List of symphonies by number
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Most symphonies
by classical composers after the baroque era
are indicated by a number:
Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...
by classical composers after the baroque era
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
are indicated by a number:
- Symphony No. 0: Bruckner, Schnittke
- Symphony No. 1: Many classical era and quite a few romantic composers - not all 20th century (or later) classical composers wrote symphonies.
- Symphony No. 2: Usually more than one.
- Symphony No. 3: And, especially in the classic era, usually more than two.
- Symphony No. 4:
- Symphony No. 5:
- Symphony No. 6:
- Symphony No. 7:
- Symphony No. 8:
- Symphony No. 9: An intangible predicament, known as "Curse of the ninthCurse of the ninthThe curse of the ninth is a superstition connected with the history of classical music. In essence, it is the belief that a "ninth symphony" is destined to be a composer's last; i.e. that he or she will be "fated" to die after writing it, or before completing a "tenth"...
", made many romantic composers stop at (or about) N° 9. - Symphony No. 10: Not uncommon for composers of the classical era before Beethoven, rare later.
- Symphony No. 11:
- Symphony No. 12 and higher: Nearly exclusively classical era composers (Haydn, Mozart), a few less known composers of the romantic era, but again several from the 20th century on (Shostakovich, Hovhaness; Miaskovsky wrote 27 and Havergal BrianHavergal BrianHavergal Brian , was a British classical composer.Brian acquired a legendary status at the time of his rediscovery in the 1950s and 1960s for the many symphonies he had managed to write. By the end of his life he had completed 32, an unusually large number for any composer since Haydn or Mozart...
wrote 32)