List of symphonies by number
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Most symphonies by classical composers after the baroque 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 ninth", 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 Brian wrote 32)
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| Symphonies by number, name, and key |
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| No. 0 | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 | No. 11 |
| No. 12 and higher: Haydn, Mozart, M.Haydn, Shostakovich, Hovhaness,... |
| List of symphonies by name - List of symphonies by key - List of symphony composers |
| See also: Sinfonia | Sinfonia concertante | Unfinished symphony | Curse of the Ninth |
