefebvre, French composer of 1 symphony
- Miguel Marqués, Spanish composer of 5 symphonies
- Hermann Graedener, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Émile Paladilhe, French composer of 1 symphony
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer of 3 symphonies, the second of which the composer later reclassified as a symphonic suite; in addition, he left sketches for two other symphonies.
- Charles-Marie Widor, French composer of 6 orchestral symphonies and 10 symphonies for organ
- August Bungert, German composer of 1 symphony
- Anastazy Wilhelm Dreszer, Polish composer of 2 symphonies
- Gabriel Fauré, French composer of 1 symphony
- Ignaz Brüll, Austrian composer of 1 symphony
- William W. Gilchrist, American composer of at least one symphony
- Zygmunt Noskowski, Polish composer of 3 symphonies
- Thomas Wingham, English composer of 4 symphonies
- Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
- Johannes Haarklou, Norwegian composer of 4 symphonies
- August Klughardt, German composer of 6 symphonies. The first one, titled Waldleben was withdrawn
- Otto Malling, Danish composer of 1 symphony
- Hubert Parry, British composer of 5 symphonies
- Henri Dallier, French organist and composer of 1 symphony
- Benjamin Godard, French composer of 5 symphonies
- Arnold Krug, German composer of 2 symphonies
1850–1899
- Tomás Bretón, Spanish composer of 3 symphonies
- Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer of 3 symphonies ; sketches for three other symphonic projects are also extant: two symphonies from his student years, in E-flat major and G minor ; and, one symphonic fragment from the year of his death
- Jacob Adolf Hägg, Swedish composer of 4 symphonies
- Iver Holter, Norwegian composer of a Symphony in F major
- Peter Lange-Müller, Danish composer of 2 symphonies
- Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer of 1 symphony
- Ole Olsen, Norwegian composer of a Symphony in G major
- Xaver Scharwenka, German–Polish composer of a Symphony in C minor
- Antonio Scontrino, Italian composer of 2 symphonies
- Alexander Taneyev, Russian composer of 3 symphonies
- Anton Urspruch, German composer of a Symphony in E-flat major
- Victor Bendix, Danish composer of 4 symphonies
- Jan Blockx, Belgian composer of a Symphony in D major
- Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer of a Symphony in D minor
- Vincent d'Indy, French composer of 3 numbered symphonies; also symphonic is the Symphony on a French Mountain Air, for piano and orchestra, Op. 25 and the programmatic symphony Jean Hundaye, Op. 5.
- Mykhailo Kalachevsky, Ukrainian composer of a Symphony called
Ukrainian - Antoni Stolpe, Polish composer of a Symphony in A minor
- Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, British composer of 6 symphonies and a sinfonietta
- Hans Huber, Swiss composer of 8 numbered symphonies, plus an A major symphony
- Charles Villiers Stanford, British composer of 7 symphonies
- Hans von Koessler, German composer of 2 symphonies
- André Messager, French composer of a Symphony in A major
- Jean Louis Nicodé, German composer of 1 symphony
- George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Robert Brydges Addison, composer of 1 symphony
- Moritz Moszkowski, German pianist and composer of 1 symphony
- Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer of 3 symphonies
- Ernest Chausson, French composer of the Symphony in B-flat major, as well as sketches for a second
- Michele Esposito, Italian composer of 2 symphonies
- Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Köstritz, German composer of 6 symphonies
- Julius Röntgen, Dutch composer of 21 symphonies
- Arthur Bird, American composer of 1 symphony
- André Gedalge, French composer of 4 symphonies
- Robert Kajanus, Finnish composer of a Sinfonietta for Strings in B-flat major ; the Kalevala-based symphonic poem Aino, for male chorus and orchestra, is often misclassified as a symphony.
- Giuseppe Martucci, Italian composer of 2 symphonies
- Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer of 4 symphonies
- Sergei Taneyev, Russian composer of 4 symphonies
- George Templeton Strong, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Cécile Chaminade, French composer of 1 symphony
- Frederic Cliffe, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Sir Edward Elgar, English composer of 2 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, as a "symphony for chorus and orchestra," although it is classified typically as a cantata.
- Edgar Stillman Kelley, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Sylvio Lazzari, French composer of a Symphony in E-flat major
- Catharinus Elling, Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies
- Richard Franck, German composer of 1 symphony
- Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist and composer of 4 symphonies
- Hans Rott, Austrian composer of a Symphony in E major, as well as a Symphony for Strings in A-flat major ; the composer also left sketches for a second symphony
- Harry Rowe Shelley, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Algernon Ashton, English composer of 5 symphonies
- Max Fiedler, German conductor and composer of 1 symphony
- Gerard von Brucken Fock, Dutch composer of 3 symphonies
- Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Czech composer of 5 symphonies
- Eugène d'Harcourt, French composer of 3 symphonies
- Alexander Ilyinsky, Russian composer of 1 symphony
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer of 2 symphonies plus a "Sinfonietta for Orchestra"
- Sergei Lyapunov, Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- Pietro Floridia, Italian–American composer of 1 symphony
- Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer of a Symphony in E minor
- Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer of 9 numbered symphonies, the third of which is his longest symphony at approximately 105 minutes, while the eighth calls for three choirs and eight vocal soloists ; 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, is classified as an unnumbered symphony.
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish composer of a Symphony in B minor, Op. 24
- Emil von Reznicek, Austrian composer of 5 symphonies
- William Wallace, Scottish composer of a "Creation Symphony"
- Felix Woyrsch, German composer of 7 symphonies
- Anton Arensky, Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- Wilhelm Berger, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Georgy Catoire, Russian composer of a Symphony in C minor
- Ludwig Thuille, Austrian composer of a Symphony in F major
- Léon Boëllmann, French composer of a Symphony in F major
- Claude Debussy, French composer of a two-movement Symphony in B minor, scored for piano four-hands, as well as La mer, a set of three "symphonic sketches" that the composer occasionally referred to as a symphony
- Maurice Emmanuel, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Edward German, English composer of 2 symphonies, as well as sketches for an abandoned Symphony in B-flat major, some material from which was incorporated into the Second
- Friedrich Koch, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Alberto Williams, Argentine composer of 9 symphonies
- Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer of a Symphony in C minor, À la mémoire des chers défunts
- Hugo Kaun, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Emánuel Moór, Hungarian composer of 8 symphonies
- Horatio Parker, American composer of 1 symphony
- Arthur Somervell, English composer of a Symphony in D minor, Thalassa
- Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer of 2 symphonies
- Felix Weingartner, Austrian composer of 7 symphonies and a sinfonietta
- Eugen d'Albert, German composer of a Symphony in F major
- Hjalmar Borgstrøm, Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies
- Louis Glass, Danish composer of 6 symphonies, of which the Second includes parts for male chorus and organ
- Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer of 5 symphonies ; sketches exist for an unfinished Sixth
- Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer of 3 symphonies
- Alexandre Levy, Brazilian composer of a Symphony in E minor
- Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer of a Symphony in G minor
- Guy Ropartz, French composer of 5 symphonies, of which the Third include parts for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, and mixed chorus; also symphonic is the Petite symphonie, for orchestra
- Richard Strauss, German composer of 2 early conventional symphonies; also of 2 program symphonies of his maturity, symphonic in name and scale if not traditional technique; namely the multi-section symphonic poems Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 and An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64. His Sonatina No. 2 for 16 Wind Instruments was given the title Symphony for Wind Instruments by the publisher, though the composer did not use the word.
- August de Boeck, Belgian composer of a Symphony in G major
- Paul Dukas, French composer of a Symphony in C major
- Paul Gilson, Belgian composer of 3 symphonies and La Mer
- Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer of 8 symphonies, as well as sketches for a ninth —see Category of Glazunov symphonies.
- Albéric Magnard, French composer of 4 symphonies
- Carl Nielsen, Danish composer of 6 symphonies, of which the Third utilizes a vocalise for soprano and baritone in its second movement—see Category of Nielsen symphonies
- Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer of 7 symphonies, of which the Seventh erodes the traditional subdivisions of sonata form; the composer also destroyed sketches for an unfinished eighth in the 1930s. In addition, the choral work Kullervo and Lemminkäinen —both based upon Kalevala myths—are classified occasionally as unnumbered, programmatic symphonies—see Category of Sibelius symphonies
- Waldemar von Baußnern, German composer of 8 symphonies and 1 chamber symphony
- Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- Georg Schumann, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Percy Sherwood, English composer of five symphonies
- Amy Beach, American composer of the Gaelic Symphony, the first such work to be composed by a female American composer
- Christian Danning, Danish composer of 3 symphonies
- Charles Koechlin, French composer of 5 symphonies
- Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer of 5 symphonies
- Ewald Straesser, German composer of 6 symphonies
- Gustav Strube, German–American composer of 2 symphonies
- Granville Bantock, British composer of 4 unnumbered symphonies, chronologically as: the Hebridean Symphony ; the Pagan Symphony ; The Cyprian Goddess ; and the Celtic Symphony, for string orchestra and harps
- Hermann Bischoff, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Frederic Lamond, Scottish pianist and composer of 1 symphony
- Sir John Blackwood McEwen, Scottish composer of 5 symphonies
- José Vianna da Motta, Portuguese pianist and composer of 1 symphony
- Henry Walford Davies, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Robert Hermann, Swiss composer of 2 Symphonies, one in 1895 and the other in 1905.
- Alfred Hill, Australian composer of 12 symphonies
- Arthur Hinton, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Vasily Kalafati, Russian composer of 1 symphony
- Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński, Polish composer of 1 symphony
- Percy Pitt, English composer of 1 symphony
- Hans Pfitzner, German composer of 2 symphonies plus a Kleine Sinfonie
- Albert Roussel, French composer of 4 symphonies
- Howard Brockway, American composer of 1 symphony
- Ludvík Čelanský, Czech composer of 1 symphony
- Cornelis Dopper, Dutch composer of 7 symphonies
- Emil Młynarski, Polish composer of a Symphony in F major
- Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer of two unnumbered symphonies
- Joseph Ryelandt, Belgian composer of 6 symphonies
- Florent Schmitt, French composer of 3 symphonies, chronologically as: a Symphonie concertante, for piano and orchestra ; a symphony for strings, Janiana ; and a "Symphony No. 2"
- Hermann Suter, Swiss composer of a Symphony in D minor
- Charles Tournemire, French composer of 8 orchestral symphonies, as well as a Simphonie-choral and Symphonie sacrée for organ
- Louis Vierne, French composer of a Symphony in A minor, as well as six numbered symphonies for solo organ
- Adolphe Biarent, Belgian composer of 1 symphony
- Frederick Converse, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Sigurd Lie, Norwegian composer of a Symphony in A minor
- Ruben Liljefors, Swedish composer of a Symphony in E-flat major
- Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish composer of 2 symphonies, the first of which he disowned after it premiered; the composer also left a fragment for a third symphony
- Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer of 2 numbered symphonies, as well as a Symphony in E minor from his student years; also symphonic are the Lyric Symphony, for soprano, baritone, and orchestra; a Sinfonietta ; and the symphonic fantasy Die Seejungfrau —the last a symphony in all but name
- Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer of 5 symphonies, of which the Fourth includes a vocalise for soprano and tenor
- Eyvind Alnæs, Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies
- Frederic Austin, English baritone and composer of 1 symphony
- Felix Borowski, British–American composer of 3 symphonies
- Arthur Farwell, American composer of 1 symphony, developed from a fragmentary opening left by his mentor Rudolph Gott
- Paul Graener, German composer of 3 symphonies and a sinfonietta
- Siegmund von Hausegger, Austrian composer of the Natursymphonie, the finale of which includes mixed chorus
- Edward Burlingame Hill, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Paul Juon, Russian–Swiss composer of 4 unnumbered symphonies: a Symphony in F-sharp minor, a Symphony in A major, a Kleine Sinfonie in A minor, and a Rhapsodische Sinfonie ; also symphonic is a chamber symphony and a Sinfonietta capricciosa for orchestra
- Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer of 3 numbered symphonies, of which the First includes parts for mezzo-soprano and tenor; his two tone poems, The Poem of Ecstasy and Prometheus: The Poem of Fire are classified frequently as Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5, respectively—see Category of Scriabin symphonies
- Bernhard Sekles, German composer of 1 symphony
- Sergei Vasilenko, Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer of 9 symphonies, the first of which includes a chorus as well as parts for soprano and baritone, while the third utilizes a vocalise for soprano in the fourth movement—see Category of Vaughan Williams symphonies.
- Dimitri Arakishvili, Georgian composer of 3 symphonies
- William Henry Bell, English composer of 5 symphonies
- Blagoje Bersa, Croatian composer of 1 symphony
- Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer of a Symphony for orchestra, Op. 15, as well as Symphonie concertante for organ and orchestra, Op. 81
- Witold Maliszewski, Polish composer of 5 symphonies
- Daniel Gregory Mason, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Henri Rabaud, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer of 3 numbered symphonies, as well as the choral symphony The Bells, Op. 35 ; also symphonic is the unfinished Youth Symphony in D minor —see Category of Rachmaninoff symphonies.
- Julius Bittner, Austrian composer of 2 symphonies
- Gustav Holst, English composer of a Symphony F major, as well as a First Choral Symphony, for soprano, mixed chorus, and orchestra ; in addition, the composer also completed a Scherzo for a projected but unfinished symphony.
- Charles Ives, American composer of 4 numbered symphonies, the fourth of which requires two conductors and includes parts for piano ; in addition, he wrote two unnumbered symphonies: New England Holidays and the Universe Symphony —see Category of Ives symphonies.
- Paul Pierné, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, German composer of 1 symphony
- Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
- Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer of 2 chamber symphonies and sketches for several symphonies. In addition, the tone poem Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 is sometimes considered to have symphonic qualities—for example, by Alban Berg.
- Josef Suk, Czech composer of 2 unnumbered symphonies: the Symphony in E major, Op. 14 and the Asrael Symphony, Op. 27 —a 'funeral symphony' in commemoration of the deaths of his wife, Otilie Suková, and of his father-in-law, Antonín Dvořák.
- Franco Alfano, Italian composer of 2 symphonies
- Julián Carrillo, Mexican composer, wrote 2 symphonies plus 3 atonal symphonies written in the "Thirteen Sound" technique
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer of a Symphony in A minor
- Reinhold Glière, Russian composer of 3 symphonies
- Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer of 6 symphonies, of which the Fourth includes a vocalise for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and contralto in its third movement; also extant are three additional symphonic projects in fragmentary form: No. 7, Sinfonia gaia ; No. 8 ; and No. 9
- Cyril Rootham, English composer of 2 symphonies, of which the Second is for orchestra and chorus
- Donald Tovey, British composer of a Symphony in D major
- Richard Wetz, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Hakon Børresen, Danish composer of 3 symphonies
- Havergal Brian, 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, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Mieczysław Karłowicz, Polish composer of 1 symphony
- Ludolf Nielsen, Danish composer of 3 symphonies
- Bruno Walter, German conductor and composer of 2 symphonies
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian-German composer of the Sinfonia da camera in B-flat major, as well as Sinfonia brevis in E-flat major, for orchestra
- Sergei Bortkiewicz, Austrian pianist and composer of 2 symphonies
- Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer of two numbered symphonies, as well as an earlier Symphony in F major
- Thomas Dunhill, English composer of 1 symphony
- Albert Dupuis, Belgian composer of 2 symphonies
- Rudolph Ganz, Swiss–American composer of 1 symphony
- Luis Gianneo, Argentine composer of 1 symphony
- Alexander Goedicke, Russian composer of 3 symphonies
- Jean Huré, French composer of 3 symphonies
- Paul Ladmirault, French composer of 1 symphony
- Ernst Mielck, Finnish composer of the Symphony in F minor
- Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvar, Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
- Feliks Nowowiejski, Polish composer of 4 symphonies
- David Stanley Smith, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Rutland Boughton, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Fritz Brun, Swiss conductor and composer of 10 symphonies
- Adam Carse, English composer of 2 symphonies for strings
- Antun Dobronić, Croatian composer of 8 symphonies
- Carl Ehrenberg, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Harry Farjeon, English composer of the Symphony in D major
- Joseph Holbrooke, English composer of 9 symphonies
- Artur Kapp, Estonian composer. Generally considered to be one of the founders of Estonian symphonic music. He wrote 5 symphonies
- Arrigo Pedrollo, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- Franz Schreker, Austrian composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber symphony
- Volkmar Andreae, Swiss composer of 2 symphonies
- Natanael Berg, Swedish composer of 5 symphonies
- Frank Bridge, English composer of an unfinished Symphony for Strings
- Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish composer of 2 symphonies
- Philippe Gaubert, French composer of a Symphony in F major
- Sir Hamilton Harty, Irish composer of An Irish Symphony
- Otto Olsson, Swedish composer of 1 symphony, Op.11
- Otakar Ostrčil, Czech composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
- Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer of the Sinfonia drammatica
- Cyril Scott, English composer of 4 symphonies
- Johanna Senfter, German composer of 9 symphonies
- Julius Weismann, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Adolf Wiklund, Swedish composer of 1 symphony
- Edgar Bainton, British composer of 4 symphonies
- Ernest Bloch, American composer of Swiss origin, whose works include a Symphony in C-sharp minor, a Sinfonia Breve, a Symphony for Trombone and Orchestra, and a Symphony in E-flat
- Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, French composer of a Sinfonia brève da camera
- Rudolf Karel, Czech composer of 4 symphonies
- Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer of "Symphony in A" and "Sinfonia del fuoco"
- Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer of unfinished Symphony in E flat major Only scherzo finished,completed by Denijs Dille
- Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer of 1 symphony
- Nancy Dalberg, Danish composer of 1 symphony
- Sem Dresden, Dutch composer of 1 sinfonietta for clarinet and orchestra and 1 concertante symphony
- George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, cellist, conductor, teacher, and composer of 3 numbered symphonies, as well as 2 unfinished symphonies elaborated by Pascal Bentoiu as No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. Also symphonic are the Chamber Symphony, for 12 instruments, Op. 33, and the Symphonie concertante in B minor, for cello and orchestra, Op. 8.
- Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer of 4 symphonies, of which the Third includes a part for soprano soloist; the composer also left sketches for a Fifth
- Peder Gram, Danish composer of 3 symphonies
- Edvin Kallstenius, Swedish composer of 5 symphonies and 4 sinfoniettas
- Paul Le Flem, French composer of 4 symphonies
- Nikolai Myaskovsky, Russian composer of 27 symphonies, as well as 3 sinfoniettas for strings.
- Nikolai Roslavets, Russian composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber symphony
- Karl Weigl, Austrian composer of 6 symphonies
- Artur Schnabel, Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
- Marion Bauer, American composer of 1 symphony
- Walter Braunfels, German composer of 1 symphony plus a Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola, 2 horns and strings
- Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer of a Symphony in D minor
- Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer of 1 symphony
- Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer of 11 symphonies
- Gino Marinuzzi, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- Joseph Marx, Austrian composer of An Autumn Symphony, the final movement of which the composer replaced in 1946 with the newly-composed tone poem Autumnal Revelries; also symphonic is the Sinfonia in modo classico, originally written for string quartet but later arranged for string orchestra in 1944
- John Powell, American composer of a Symphony in A major, Virginia Symphony
- Lazare Saminsky, Russian–American composer of 5 symphonies
- Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer of 3 unnumbered symphonies, as well as the choral symphony Symphony of Psalms —see Category of Stravinsky symphonies. Finally, the chamber piece Symphonies of Wind Instruments uses the word 'symphony' in the old sense of "sounding together."
- Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer of 4 symphonies, of which the third includes mixed chorus and a part for tenor soloist, while the fourth is a concertante work for piano and orchestra—see Category of Szymanowski symphonies.
- Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer of "Sinfonía sevillana" and "Sinfonía del mar"
- Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen, German composer of 1 symphony
- Paul Hastings Allen, American composer of 8 symphonies
- Hubert Bath, English composer of Freedom: Brass Band Symphony No 1, considered to be the first symphony for brass band.
- Sir Arnold Bax, English composer of 7 numbered symphonies, preceded by a Symphony in F major ; the tone poem Spring Fire is classified occasionally as an unnumbered, programmatic symphony. Bax also composed a Sinfonietta—see Category of Bax symphonies
- Alfredo Casella, Italian composer of 3 symphonies
- Sir George Dyson, English composer of 1 symphony, plus a Choral Symphony, composed in 1910 but not premiered until 2014.
- Joseph Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
- Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer of 3 symphonies
- Paul von Klenau, Danish composer of 9 symphonies
- Alexander Krein, Russian composer of 1 symphony
- Toivo Kuula, Finnish composer of an incomplete, projected Symphony, Op. 36, of which only the Introduction was sketched.
- Maximilian Steinberg, Russian composer of 5 symphonies
- Anton Webern, Austrian composer of 1 symphony
- Boris Asafyev, Russian composer of 5 symphonies
- York Bowen, English composer of 3 symphonies, of which the third exists only in recorded form.
- Louis Gruenberg, Russian–American composer of 5 symphonies
- Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer of 15 symphonies
- Ture Rangström, Swedish composer of 4 symphonies
- Albert Wolff, French conductor and composer of 1 symphony
- Julio Fonseca, Costa Rican composer of the "Great Symphonic Fantasy on folk motifs"
- Henri Collet, French composer of "Symphonie de l'Alhambra"
- Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer of 20 symphonies
- Werner Josten, German–American composer of 1 symphony
- Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer of 6 symphonies
- Artur Lemba, Estonian composer of 2 symphonies
- Dora Pejačević, Croatian composer of a Symphony in F-sharp minor
- Wallingford Riegger, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Egon Wellesz, Austrian musicologist and composer of 9 symphonies
- John J. Becker, American composer of 7 symphonies
- Edward Joseph Collins, American composer of a Symphony in B minor, Nos habeit humus
- Marcel Dupré, French composer of a Symphony in G minor, for organ and orchestra ; also symphonic are two works for solo organ and a Sinfonia, for piano and organ
- Óscar Esplá, Spanish composer of 2 symphonies
- Wilhelm Furtwängler, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Henri Gagnebin, Belgian–Swiss composer of 4 symphonies
- Carlo Giorgio Garofalo, Italian composer of 2 symphonies
- Jesús Guridi, Spanish composer of "Sinfonía pirenaica"
- Robert Heger, German conductor and composer of 3 symphonies
- Jef van Hoof, Belgian composer of 6 symphonies
- R. O. Morris, English composer of a Sinfonia in C
- Paul Paray, French composer of 2 symphonies plus a "Symphonie d'archets" for string orchestra
- Kosaku Yamada, First Japanese symphonic composer. He wrote 3 symphonies; the first being traditional, the second more akin of a symphonic poem and the third with Japanese traditional music and a voice. Finally there is also a choreographic symphony on a unrealized ballet titled "Maria Magdalena".
- Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer of 9 symphonies, of which the Ninth includes parts for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and mixed chorus; also symphonic is the Sinfonia for Strings
- Bernard van Dieren, Dutch composer of the Chinese Symphony and an unfinished symphony In Three Dance Movements
- Josef Jonsson, Swedish composer of 3 symphonies and a chamber symphony
- Oskar Lindberg, Swedish composer of the Symphony in F major
- Leevi Madetoja, 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, Finnish composer of 3 symphonies
- Florence Price, American composer of 4 symphonies, the second of which is lost; her first is recognized as the first symphony by an African-American female composer
- Yuri Shaporin, Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- Heinz Tiessen, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Ernst Toch, Austrian composer of 7 symphonies
- Max Trapp, German composer of 7 symphonies
- Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer of 5 symphonies
- Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer of 12 symphonies, the fifth of which is lost. The third is for orchestra, brass band, and 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 sinfonietta.
- Anatoly Alexandrov, Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- Emil Bohnke, German violist and composer of 1 symphony
- Max Butting, German composer of 10 symphonies, plus a chamber symphony and 2 sinfoniettas
- Philip Greeley Clapp, American composer of 12 symphonies
- Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer of 1 symphony
- Piero Coppola, Italian conductor and composer of 1 symphony
- Ilse Fromm-Michaels, German composer of 1 symphony
- Victor Kolar, Hungarian–American composer of 1 symphony
- Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer of 7 symphonies
- Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Ina Boyle, Irish composer of 3 symphonies
- Rudolf Mauersberger, German composer of 1 symphony
- Vilém Petrželka, Czech composer of 4 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer of 2 symphonies
- Francisco Santiago, Filipino composer of "Taga-ilog", in 1938
- Vladimir Shcherbachov, Russian composer of 5 symphonies
- Rudolph Simonsen, Danish composer of 2 symphonies
- Luís de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer of 4 symphonies
- Hans Gál, Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
- Jacques Ibert, French composer of 1 symphony and 1 concertante symphony for oboe and string orchestra
- Andrés Isasi, Spanish composer of 2 symphonies
- Philip James, American composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Frank Martin, Swiss composer of 1 symphony plus a Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and string orchestra
- Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer of 6 symphonies—see Category of Martinů symphonies.
- Antoni Massana, Catalan composer of 1 symphony
- Gösta Nystroem, Swedish composer of 6 symphonies: Sinfonia breve ; Sinfonia expressiva ; Sinfonia del mare (Symphony of the Sea), for soprano and orchestra ; Sinfonia Shakespeariana ; Sinfonia seria ; and Sinfonia tramontana ; also symphonic is the Sinfonia concertante, for cello and orchestra
- Wilhelm Petersen, German composer of 5 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
- Arthur Bliss, English composer of A Colour Symphony and the choral work Morning Heroes, described as a "symphony for orator, chorus and orchestra".
- Adolf Busch, German–Swiss violinist and composer of 1 symphony
- Fidelio F. Finke, Czech–German composer of 1 symphony
- Frederick Jacobi, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Karel Boleslav Jirák, Czech composer of 6 symphonies
- Mihail Jora, Romanian composer of 1 symphony
- Georges Migot, French composer of 13 symphonies plus a Petite symphonie for strings
- Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer of 7 symphonies, of which the fourth exists in two versions; plans to revise his second 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 and the Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 5.
- Väinö Raitio, Finnish composer of a Symphony in G minor
- Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch composer of 4 numbered symphonies and a Symphonia Concertante
- Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Dutch composer of 1 symphony
- Ettore Desderi, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- Giorgio Federico Ghedini, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- Ferde Grofé, American composer of 15 symphonies
- Arthur Honegger, Swiss-French composer of 5 symphonies—see Category of Honegger symphonies.
- Philipp Jarnach, German composer of a Sinfonia brevis
- Jaroslav Kvapil, Czech composer of 4 symphonies
- László Lajtha, Hungarian composer of 9 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Arthur Lourié, Russian–American composer of 2 symphonies
- Darius Milhaud, 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—see Category of Milhaud symphonies.
- Miklós Radnai, Hungarian composer of 1 symphony for solo voices, chorus and orchestra
- Hilding Rosenberg, Swedish composer of 8 symphonies
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, 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 is the piano part of his otherwise unfinished 2nd Symphony for Orchestra.
- Jean Absil, Belgian composer of 5 symphonies
- Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer of 1 symphony
- Anthony Collins, English composer of 2 string symphonies
- Edric Cundell, English composer of the Symphony in C minor, op. 24
- Eugene Goossens, British conductor and composer of 2 symphonies and a sinfonietta
- Rued Langgaard, Danish composer of 16 symphonies, many of which he later revised. The third is essentially a concertante work for piano and orchestra, while the fourteenth includes mixed chorus; the fifteenth is for baritone soloist and male chorus.
- Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer of 3 symphonies
- Douglas Moore, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Manuel Palau, Spanish composer of 3 symphonies
- Bernard Rogers, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Marcel Tyberg, Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
- Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Russian–French composer of 2 symphonies
- Mihail Andricu, Romanian composer of 11 symphonies and 13 sinfoniettas
- Robert Russell Bennett, American composer of 7 symphonies
- Pavel Bořkovec, Czech composer of 3 symphonies
- Paul Dessau, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Ludvig Irgens-Jensen, Norwegian composer of 1 symphony
- Ernest John Moeran, British composer of 1 complete symphony, in G minor, and a Sinfonietta; the composer also began, but failed to complete, a second symphony, in E-flat major.
- Willem Pijper, Dutch composer of 3 symphonies
- Walter Piston, American composer of 8 symphonies and a sinfonietta—see Category of Piston symphonies.
- Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer of 8 symphonies
- Mark Wessel, American composer of 1 symphony and a Symphony Concertante for piano and horn with orchestra
- Jenő Zádor, Hungarian–American composer of 4 symphonies
- August Baeyens, Belgian composer of 8 symphonies plus 1 chamber symphony and a Sinfonia breve for small orchestra
- Bjarne Brustad, Norwegian composer of 9 symphonies
- Juan José Castro, Argentine composer of five symphonies
- Georges Dandelot, French composer of 1 symphony
- Johann Nepomuk David, Austrian composer of 8 symphonies, plus a Sinfonia preclassica, a Sinfonia breve for small orchestra and a symphony for strings
- Paul Hindemith, German composer of at least eight works with descriptive titles designated symphonies or sinfoniettas. In chronological order these are the Lustige Sinfonietta of 1916, the Symphony: Mathis der Maler of 1931, the Symphony in E-flat of 1939, the Symphonia Serena of 1946, the Sinfonietta in E of 1949, Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony and the Symphony in B-flat for Concert Band and the Pittsburgh Symphony of 1958.
- Paul Höffer, German composer of 1 symphony
- Gordon Jacob, British composer of two numbered symphonies, a Symphony AD 78 for band, A Little Symphony, Sinfonia Brevis, and a Symphony for Strings
- Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer of 2 symphonies
- Borys Lyatoshynsky, Ukrainian composer of 5 symphonies
- Henri Martelli, French composer of 3 symphonies
- Slavko Osterc, Slovenian composer of 1 symphony
- Karol Rathaus, Austrian–American composer of 3 symphonies
- Kazimierz Sikorski, Polish composer of 4 symphonies
- Leo Sowerby, American composer of 5 numbered orchestral symphonies, as well as a Symphony in G and Sinfonia brevis for organ
- William Grant Still, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Walter Abendroth, German composer of 5 symphonies plus a sinfonietta
- František Brož, Czech composer of 1 symphony
- Eduard Erdmann, German composer of 4 symphonies
- Jacobo Ficher, Argentine composer of 10 symphonies
- Richard Flury, Swiss composer of 5 symphonies
- Emil Frey, Swiss pianist and composer of 2 symphonies
- Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer, active in England, wrote 5 numbered symphonies, and a Symphony "Homenaje a Pedrell"
- Howard Hanson, American composer of 7 symphonies
- Jean Rivier, French composer of 8 symphonies, four of which are for string orchestra
- Roger Sessions, American composer of 9 symphonies, all but the first 2 of which are written using some form of the twelve-tone technique—see Category of Sessions symphonies.
- Bolesław Szabelski, Polish composer of 5 symphonies
- Virgil Thomson, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Wladimir Vogel, Russian–Swiss composer of 1 symphony
- Paul Ben-Haim, German-Israeli composer of 2 symphonies
- Jørgen Bentzon, Danish composer of 2 symphonies
- Matija Bravničar, Slovenian composer of 4 symphonies
- Henry Cowell, American composer of 20 symphonies, as well as a Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra and an incomplete Symphonic Sketch
- Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, Brazilian composer of 2 symphonies
- John Fernström, Swedish composer of 12 symphonies
- Ottmar Gerster, German composer of 4 symphonies
- Hermann Heiss, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian-American composer of 1 symphony
- György Kósa, Hungarian composer of 9 symphonies
- Francisco Mignone, Brazilian composer of 3 orchestral symphonies and a chamber work titled Four Symphonies, for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
- Quincy Porter, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Jaroslav Řídký, Czech composer of 7 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Knudåge Riisager, Danish composer of 5 symphonies
- Harald Sæverud, Norwegian composer of 9 symphonies
- Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer of 9 symphonies
- Ernst Bacon, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Emmanuel Bondeville, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Marcel Delannoy, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Norman Demuth, English composer of 1 symphony for string orchestra
- Hanns Eisler, German composer of a Little Symphony, a Chamber Symphony and a German Symphony for choir and orchestra
- Herbert Elwell, American composer of a Blue Symphony for soprano and string quartet
- Roy Harris, American composer of 15 symphonies, of which Symphony No. 3 is by far the most famous
- Tibor Harsányi, Hungarian–French composer of 1 symphony
- Lev Knipper, Russian composer of 21 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Marcel Mihalovici, Romanian–French composer of 5 symphonies
- Karl Rankl, Austrian–British conductor and composer of 8 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Vittorio Rieti, Italian–American composer of 11 symphonies
- Mischa Spoliansky, Russian-born composer of the Symphony in Five Movements
- Viktor Ullmann, Czech composer of 2 symphonies
- William Baines, English composer of the Symphony in C minor
- Radie Britain, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer of 6 symphonies, as well as a "Dance Symphony" Caballos de vapor, and a Sinfonía proletaria —see Category of Chávez symphonies.
- Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Canadian composer of 2 symphonies and a Symphony-Concerto for piano and orchestra
- William Levi Dawson, American composer of the "Negro Folk Symphony"
- Christopher Edmunds, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Pavel Haas, Czech composer of an unfinished Symphony
- Eduardo Hernández Moncada, Mexican composer of 2 symphonies
- Finn Høffding, Danish composer of 4 symphonies
- Jón Leifs, Icelandic composer of 1 programmatic symphony, called Sögusinfónía
- Harl McDonald, American pianist, conductor, and composer of 4 symphonies
- Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian composer of 4 symphonies
- Randall Thompson, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian composer of 2 symphonies
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- George Antheil, American composer of 10 symphonies, of which six are numbered and four are unnumbered
- Henry Barraud, French composer of 3 symphonies and a Symphonie concertante for trumpet and orchestra
- Nicolai Berezowsky, Russian–American violinist and composer of 4 symphonies
- Willy Burkhard, Swiss composer of 1 symphony
- Alan Bush, British composer of 4 symphonies
- Aaron Copland, American composer of 3 numbered symphonies, a Symphony for organ and orchestra, 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, French composer of 1 symphony
- Isadore Freed, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot–American composer of 2 symphonies and a Concertante Symphony for string quartet and orchestra
- Uuno Klami, Finnish composer of 2 numbered symphonies, as well as a Symphonie enfantine
- Paul Kletzki, Polish conductor and composer of 3 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
- Ernst Krenek, Austrian composer of 5 symphonies
- Colin McPhee, Canadian composer of 2 symphonies
- Alexander Mosolov, Russian composer of 8 symphonies
- Hermann Reutter, German composer of 1 symphony for strings plus a Hamlet–Sinfonie for soloists, narrator and orchestra
- Lucijan Marija Škerjanc, Slovene composer of 5 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
- Carl Ueter, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Guy Warrack, Scottish composer of the Symphony in C minor
- Kurt Weill, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Kazimierz Wiłkomirski, Polish composer of 1 symphony and 1 Symphony concertante for cello and orchestra
- David Wynne, Welsh composer of 4 symphonies
- Karel Albert, Belgian composer of 4 symphonies plus 1 chamber symphony and 1 sinfonietta
- Blaž Arnič, Slovenian composer of 9 symphonies
- Julián Bautista, Spanish–Argentine composer of 1 symphony
- Conrad Beck, Swiss composer of 7 symphonies
- Werner Egk, German composer of 1 symphony
- Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Emil Hlobil, Czech composer of 7 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Hanns Jelinek, Austrian composer of 6 symphonies
- Ernst Pepping, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Marcel Poot, Belgian composer of 7 symphonies
- Edmund Rubbra, English composer of 11 symphonies
- Henri Sauguet, French composer of 4 symphonies
- Henri Tomasi, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Mark Brunswick, American composer of 1 symphony
- Alfonso de Elías, Mexican composer of 3 symphonies
- Helvi Leiviskä, Finnish composer of 3 symphonies and a Sinfonia brevis
- Lino Liviabella, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- Stefan Bolesław Poradowski, Polish composer of 8 symphonies
- Vissarion Shebalin, Russian composer of 5 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- John Vincent, American composer of 2 numbered symphonies and 1 earlier symphony
- Arnold Walter, Austrian–Canadian composer of 1 symphony
- Sir William Walton, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Meredith Willson, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer of a Symphony
- Sir Lennox Berkeley, English composer of 4 symphonies
- Boris Blacher, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Vernon Duke, Russian–American composer of 3 symphonies
- Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Jerzy Fitelberg, Polish–American composer of 2 symphonies, plus a symphony for strings and a sinfonietta
- Vittorio Giannini, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Pál Kadosa, Hungarian composer of 8 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer of 3 symphonies
- Mykola Kolessa, Ukrainian composer of 2 symphonies
- Saburō Moroi, Japanese composer of 5 symphonies
- Nicolas Nabokov, Russian–American composer of 3 symphonies
- Priaulx Rainier, South African–British composer of 1 chamber symphony for strings
- Günter Raphael, German composer of 5 symphonies plus a "Sinfonia breve"
- Luis Humberto Salgado, Ecuadorian composer of 9 symphonies
- John Antill, Australian composer of Symphony on a City
- Victor Bruns, German composer of 6 symphonies, plus 1 chamber symphony for strings and 1 sinfonietta
- Erik Chisholm, Scottish composer of 2 symphonies
- Hubert Clifford, Australian–British composer of 1 symphony
- Balys Dvarionas, Lithuanian composer of 1 symphony
- Géza Frid, Hungarian–Dutch pianist and composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta for strings
- Kunihiko Hashimoto, Japanese composer of 2 symphonies
- Georges Hugon, French composer of 3 symphonies
- Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer of 4 symphonies
- Iša Krejčí, Czech composer of 4 symphonies
- Richard Mohaupt, German-U.S. composer of 1 symphony
- Gavriil Popov, Russian composer of 7 symphonies
- Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish composer of 2 symphonies
- Manuel Rosenthal, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling, German composer of 2 symphonies
- William Alwyn, English composer of 5 symphonies
- Boris Arapov, Russian composer of 7 symphonies
- Vytautas Bacevičius, Lithuanian composer of 6 symphonies
- Theodor Berger, Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
- Marc Blitzstein, American composer of 1 symphony
- Eugène Bozza, French composer of 5 symphonies
- Yevgeny Brusilovsky, Russian composer of 8 symphonies
- Francis Chagrin, Romanian–British composer of 2 symphonies
- Christian Darnton, British composer of 4 symphonies
- Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer of 1 symphony
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer of 8 symphonies
- André Hossein, Iranian–French composer of 3 symphonies
- André Jolivet, French composer of 3 numbered symphonies and a symphony for strings
- Jef Maes, Belgian composer of 3 symphonies
- Ernst Hermann Meyer, German composer of 3 symphonies plus a concertante symphony for piano and orchestra and a sinfonietta
- Léon Orthel, Dutch composer of 6 symphonies
- Alan Rawsthorne, British composer of 3 symphonies
- Marcel Rubin, Austrian composer of 10 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
- Verdina Shlonsky, Israeli composer of 1 symphony
- Sir Michael Tippett, English composer of 4 symphonies
- Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer of 11 symphonies, the last of which is incomplete. Also symphonic is the Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs.
- Dag Wirén, Swedish composer of 5 numbered symphonies, Nos. 2–5 of which are extant ; the composer withdrew his First Symphony and it was never performed. Also symphonic is a Sinfonietta —see Category of Wirén symphonies
- Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer of 2 symphonies
- Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer of 1 symphony
- Yves Baudrier, French composer of 1 symphony
- Ivan Brkanović, Croatian composer of 5 symphonies
- Pierre Capdevielle, French composer of 3 symphonies
- Arnold Cooke, British composer of 6 symphonies
- Paul Creston, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Antal Doráti, American conductor and composer of Hungarian birth, who wrote 2 symphonies
- Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer of 5 symphonies
- Will Eisenmann, German–Swiss composer of 1 symphony for strings
- Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer of 2 symphonies plus a Sinfonietta for strings and a Symphony concertante for piano and orchestra
- Ross Lee Finney, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Benjamin Frankel, English composer of 8 symphonies
- Janis Ivanovs, Latvian composer of 21 symphonies
- Ingemar Liljefors, Swedish composer of 1 symphony
- Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
- Peter Mieg, Swiss composer of 1 symphony
- Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer of 12 symphonies
- Boris Papandopulo, Croatian composer of 2 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
- Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet composer of 15 symphonies, of which a number have vocal parts: the second and third include mixed chorus; the thirteenth includes parts for bass soloist and male chorus, while the fourteenth is for soprano and bass soloists—see Category of Shostakovich symphonies. Additionally, five of Shostakovich's String Quartets were arranged for various combinations of instruments by Rudolf Barshai and styled "Chamber Symphonies".
- Leopold Spinner, Austrian-born, British-domiciled composer of a Symphony for small orchestra and the Chamber Symphony
- Johannes Paul Thilman, German composer of 7 symphonies
- David Van Vactor, American composer of 7 symphonies
- Grace Williams, Welsh composer of 2 symphonies plus a "Sinfonia Concertante"
- Konstantin Ivanov, Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- Tony Aubin, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Henk Badings, Dutch composer of 15 symphonies
- Günter Bialas, German composer of 1 symphony
- Yvonne Desportes, French composer of 3 symphonies
- Wolfgang Fortner, German composer of 1 symphony plus a Sinfonia concertante
- Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer of 7 symphonies
- Karl Höller, German composer of 2 symphonies and 2 little symphonies
- Dmitri Klebanov, Jewish Ukrainian composer of 9 symphonies
- Elizabeth Maconchy, English composer of 2 symphonies plus a symphony for double string orchestra, a sinfonietta and a Little Symphony
- Zygmunt Mycielski, Polish composer of 6 symphonies
- Hisato Ōsawa, Japanese composer of at least 3 symphonies
- Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer of 1 symphony and a Symphonietta for winds
- Roman Palester, Polish composer of 5 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for chamber orchestra
- György Ránki, Hungarian composer of 2 symphonies
- Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer of 1 symphony
- Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer of 5 symphonies
- Martin Scherber, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer of 10 symphonies
- Jan Zdeněk Bartoš, Czech composer of 7 symphonies
- Elliott Carter, American composer of 3 symphonies, including A Symphony of Three Orchestras and Symphonia: sum fluxae pretiam spei
- Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer of 4 symphonies
- Marin Goleminov, Bulgarian composer of 4 symphonies
- Kurt Hessenberg, German composer of 4 symphonies, plus 1 symphony and 2 sinfoniettas for strings
- Miloslav Kabeláč, Czech composer of 8 symphonies, including Symphony No. 8 Antiphonies.
- Herman David Koppel, Danish composer of 7 symphonies
- Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish composer of 3 symphonies, as well as a Sinfonietta
- Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Nina Makarova, Russian composer of 1 symphony
- Franco Margola, Italian composer of 3 symphonies and a symphony for strings
- Olivier Messiaen, composer of Turangalîla-Symphonie in ten movements, with solo parts for piano and Ondes Martenot
- Vano Muradeli, Georgian composer of 2 symphonies
- Nikolai Rakov, Russian composer of 4 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
- Halsey Stevens, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer of 2 symphonies plus a sinfonietta
- John Verrall, American composer of 4 symphonies
- William Wordsworth, English composer of 8 symphonies
- Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish composer of 4 numbered symphonies plus a symphony and a sinfonietta, both for strings
- Bruno Bjelinski, Croatian composer of 15 symphonies and 6 sinfoniettas
- Paul Constantinescu, Romanian composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Václav Dobiáš, Czech composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Erwin Dressel, German composer of 4 symphonies
- Norman Fulton, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Harald Genzmer, German composer of 5 numbered symphonies, 1 chamber symphony and 3 sinfoniettas for strings plus a Sinfonia per giovani for orchestra and a Bremer Sinfonie
- Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer of 13 numbered symphonies, the fourth of which includes mixed chorus. Also symphonic is the Sinfonia in memoriam ; four sinfonie for strings, which can be played together as a unified piece, Kairos; three chamber symphonies ; four symphonic metamorphoses ; and, three 'lettered' youth symphonies.
- Arwel Hughes, Welsh composer of 1 symphony
- Hanoch Jacoby, Israeli composer of 3 symphonies
- Minna Keal, British composer of 1 symphony
- Robin Orr, Scottish composer of 3 symphonies and a Sinfonietta Helvetica
- Elie Siegmeister, American composer of 8 symphonies
- Ādolfs Skulte, Latvian composer of 9 symphonies
- Samuel Barber, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Elsa Barraine, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican composer of 2 symphonies
- Ronald Binge, English composer of the Saturday Symphony
- Henri Challan, French composer of 1 symphony
- Aloys Fleischmann, Irish composer of 1 symphony
- Werner Wolf Glaser, German–Swedish composer of 13 symphonies
- Evgeny Golubev, Russian composer of 7 symphonies
- Charles Jones, Canadian–American composer of 4 symphonies
- Erland von Koch, Swedish composer of 6 symphonies ; also symphonic is the Sinfonietta
- Rolf Liebermann, Swiss composer of 1 symphony
- Marijan Lipovšek, Slovenian composer of 1 symphony
- Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer of 4 numbered symphonies plus a sinfonietta and a Symphonie de voyages
- Alfred Mendelsohn, Romanian composer of 9 symphonies
- Alex North, American composer of 2 symphonies
- H. Owen Reed, American composer of 1 symphony
- Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer of 5 symphonies
- Ennio Porrino, Italian composer of 1 symphony
- William Schuman, American composer of 10 symphonies
- Robert Still, English composer of 4 symphonies
- Josef Tal, Israeli composer of 6 symphonies
- José Ardévol, Cuban composer of 3 symphonies
- Stanley Bate, English composer of 4 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Ján Cikker, Slovak composer of 3 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Helmut Degen, German composer of 1 chamber symphony
- Bernard Herrmann, American composer of 1 symphony
- Alan Hovhaness, American composer of 67 symphonies
- Stefan Kisielewski, Polish composer of 3 symphonies
- Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian–American composer of 1 symphony
- Anne-Marie Ørbeck, Norwegian composer of 1 symphony
- Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer of 17 symphonies, his No.1 and No.17 were left in a fragmentary state, being completed by Christian Lindberg
- Nino Rota, Italian composer of 3 symphonies and "Sinfonia sopra una Canzone d'Amore"
- Mukhtar Ashrafi, Uzbek composer of 2 symphonies
- Wayne Barlow, American composer of 1 chamber symphony
- Roger Sacheverell Coke, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Ingolf Dahl, German–American composer of 1 concertante symphony for two clarinets and orchestra and 1 sinfonietta for concert band
- Don Gillis, American composer of 10 symphonies, plus a "Symphony No. 5 "
- Rudolf Escher, Dutch composer of 2 numbered symphonies, an unfinished Symphony in memoriam Maurice Ravel, and a Symphony for 10 instruments
- Jean Françaix, French composer of 1 symphony
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Australian composer of a Sinfonietta
- Robert Hughes, Scottish–Australian composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
- Daniel Jones, Welsh composer of 13 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Jean-Louis Martinet, French composer of 1 symphony
- Tauno Marttinen, Finnish composer of 10 symphonies
- Xavier Montsalvatge, Catalan composer of "Sinfonía Mediterránea" and "Sinfonía de réquiem"
- José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer of 2 symphonies, and a Sinfonietta
- Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer of 4 symphonies plus a Little Symphony for strings and a Toy Symphony
- Ma Sicong, Chinese composer of 2 symphonies
- Bruno Bettinelli, Italian composer of 7 symphonies
- Henry Brant, American composer of 5 unnumbered symphonies
- Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer of 1 symphony
- Benjamin Britten, British composer of several symphonies, including A Simple Symphony for strings, Sinfonia da Requiem, a Spring Symphony, and the Cello Symphony, as well as a Sinfonietta
- Cedric Thorpe Davie, Scottish composers of the Symphony in C major, In Honour of My Brother
- Norman Dello Joio, American composer of 1 symphony
- Alvin Etler, American composer of 1 symphony
- Morton Gould, American composer of 4 numbered symphonies, plus 4 Symphonettes
- Hans Henkemans, Dutch composer of 1 symphony
- Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer of 3 symphonies
- René Leibowitz, Polish–French composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber sinfonietta
- George Lloyd, English composer of 12 symphonies
- Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer of 4 symphonies
- Aleksandre Machavariani, Georgian composer of 7 symphonies
- Jerome Moross, American composer of 1 symphony
- Gardner Read, American composer of 4 symphonies
- John Weinzweig, Canadian composer of 1 symphony
- Walter Beckett, Irish composer of 1 symphony
- Norman Cazden, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Natko Devčić, Croatian composer of 1 symphony
- Cecil Effinger, American composer of 5 numbered symphonies and 2 "Little Symphonies"
- Irving Fine, American composer of 1 symphony
- Roger Goeb, American composer of 6 symphonies and 2 "sinfonias"
- Cor de Groot, Dutch composer of 1 symphony
- César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian composer of 2 symphonies
- Alexei Haieff, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Hermann Haller, Swiss composer of 1 symphony
- Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer of 1 symphony plus a Symphony Concertante for piano and orchestra
- Jan Kapr, Czech composer of 10 symphonies
- Dezider Kardoš, Slovak composer of 7 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Rafael Kubelík, Czech–Swiss conductor and composer of 3 symphonies
- Gail Kubik, American composer of 2 symphonies and a Sinfonia Concertante for piano, viola, trumpet, and orchestra
- Riccardo Malipiero, Italian composer of 3 symphonies
- Sir Andrzej Panufnik, Polish composer of 10 symphonies
- Stjepan Šulek, Croatian composer of 8 symphonies
- Harold Truscott, British composer of a Symphony in E major, as well as a now-lost Grasmere Symphony
- David Diamond, American composer of 11 symphonies
- Grigory Frid, Russian composer of 3 symphonies
- Kurt Graunke, German composer of 9 symphonies
- Marcel Landowski, French composer of 5 symphonies
- Dorian Le Gallienne, Australian composer of a Symphony and a Sinfonietta
- Douglas Lilburn, New Zealand composer of 3 symphonies
- Robert Moffat Palmer, American composer of 2 symphonies
- George Perle, American composer of a Short Symphony and 2 sinfoniettas
- Vincent Persichetti, American composer of 9 symphonies
- Humphrey Searle, British composer of 5 symphonies
- Carlos Surinach, American composer of Catalan origin, he wrote 3 symphonies
- Denis ApIvor, British composer of 5 symphonies
- Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer of 3 symphonies
- Houston Bright, American composer of 1 symphony
- Peter Crossley-Holland, British composer of 1 symphony
- Henri Dutilleux, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Einar Englund, Finnish composer of 7 symphonies
- Ellis Kohs, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Tolia Nikiprowetzky, Russian–French composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
- Roh Ogura, Japanese composer of 1 symphony
- Nikolay Peyko, Russian composer of 10 symphonies plus a sinfonietta and a Concerto–Symphony
- Bernard Stevens, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Richard Arnell, English composer of 6 symphonies
- Anthony Burgess, British novelist and composer of 3 symphonies, of which only No.3 remains. He also wrote a Petite symphonie pour Strasbourg, and a Sinfonietta for Liana
- Edward T. Cone, American composer of 1 symphony
- Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer of 4 symphonies
- Robert Farnon, Canadian composer of 3 symphonies
- John Gardner, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Jovdat Hajiyev, Azerbaijani composer of 6 symphonies
- Lou Harrison, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Francis Jackson, British composer of 1 symphony
- Ulysses Kay, American composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
- Reginald Smith Brindle, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Robert Ward, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Richard Yardumian, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Isang Yun, Korean composer of 7 symphonies
- Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor, composed 3 symphonies
- Lorne Betts, Canadian composer of 2 symphonies
- Harold Gramatges, Cuban composer of 1 symphony and a Sinfonietta
- Argeliers León, Cuban composer of 2 numbered symphonies, as well as an unnumbered Symphony for Strings
- A. J. Potter, Irish composer of 2 symphonies
- Tauno Pylkkänen, Finnish composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
- George Rochberg, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer of a Sinfonia prosodica, as well as a Symphony in 1 movement
- Jacob Avshalomov, American composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Sven-Erik Bäck, Swedish composer of 2 string symphonies and 1 chamber symphony
- Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer of 24 symphonies
- Lex van Delden, Dutch composer of 8 symphonies
- Leif Kayser, Danish composer of 4 symphonies
- Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, Latvian-born Canadian composer of 8 symphonies
- Leon Kirchner, American composer of 1 symphony
- Juan Orrego-Salas, Chilean composer of 5 numbered symphonies, plus a Symphony in One Movement "Semper reditus"
- Cláudio Santoro, Brazilian composer of 14 symphonies
- Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer of 5 symphonies
- Mieczysław Weinberg, Polish composer who emigrated to the Soviet Union, composed 22 symphonies for full orchestra and 4 chamber symphonies. His No.22 was orchestrated by Kirill Umansky after the death of the composer.
- Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian composer of 2 symphonies
- Geoffrey Bush, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Peter Racine Fricker, British composer of 5 symphonies
- Karen Khachaturian, Armenian composer of 4 symphonies
- John La Montaine, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Aleksandr Lokshin, Russian composer of 11 symphonies plus 2 "Symphonietta"
- Ravi Shankar, Indian composer of 1 symphony
- Harold Shapero, American composer of 1 symphony
- Heikki Suolahti, Finnish composer of 1 symphony
- Douglas Allanbrook, American composer of 7 symphonies
- Malcolm Arnold, British composer of 9 numbered symphonies, an unnumbered Symphony for Strings, Symphony for Brass, and Toy Symphony as well as three Sinfoniette.
- Jack Beeson, American composer of 1 symphony
- William Bergsma, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Andrzej Dobrowolski, Polish composer of 1 symphony
- Johannes Driessler, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber symphony
- Fritz Geißler, German composer, wrote 11 symphonies
- Ruth Gipps, British composer of 5 symphonies
- Karel Husa, American composer of Czech birth, composer of 2 symphonies
- Andrew Imbrie, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer of 5 symphonies
- Robert Kurka, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoian, Armenian composer of 1 symphony
- Ástor Piazzolla, Argentine composer of a Sinfonía Buenos Aires
- Yves Ramette, French composer of 6 symphonies
- Alfred Reed, American composer and conductor of Austrian descent, composed 5 symphonies, all for wind band
- Leonard Salzedo, English composer of 2 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Robert Simpson, British composer, wrote 11 symphonies
- İlhan Usmanbaş, Turkish composer of 3 symphonies
- Peter Wishart, English composer of two symphonies
- Gerard Victory, Irish composer of 4 symphonies
- Irwin Bazelon, American composer of 9 symphonies
- Lukas Foss, German–American composer of 4 symphonies
- Iain Hamilton, Scottish composer of 4 symphonies plus a symphony for two orchestras and a sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and chamber orchestra
- Ester Mägi, Estonian composer of 1 symphony
- Finn Mortensen, Norwegian composer of 1 symphony
- Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer of 2 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for 2 string orchestras
- John Veale, English composer of 3 symphonies
- George Walker, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Felix Werder, Australian composer of German origin, wrote 7 numbered symphonies, a Sinfonia for viola, piano, and orchestra, and a Wind Symphony
- Raymond Wilding-White, British–American composer of 3 numbered symphonies plus a symphony for swing orchestra and a Symphony of Symphonies
- James Wilson, Irish composer of 3 symphonies
- Mario Zafred, Italian composer of 7 symphonies and a Sinfonietta, plus a Sinfonietta breve for strings
- Zhu Jian'er, Chinese composer of 10 symphonies
- Arthur Butterworth, English composer of 7 symphonies
- Frank William Erickson, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Viktor Kalabis, Czech composer of 5 symphonies
- William Kraft, American composer of 1 symphony
- Peter Mennin, American composer, wrote 9 symphonies
- Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer of 5 symphonies and a Sinfonietta for strings
- Daniel Pinkham, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Ned Rorem, American composer of 3 numbered orchestral symphonies, a symphony for winds and a symphony for strings
- James Stevens, English composer of 4 symphonies
- Lester Trimble, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Warren Benson, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Ikuma Dan, Japanese composer of 6 symphonies, 7th unfinished
- Heimo Erbse, German composer of 5 symphonies plus a Sinfonietta giocosa
- Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer of 3 symphonies
- Benjamin Lees, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Franco Mannino, Italian composer of 12 symphonies
- Sergiu Natra, Romanian–Israeli composer of 3 symphonies and 1 symphony for strings
- Serge Nigg, French composer of 1 symphony
- Mikhaïl Nosyrev, Russian composer of 4 symphonies
- Else Marie Pade, Danish composer of 2 symphonies
- Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer of 6 symphonies
- Ernest Tomlinson, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Yasushi Akutagawa, Japanese composer of 1 numbered symphony, plus a Symphony "Twin Stars", for children and the Ellora Symphony
- Jurriaan Andriessen, Dutch composer of 8 numbered symphonies, plus a Symphonietta concertante, for four trumpets and orchestra, and a Sinfonia "Il fiume" for winds
- Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer of 5 symphonies; No.1, No.2 The Song of the Earth, No.3, No.7 Spring-Symphony and No.4 Of the Choral Odes. He also wrote a sinfonietta
- Robert Beadell, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer of 3 symphonies
- Luciano Berio, Italian composer of the famous Sinfonia
- Aldo Clementi, Italian composer of 1 chamber symphony
- Marius Constant, Romanian–French composer of 3 symphonies
- Georges Delerue, French composer of 1 concertante symphony for piano and orchestra
- Andrei Eshpai, Russian composer of 9 symphonies
- Bertold Hummel, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Giselher Klebe, German composer of 8 symphonies plus a Ballettsinfonie
- Włodzimierz Kotoński, Polish composer of 2 symphonies
- Ivo Malec, Croatian–French composer of 1 symphony
- Kirke Mechem, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Anthony Milner, British composer of 3 orchestral symphonies and a symphony for organ
- Julián Orbón, Spanish composer of 1 symphony
- Boris Parsadanian, Armenian–Estonian composer of 11 symphonies
- Gunther Schuller, American composer of 3 symphonies, a Symphony for Organ, and a Chamber Symphony
- Boris Tchaikovsky, Soviet composer of 3 symphonies and a Symphony with Harp
- Paul W. Whear, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Čestmír Gregor, Czech composer of 5 symphonies, he also wrote two sinfoniettas
- Louis Calabro, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Edwin Carr, New Zealand composer of 4 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Jacques Castérède, French composer of 2 symphonies
- Barney Childs, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Hans Werner Henze, German composer of 10 symphonies
- Ben Johnston, American composer of a Symphony in A and a Chamber Symphony
- François Morel, Canadian composer of 1 symphony for brass
- Clermont Pépin, Canadian composer of 5 symphonies
- Anatol Vieru, Romanian composer of 7 symphonies
- Paul Angerer, Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
- Pascal Bentoiu, Romanian composer of 8 symphonies
- Gunnar Bucht, Swedish composer of 16 symphonies
- Franco Donatoni, Italian composer of 2 symphonies. Another work, Souvenir, is subtitled Kammersymphonie
- Donald Erb, American composer of a Symphony of Overtures
- Walter Hartley, American composer of 21 symphonies for different ensembles plus 2 Sinfonia concertante for wind and percussion, 2 sinfoniettas and 1 chamber symphony
- Wilfred Josephs, British composer of 12 symphonies
- John Joubert, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Richard Nanes, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Francis Routh, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Graham Whettam, English composer of 9 symphonies plus a sinfonietta for strings
- Thomas Wilson, Scottish composer of American birth, composed 5 symphonies between 1955 and 1998 and a Chamber Symphony
- Samuel Adler, German-born American composer of 6 symphonies
- Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer of 3 symphonies, a Sinfonietta and a Sinfonia Breve
- James Cohn, American composer of 8 symphonies
- Jean-Michel Damase, French composer of 1 symphony
- George Dreyfus, Australian composer of 2 symphonies, and a Symphonie Concertante for bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and string orchestra
- Nicolas Flagello, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Robert Helps, American pianist and composer of 2 symphonies
- Guo Zurong, Chinese composer of 33 symphonies
- Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer of 7 symphonies
- Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer of 8 symphonies, the first having up to 3 different versions
- William Russo, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer of a Symphony
- Raymond Warren, British composer of 3 symphonies
- Carmelo Bernaola, Spanish composer of 3 symphonies
- Philip Cannon, British composer of 1 symphony and 1 sinfonietta
- Edison Denisov, Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- Alun Hoddinott, Welsh composer of 10 numbered symphonies, 3 sinfoniettas, a Sinfonia for Strings and Sinfonia Fidei for Soprano, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra.
- Donald Keats, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Kenneth Leighton, British composer of 3 symphonies plus a "Symphony for Strings"
- Teizo Matsumura, Japanese composer of 2 symphonies
- Toshiro Mayuzumi, Japanese composer of a "Nirvana Symphony" and a "Mandala Symphony"
- Robert Muczynski, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Bogusław Schaeffer, Polish composer of 4 symphonies
- Hans Stadlmair, Austrian composer of a Sinfonia serena for strings
- Avet Terterian, Armenian composer of 9 symphonies, the last unfinished
- Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer of 1 symphony
- Friedrich Gulda, Austrian composer of a Jazz Symphony
- David Amram, American composer of 1 symphony
- John Davison, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Richard Felciano, American composer of 1 symphony for strings
- Jean Guillou, French composer of 3 symphonies
- Nikolai Karetnikov, Russian composer of 4 symphonies and 2 chamber symphonies
- Günter Kochan, German composer of 6 symphonies
- Dieter Schnebel, German composer of 1 symphony
- Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer of 4 symphonies
- Gil Trythall, American composer of 1 symphony plus a Sinfonia concertante
- Donald Harris, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Anthony Hedges, English composer of 2 symphonies and 1 concertante symphony
- Ib Nørholm, Danish composer of 13 symphonies
- Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer of 7 numbered symphonies, as well as a Symphony for Organ, a Sinfonia Concertante for three trumpets, piano and strings, a Symphony for Voices, and a Choral Symphony "The Dawn is at Hand"
- John Barnes Chance, American composer of 2 symphonies
- James Douglas, Scottish composer of 15 symphonies
- Alexander Goehr, British composer of German birth, wrote Little Symphony, Symphony in One Movement, a Sinfonia for chamber orchestra, and Symphony with Chaconne
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer of 1 symphony Symfoni, Antifoni
- John Kinsella, Irish composer of 11 symphonies
- Henri Lazarof, Bulgarian composer of 7 symphonies
- Malcolm Lipkin, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Martin Mailman, American composer of 3 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Richard Meale, Australian composer of 1 symphony
- Per Nørgård, Danish composer of 8 symphonies
- Rodion Shchedrin, Russian composer of 3 symphonies
- Robert Sherlaw Johnson, British composer of 1 symphony
- Sergei Slonimsky, Russian composer of 34 symphonies
- Claude Thomas Smith, American composer of 1 symphony
- Alan Stout, American composer of 4 symphonies
- John Williams, American composer and conductor. He wrote a "Symphony" and a "Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble"
- Hugh Wood, British composer of 1 symphony
- Iosif Andriasov, Armenian-Russian composer of 2 symphonies
- Leonardo Balada, American composer of Spanish birth, has written 6 symphonies
- Easley Blackwood, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Seóirse Bodley, Irish composer of 5 symphonies and a Chamber Symphony
- Gloria Coates, American composer of 16 symphonies
- Ramiro Cortés, American composer of a Sinfonia Sacra
- David Ellis, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Pozzi Escot, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Henryk Górecki, Polish composer of 4 symphonies
- Toshi Ichiyanagi, Japanese composer of 6 symphonies and 2 chamber symphonies
- W. Francis McBeth, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer of 8 symphonies
- Vladimir Dashkevich, Russian composer of 5 symphonies
- Anthony Gilbert, British composer of 1 symphony
- Alemdar Karamanov, Ukrainian composer of 24 symphonies
- William Mathias, Welsh composer of 3 symphonies
- Siegfried Matthus, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, British Composer of a Sinfonia, a Sinfonia Concertante, a Sinfonietta and 10 numbered symphonies, the last of which includes a chorus and baritone soloist
- Claudio Prieto, Spanish composer of 4 symphonies
- Bernard Rands, British–American composer of 1 symphony
- Alan Ridout, British composer of 8 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer of 10 symphonies. No.9 was left unfinished and completed by Alexander Raskatov
- Richard Wernick, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Nigel Butterley, Australian composer of 1 symphony
- Jerry Amper Dadap, Filipino composer of 5 symphonies
- Samuel Jones, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Giya Kancheli, Georgian composer of 7 symphonies
- Carlo Martelli, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Nicholas Maw, British composer of 1 symphony for chamber orchestra
- Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer of 4 symphonies
- Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer of 8 symphonies
- Kurt Schwertsik, Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
- Josep Soler i Sardà, Spanish composer of 8 symphonies
- David Blake, English composer of 1 chamber symphony
- Iván Erőd, Hungarian–Austrian pianist and composer of 2 symphonies
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Russian composer of 4 symphonies
- Richard Rodney Bennett, English composer of 3 symphonies and a sinfonietta
- Erich Urbanner, Austrian composer of 1 symphony plus a concertante symphony and a sinfonietta
- John White, English composer of 26 symphonies, none of them for conventional forces
- Osvaldas Balakauskas, Lithuanian composer of 5 symphonies
- David Bedford, English composer of 2 symphonies plus a Symphony for 12 musicians
- Gordon Crosse, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Philip Glass, American composer of 14 symphonies
- Milcho Leviev, Bulgarian composer of 1 symphony
- Valentyn Silvestrov, Ukrainian composer of 7 symphonies
- Loris Tjeknavorian, Iranian-Armenian conductor and composer of 5 symphonies
- Wang Xilin, Chinese composer of at 7 symphonies
- Elizabeth R. Austin, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Howard Blake, English composer of 2 symphonies
- William Bolcom, American pianist and composer of 6 symphonies
- Youri Boutsko, Russian composer of 13 symphonies
- John Corigliano, American composer of 3 symphonies
- John Harbison, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Paavo Heininen, Finnish composer of 6 symphonies
- Frederic Rzewski, American composer of a Scratch Symphony
- José Serebrier, Uruguayan composer of 3 symphonies
- Christopher Steel, British composer of 7 symphonies
- Charles Wuorinen, American composer of 8 numbered symphonies and a Microsymphony
- Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer of De negen symfonieën van Beethoven, for orchestra and ice-cream vendor's bell, Symfonieën der Nederlanden, for two or more wind bands, and Symphony for Open Strings for 12 solo strings
- Trevor Hold, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Robert Jager, American composer of 2 symphonies and a sinfonietta
- Jaroslav Krček, Czech composer of 6 symphonies
- Robert Matthew-Walker, English composer of 8 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- John McCabe, English composer of 5 numbered symphonies, plus a Six-minute Symphony for strings
- Patric Standford, English composer of 5 symphonies
- Tomáš Svoboda, Czech-American composer of 6 symphonies
- Boris Tishchenko, Russian composer of 7 symphonies plus a "French Symphony", "Sinfonia Robusta", the Choreo-symphonic cycle of "Beatrice", and a "Pushkin Symphony"
- Margaret Lucy Wilkins, English composer of 1 symphony
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Alireza Mashayekhi, Iranian composer of 9 symphonies
- Tilo Medek, German composer of 3 symphonies
- Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Indian Composer Of 1 Symphony
- Stephen Albert, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Judith Margaret Bailey, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Derek Bourgeois, British composer of 116 symphonies
- Sebastian Forbes, British composer of 1 symphony
- Friedrich Goldmann, German composer of 4 numbered symphonies and 4 unnumbered symphonies plus a sinfonietta and Quasi una sinfonia
- Adolphus Hailstork, American composer of 3 symphonies
- John Melby, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Gillian Whitehead, New Zealand–born Australian composer of 1 symphony
- Richard Edward Wilson, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Philip Bračanin, Australian composer of 6 symphonies
- Volker David Kirchner, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Tomás Marco, Spanish composer of 9 symphonies
- Philip Spratley, English composer of 3 symphonies
- Edward Cowie, English composer of 2 symphonies
- Ross Edwards, Australian composer of 4 symphonies
- Robin Holloway, English composer of 2 symphony
- Shin'ichirō Ikebe, Japanese composer of 7 symphonies
- Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer of 1 symphony
- David Maslanka, American composer of 10 symphonies
- David Matthews, English composer of 11 symphonies
- Krzysztof Meyer, Polish composer of 9 symphonies plus an unnumbered Symphony in Mozartean style
- Joseph Schwantner, American composer of 1 symphony
- Roger Smalley, English composer of 1 symphony
- William Albright, American composer of a Symphony for Organ and Percussion
- Frank Corcoran, Irish composer of 4 symphonies
- Michael Garrett, British composer of 13 symphonies and 13 concertante symphonies
- Christopher Gunning, British composer of 13 symphonies
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Finnish composer of 8 symphonies plus a symphony for strings and a chamber symphony
- Rhian Samuel, Welsh composer of an "Elegy-Symphony"
- Leif Segerstam, Finnish composer of 354 symphonies, the all-time record as of 2015
- Jerome de Bromhead, Irish composer of 2 symphonies
- Gerd Domhardt, German composer of 2 symphonies and 2 chamber symphonies
- Edward Gregson, English composer of 1 symphony for brass band
- Judith Lang Zaimont, American composer of 2 numbered symphonies, plus a "dance symphony" titled Hidden Heritage and a Symphony for wind orchestra in three scenes
- Thomas Pasatieri, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Arnold Rosner, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Alexey Rybnikov, Russian composer of 6 symphonies
- Ragnar Søderlind, Norwegian composer of 8 symphonies
- Martin Bresnick, American composer of 1 symphony
- Tsippi Fleischer, Israeli composer of 5 symphonies
- Tristan Keuris, Dutch composer of a "Sinfonia", and "Symphony in D"
- Ladislav Kubík, Czech-American composer of 3 sinfoniettas
- Ulrich Leyendecker, German composer of 5 symphonies
- Richard St. Clair, American composer of 1 symphony
- Giles Swayne, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Pēteris Vasks, Latvian composer of 3 symphonies
- Heinz Winbeck, German composer of 5 symphonies, the first premiered in 1984, the fifth in 2010, the third including text of Georg Trakl for alto and speaker
- John Adams, American composer who has used the term 'Symphony' to describe a number of works, including the Chamber Symphony and its sequel Son of Chamber Symphony, the Dr. Atomic Symphony, drawn from his opera of the same name, and Scheherazade.2, a "dramatic symphony" for violin and orchestra.
- Jack Gallagher, American composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Nikolai Korndorf, Russian–Canadian composer of 4 symphonies
- Paul Patterson, British composer of 1 symphony for strings
- Emil Tabakov, Bulgarian composer of 10 symphonies
- Claude Baker, American composer of 1 symphony
- Ioseb Bardanashvili, Georgian–Israeli composer of 3 symphonies
- Glenn Branca, American composer and guitarist, who composed 12 symphonies, 9 of them for ensembles of electric guitars and percussion
- Stephen Brown, Canadian composer of 3 symphonies: The Northern Journey, Fear and Loathing, Combustion
- Diana Burrell, English composer of 1 symphony
- Carlos Franzetti, Argentinian composer of 2 symphonies
- Mikko Heiniö, Finnish composer of 2 symphonies
- Jonathan Lloyd, British composer of 5 symphonies
- Edward McGuire, Scottish composer of 3 symphonies
- Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer of Sinfonia con piano concertante
- Dan Welcher, American conductor and composer of 5 symphonies
- Kalevi Aho, Finnish composer of 18 symphonies and 3 chamber symphonies
- James Barnes, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Hiro Fujikake, Japanese composer of 3 symphonies
- Eduard Hayrapetyan, Armenian composer of 3 symphonies
- Richard Mills, Australian composer of 2 symphonies
- Stephen Paulus, American composer of 2 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas
- Shulamit Ran, Israeli–American composer of 1 symphony
- Christopher Rouse, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Poul Ruders, Danish composer of 5 symphonies
- Manfred Trojahn, German composer of 5 symphonies
1950–present
- Andrew Downes, British composer of 5 symphonies
- Otomar Kvěch, Czech composer of 5 symphonies
- Libby Larsen, American composer of 7 symphonies
- Stephen Oliver, English composer of 1 symphony
- Jay Reise, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Lepo Sumera, Estonian composer of 6 symphonies and 1 symphony for string orchestra and percussion
- Alan Belkin, Canadian composer of 8 symphonies
- John Buckley, Irish composer of 1 symphony
- Ronald Corp, English composer of 1 symphony
- Gareth Glyn, Welsh composer of 1 symphony
- Brian M. Israel, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Anthony Korf, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Gerald Levinson, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Michael Rosenzweig, South African composer of 1 symphony and 2 sinfoniettas
- Craig H. Russell, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Philip Sawyers, British composer of 6 symphonies
- Roger Briggs, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Alexander Brincken, Russian composer of 5 symphonies
- Brenton Broadstock, Australian composer of 5 symphonies
- Stephen Hartke, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Oliver Knussen, English conductor and composer of 3 symphonies
- Alla Pavlova, Russian composer of 11 symphonies
- Wolfgang Rihm, German composer of 3 numbered and 2 unnumbered symphonies
- Cindy McTee, American composer of 1 symphony
- Daniel Asia, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Johan de Meij, Dutch composer of 4 symphonies
- Akira Nishimura, Japanese composer of 3 symphonies and 3 chamber symphonies
- Anthony Powers, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Robert Saxton, British composer of 1 chamber symphony
- Wolfgang von Schweinitz, German composer of 2 symphonies plus a Plainsound–Sinfonie for basset clarinet, ensemble and orchestra
- Roberto Sierra, Puerto Rican composer of 7 symphonies
- Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer of 6 symphonies
- Chen Yi, Chinese composer of 3 symphonies
- Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer of 2 symphonies
- Daniel Bukvich, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Robert Carl, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Michael Daugherty, American composer of a Metropolis Symphony
- Eric Ewazen, American composer of 1 symphony for strings and 1 chamber symphony
- Anders Nilsson, Swedish composer of 3 symphonies
- Tobias Picker, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Adam Pounds, British composer of 4 symphonies
- Sergio Rendine, Italian composer of 2 symphonies
- Sinan Savaskan, British composer of 4 symphonies
- Carl Vine, Australian composer of 8 symphonies
- Ye Xiaogang, Chinese composer of 1 symphony
- Nigel Keay, New Zealand composer of 1 symphony
- Dieter Lehnhoff, German-Guatemalan composer of 2 symphonies
- Behzad Ranjbaran, Persian–American composer of 1 symphony
- Sally Beamish, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Richard Danielpour, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Jouni Kaipainen, Finnish composer of 4 symphonies
- Onutė Narbutaitė, Lithuanian composer of 4 symphonies
- Thomas Sleeper, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Guan Xia, Chinese composer of 2 symphonies
- Miguel del Águila, Uruguayan-American composer 2 programmatic Symphonies
- Mark Alburger, American composer of 9 symphonies
- Keith Burstein, English composer of 1 symphony and 1 chamber symphony
- Tan Dun, Chinese composer of 1 symphony
- Andrew Hugill, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Bechara El Khoury, Lebanese-born French composer of 1 symphony
- Gerhard Schedl, Austrian composer of 4 symphonies
- Frank Ticheli, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Patrick Hawes, British composer of 1 symphony
- John Abram, Anglo-Canadian composer of 1 chamber symphony
- Luc Brewaeys, Belgian composer of 8 symphonies
- Alejandro Civilotti, Argentine composer of 5 symphonies
- Matthew Curtis, British composer of 1 symphony
- Paul Desenne, Venezuelan composer of 5 symphonies
- Shigeru Kan-no, Japanese composer of 7 chamber symphonies
- James MacMillan, Scottish composer of 5 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta
- Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian composer of 9 symphonies
- Nigel Clarke, British composer of 1 symphony
- Detlev Glanert, German composer of 4 symphonies and 1 chamber symphony
- Kamran Ince, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Anthony Ritchie, New Zealand composer of 6 symphonies
- Peter Seabourne, British composer of 6 symphonies
- Jesús Rueda, Spanish composer of 16 symphonies
- Nicolas Bacri, French composer of 7 symphonies
- Daron Hagen, American composer of 5 symphonies
- Lowell Liebermann, American composer of 4 symphonies, the second with chorus to texts by Walt Whitman
- Michael Torke, American composer of 1 symphony
- Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, German composer of 3 chamber symphonies
- Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian composer of 3 symphonies
- Rudi Spring, German composer of 3 chamber symphonies
- Timothy Brock, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Thomas Larcher, Austrian composer of 3 symphonies
- Sean O'Boyle, Australian composer of 1 symphony
- John Pickard, British composer of 6 symphonies
- David del Puerto, Spanish composer of 2 symphonies
- Julia Gomelskaya, Ukrainian composer of 4 symphonies plus a Concert–Symphony for violin and orchestra and 2 chamber symphonies
- Matthew Taylor, English composer of 6 symphonies
- Robert Steadman, British composer of 2 symphonies and 1 chamber symphony
- Jeffrey Ching, Chinese-Philippine composer of 5 symphonies
- Moritz Eggert, German composer of 2 symphonies
- Thierry Pécou, French composer of 1 symphony
- Vache Sharafyan, Armenian composer of 2 symphonies
- Julian Anderson, British composer of 1 symphony
- Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer of 3 symphonies
- Frederick Stocken, British composer of 2 symphonies
- Christopher Theofanidis, American composer of 1 symphony
- Matthew Hindson, Australian composer of 3 symphonies
- Victoria Borisova-Ollas, Russian-Swedish composer of 2 symphonies
- Esteban Benzecry, Argentine composer of 3 symphonies
- Peter Boyer, American composer of 1 symphony
- Robert Paterson, American composer of a Symphony in Three Movements
- Fazıl Say, Turkish composer of 4 symphonies.
- Julian Wagstaff, Scottish composer of Symphony for Chamber Orchestra
- Thomas Adès, British composer of 1 symphony
- Richard Causton, composer of a chamber symphony
- Michael Hersch, American composer of 3 symphonies
- Michael Wolters, British composer of 1 symphony
- Jason Wright Wingate, American composer of 2 symphonies
- Dae-Ho Eom, South Korean composer of 4 symphonies
- Kevin Puts, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Lera Auerbach, Russian-American composer of 4 symphonies
- Søren Nils Eichberg, Danish–German composer of 3 symphonies
- Jonathan Leshnoff, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Airat Ichmouratov, Russian/Canadian composer of Symphony in A minor
- Paul Mealor, Welsh composer of 3 symphonies
- Huw Watkins, Welsh composer of 2 symphonies
- Mason Bates, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Dinesh Subasinghe, Sri Lankan composer of 1 symphony
- Edward Manukyan, Armenian-American composer of 1 symphony
- Joel Thomas Zimmerman, Canadian composer of 1 symphony
- Carson Cooman, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Mohammed Fairouz, American composer of 4 symphonies
- Rod Schejtman, Argentine composer of 1 symphony
- Carlos Simon, American composer of 1 symphony
- Jay Greenberg, American composer of 6 symphonies
- Alex Prior, British composer of 4 symphonies
- Robin Haigh, Irish/British composer of 1 symphony