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Symphonies Known by Name Only
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Most symphonies are referred to by a number (i.e. Symphony No. 5, Opus 3). However, there are a few that were not given numbers but titles to reflect either the style or influence for the music.
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| 'A Colour Symphony' | | Arthur Bliss |
1932
| 'Dante Symphony' | | Franz Liszt |
1857 - A symphony to Dante's Divina Commedia
| 'Das Lied Von Der Erde' | | Gustav Mahler |
1907 - A symphony in the disguise of a song cycle - see Curse of the ninth.
| 'Eine Alpensinfonie' | | Richard Strauss |
1915
| 'Faust Symphony' | | Franz Liszt |
1854 - "Eine Faust-Symphonie"
| 'Grande Symphonie Funèbre Et Triomphale' | | Hector Berlioz |
1840
| 'Harold En Italie' | | Hector Berlioz |
1834 "Harold in Italy"
| 'Holidays Symphony' | | Charles Ives |
1910 - A Symphony: New England Holidays
| 'Jena Symphony' | | Friedrich Witt |
The symphony was discovered by Fritz Stein in 1909 in the archives of a concert society in Jena, from which it derived its name. Stein believed it to be the work of Beethoven and it was so published by Breitkopf und Härtel in 1911. It is now known that the piece was the work of Friedrich Witt. [wikipedia]
| 'Kullervo Symphony' | | Jean Sibelius |
1892
| 'Lambach Symphony in G Major Key' | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
1766
| 'Manfred Symphony' | | Peter Tchaikovsky |
1885
| 'Mathis Der Maler' | | Paul Hindemith |
1933 - "The painter Matthias", which is Matthias Grünewald
| 'Metropolis Symphony' | | Michael Daugherty |
1988 - Inspired by the Superman Comic Books
| 'Odense Symphony in a Minor Key' | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
1765
| 'Of Time and the River' | | John McCabe |
1994
| 'The Queen Symphony' | | Tolga Kashif |
2002 - Based on the music of the pop group Queen.
| 'Roméo Et Juliette' | | Hector Berlioz |
1839
| 'Seven Stars Symphony' | | Charles Koechlin |
1933
| 'A Simple Symphony' | | Benjamin Britten |
1934
| 'Sinfonia Breva' | | Gösta Nystroem |
1931
| 'Sinfonia Del Mare' | | Gösta Nystroem |
1948
| 'Sinfonia Do Trabalho' | | Francisco Mignone |
1939
| 'Sinfonia Da Requiem' | | Benjamin Britten |
1940 - Requiem Symphony
| 'Sinfonia Espressiva' | | Gösta Nystroem |
1937
| 'Sinfonia Sacra' | | Charles-Marie Widor |
1908 - for organ and orchestra
| ''Sinfonia Transamazônica' | | Francisco Mignone |
1972
| 'Sinfonia Tropical ' | | Francisco Mignone |
1958
| 'Spring Symphony' | | Benjamin Britten |
1949
| 'Symphonia Domestica' | | Richard Strauss |
1904
| 'Symphonie Antique' | | Charles-Marie Widor |
1911 - for organ and orchestra, with choral finale
| 'Symphonie Cévenole' | | Vincent D'Indy |
1886
| 'Symphonie Des Deux Mondes' | | Pierre Kaelin |
"Symphony of the Two Worlds"
| 'Symphonie Des Psaumes' | | Igor Stravinsky |
1930 - Symphony of Psalms
| 'Symphonie Espagnole' | | Édouard Lalo |
1874 - Considered by many to be more of a violin concerto.
| 'Symphonie Fantastique' | | Hector Berlioz |
1830
| 'Symphony in Three Movements' | | Igor Stravinsky |
1945
| 'Turangalîla-Symphonie ' | | Olivier Messiaen |
1946
| 'The Unanswered Question' | | Charles Ives |
1908
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