List of symphonies in A minor explained

This is a list of symphonies in A minor written by notable composers.

ComposerSymphony
Hugo AlfvénSymphony No. 5, Op. 54 (1942, 1952/3)
Kurt AtterbergSymphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Romantica", Op.45 (1941-2)
Victor Bendix (1895)
Arrigo BoitoSymphony
Alexander Borodin (sketched between 1884-7 but left incomplete, first two movements finished and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov)
Havergal Brian
Stephen BrownSymphony, The Northern Journey
Samuel Coleridge-TaylorSymphony, Op. 8 (1896)[3]
Johann Nepomuk DavidSymphony No. 1, Op. 18 (1937)[4]
Carl Ditters von DittersdorfSymphony "Il delirio delli compositori, ossia Il gusto d'oggidi" (1770s)[5]
Thomas DunhillSymphony, Op. 48 (1914–16)[6]
Johann Friedrich FaschSymphony Fwv M:a 1
Eduard FranckSymphony (1846 – lost)
Niels Gade (1847)
Edward GermanSymphony No. 2 "Norwich" (1893)
Evgeny GolubevSymphony No. 5, Op. 45 (1960)[7]
Alexander GretchaninovSymphony No. 2, Op. 27 "Pastoral" (1908)
Howard HansonSymphony No. 3, Op. 33 (1937)
Alfred Hill
  • Symphony No. 5 "Carnival" (1955, arrangement of a string quartet from 1912)[8] [9]
  • Symphony No. 13 for Strings (1959)
Vincent d'IndySymphony No. 1 (1872)[10]
Mykola KolessaSymphony No. 2 (1966)
George LloydSymphony No. 1 (1932)[11]
George Alexander MacfarrenSymphony No. 5 (1833)
Gustav MahlerSymphony No. 6 (1903-4, revised 1906-8)
John Blackwood McEwenSymphony (1898)
Erkki MelartinSymphony No. 5 "Sinfonia Brevis", Op. 90 (1915)
Felix MendelssohnSymphony No. 3, Op. 56, "Scottish"
Alexander MosolovSymphony No. 5 (1959–60)
Alexander MoyzesSymphony No. 2, Op. 16 (1932, revised 1941)[12]
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSymphony "Odense" K. Anh 220 (16a) (1765?)
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Arvo PärtSymphony No. 4 (2008)
Gavriil PopovSymphony No. 2 "Motherland", Op.39 (1943)
Sergei RachmaninoffSymphony No. 3, Op. 44 (1935–36)
Joachim RaffSymphony No. 11, Op. 214 "Winter" (1876, edited and published by Max Erdmannsdörfer in 1883) [13]
Ferdinand RiesSymphony No. 7, Op. 181 (1835)
Jean RivierSymphony No. 5 (1950)[14]
Julius RöntgenSymphony (1931)[15] [16]
Guy RopartzSymphonie sur un Choral Breton. (1894-5)[17]
Anton Rubinstein, Op. 111 (1886)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1859)
Vadim SalmanovSymphony No. 3 (1963)
Bernhard ScholzSymphony No. 2, Op. 80 (published 1896)[18]
Franz SchrekerSymphony, Op. 1
Cyril ScottSymphony No. 2, Op. 22 (1903)
Jean SibeliusSymphony No. 4, Op. 63 (1909–11)
Alice Mary SmithSymphony in A minor (probably 1876)[19]
Alexandre TansmanSymphony No. 2 (1926)[20]
Randall ThompsonSymphony No. 3[21]
Johann Baptist Wanhal
  • Symphony Bryan a1
  • Symphony Bryan a2 (1770s)[22]
Sergei VasilenkoSymphony No. 5, Op. 123 (1947)[23]
Louis Vierne
Karl WeiglSymphony No. 6 (1947)[24]
Mieczysław Weinberg
  • , Op. 61 (1957, rev 1961)
  • , Op. 79 (1962–63)[25]
  • , Op. 98 (1968)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Description of Brian Ninth Symphony. Havergal Brian Society. 5 December 2007. September 2007.
  2. Web site: Description of Brian Twenty-Fifth Symphony. Havergal Brian Society. 5 December 2007. September 2007.
  3. Web site: The English Symphony 1880-1920 . 25 March 2007 . 5 December 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070628045724/http://musicalresources.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=30 . 28 June 2007 . dead .
  4. Web site: David – List of Orchestral Works. 1 November 2008.
  5. Web site: Grodd. Uwe. Conductor's website. Description, and Reviews of Recording, of Dittersdorf's Symphony 'Of the Delirium of the Composer'. 1998. 15 December 2007.
  6. Web site: Herman. Michael. Review of Recording of Dunhill Symphony. MusicWeb International. December 2007. 5 December 2007.
  7. Web site: van Rijen. Onno. Evgeny Golubev: Internet Edition. 1 April 2006. 5 December 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080116122237/http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/golubev.htm. 16 January 2008.
  8. Web site: Herman. Michael. British Symphonies on CD Page 1. MusicWeb International. 5 December 2007. July 2007.
  9. Web site: Barnett. Rob. MusicWeb International. Alfred Hill (1870-1960) Australian Golden Age Romantic: Four Compact Discs From Marco Polo . December 1999. 5 December 2007.
  10. Web site: Announcement of Premiere Recording of d'Indy First Symphony. April 2008. 31 October 2008.
  11. Web site: George Lloyd – The Symphonies. Conway. Paul. 1998. 1 November 2008.
  12. Web site: Cummings. Robert. Review of Recording of Moyzes Symphonies 1 and 2. 2000. 15 December 2007. Classical Net.
  13. Web site: Musikmph Preface for Raff 11th Symphony. Leichtling. Dr. Avrohom. 2006. 5 December 2007. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich.
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  15. Web site: Announcement of Cobra Recording of Röntgen A minor Symphony. Records International. August 2006. 5 December 2007.
  16. Web site: Rontgen Discography. 31 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20090129130053/http://juliusrontgen.info/page3/page3.html. 29 January 2009. dead.
  17. Web site: Ropartz Worklist. 5 December 2007.
  18. Book: Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore. 583. Orchestral Music (Class M1000-1268) Catalogue: Scores. Government Printing Office. 1912. Washington, D.C.. 2008-05-18. 732929. Internet Archive.
  19. Web site: Graham-Jones. Ian. 2005. Chandos Records. Notes to Recording of Smith Symphonies. 5 December 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20110526093258/http://www.chandos.net/pdf/CHAN%2010283.pdf. 26 May 2011. dead.
  20. Web site: Announcement of Recording Premiere of Tansman 2nd Symphony. October 2008. 31 October 2008.
  21. Web site: NZSO Discography. 17 March 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090629165332/http://www.nzso.co.nz/news_and_media/discography. 29 June 2009. dead.
  22. Web site: Vanhal Symphonies played by Concerto Köln. Barfoot. Terry. October 2003. MusicWeb International. 5 December 2007.
  23. Web site: Rijen's Vasilenko Page . 6 February 2006 . 17 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090521191844/http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/vasilen.htm . 21 May 2009 .
  24. Web site: Page on Weigl 6th Symphony. Klassika.info. 9 September 2006. 14 December 2007.
  25. Web site: Vainberg Discography: Olympia Label. 5 December 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20080915054105/http://claudet.club.fr/Vainberg/Disques/Olympia.html. 15 September 2008. dead.