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Symphony No. 1 (Albert) Symphony No. 1 ''RiverRun'' is an orchestral symphony in four movements by the American composer Stephen Albert. The piece was completed in 1983 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1985. The title comes from the novel ''Finnegans Wake'' by Ja ...

(''RiverRun'') by Stephen Albert, 1983 * Symphony No. 1 (Alwyn) by William Alwyn, 1948–49 *

Symphony No. 1 (Arnold) The Symphony No. 1, Op. 22, is a symphony written by Malcolm Arnold in 1949. Arnold conducted the first performance at the Cheltenham Music Festival in 1951, with The Hallé Orchestra. A miniature score was published in 1952."Reviews of Music: Sy ...

by Malcolm Arnold, 1949 *

Symphony No. 1 (Balada) The Symphony No. 1 by Spanish composer Leonardo Balada was composed in 1968. It is often subtitled ''Sinfonía en negro: Homage to Martin Luther King''. Composition Balada grew up in Barcelona in a liberal family under Francisco Franco's regi ...

(''Sinfonía en negro: Homage to Martin Luther King'') by Leonardo Balada, 1968 *

Symphony No. 1 (Balakirev) The ''Symphony No. 1 in C major'' by Mily Balakirev was commenced as early as 1864, but was not completed until 1898. It is scored for three flutes (the third doubling piccolo), oboe, English horn, three clarinets (switching between B flat and A ...

in C major by Mily Balakirev * Symphony No. 1 (Barber) (Op. 9, ''Symphony in One Movement'') by Samuel Barber, 1936 * Symphony No. 1 (Bax) by Arnold Bax, 1922 * Symphony No. 1 (Beethoven) in C major (Op. 21) by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1795–1801 * Symphony No. 1 (Ben-Haim) by Paul Ben-Haim, 1939–1940 *

Symphony No. 1 (Bernstein) Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 ''Jeremiah'' was composed in 1942. ''Jeremiah'' is a programmatic work, following the Biblical story of the prophet Jeremiah. The third movement uses texts from the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible, sung ...

(''Jeremiah'') by Leonard Bernstein, 1942 * Symphony No. 1 (Berwald) in G minor (''Sérieuse'') by Franz Berwald, 1842 *

Symphony No. 1 (Brahms) The Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, is a symphony written by Johannes Brahms. Brahms spent at least fourteen years completing this work, whose sketches date from 1854. Brahms himself declared that the symphony, from sketches to finishing touch ...

in C minor (Op. 68) by Johannes Brahms, 1855–76 * Symphony No. 1 (Branca) (''Tonal Plexus'') by Glenn Branca, 1981 *

Symphony No. 1 (Brian) The Symphony No. 1 in D minor (''The Gothic'') is a symphony composed by Havergal Brian between 1919 and 1927. At around 105 minutes it is among the longest symphonies ever composed (others include Mahler's Symphony No. 3 at 90 to 105 minutes (th ...

in D minor (''Gothic'') by Havergal Brian, 1919–27 * Symphony No. 1 (Bruch) in E flat major (Op. 28) by Max Bruch, 1868 *

Symphony No. 1 (Bruckner) Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 1 in C minor, WAB 101, was the first symphony the composer thought worthy of performing, and bequeathing to the Austrian National Library. Chronologically it comes after the Study Symphony in F minor and before the ...

in C minor (WAB 101) by Anton Bruckner, 1865–91 * Symphony No. 1 (Carter) by Elliott Carter, 1942 * Symphony No. 1 (Chávez) (''Sinfonía de Antígona'') by Carlos Chávez, 1933 * Symphony No. 1 (Clementi) in C major (WoO 32) by Muzio Clementi * Symphony No. 1 (Copland) (''Symphony for Organ and Orchestra'') by Aaron Copland, 1924 * Symphony No. 1 (Corigliano) by John Corigliano, 1988–89 *

Symphony No. 1 (Davies) The Symphony No. 1 by Peter Maxwell Davies was composed between 1973 and 1976, and is dedicated to Sir William Glock, "as a mark of friendship and of appreciation of his work for contemporary music in his years as music controller at the B.B.C.". ...

by Peter Maxwell Davies, 1973–76 * Symphony No. 1 (Diamond) by David Diamond, 1940 * Symphony No. 1 (Dohnányi) in D minor (Op. 9) by Ernő Dohnányi, 1901 *

Symphony No. 1 (Dutilleux) Henri Dutilleux's Symphony No. 1 was written in 1951. A composition from the composer's relatively early period, it is Dutilleux's first purely orchestral composition. It is written in a very classical form (four movements), but its language is ...

by Henri Dutilleux, 1951 * Symphony No. 1 (Dvořák) in C minor (Op. 3, B. 9, ''The Bells of Zlonice'') by Antonín Dvořák, 1865 *

Symphony No. 1 (Elgar) Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 1 in A major, Op. 55 is one of his two completed symphonies. The first performance was given by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hans Richter in Manchester, England, on 3 December 1908. It was widely known that ...

in A-flat major (Op. 55) by Edward Elgar, 1908 * Symphony No. 1 (Enescu) in E-flat (Op. 13) by George Enescu, 1905 * Symphony No. 1 (English) in A major (Op. 4) by George English, 1932 * Symphony No. 1 (Ficher) (Op. 20, ''Chamber Symphony'') by

Jacobo Ficher Jacobo Ficher (russian: Яков (Хакобо) Фишер; 15 January 1896 – 9 September 1978) was an Argentine composer, violinist, conductor, and music educator of Russian birth. Life Ficher was born in Odessa, Russia, to Alexander Ficher, ...

, 1932 *

Symphony No. 1 (Frankel) The Symphony No. 1, Op. 33 was the first of eight symphonies composed by English composer Benjamin Frankel, written in 1958. It is a dodecaphonic symphony, deeply serious in tone. It was premiered on March 25, 1959 in Lünen by the Westphalia Symp ...

(Op. 33) by Benjamin Frankel, 1958 * Symphony No. 1 (Furtwängler) in B minor by Wilhelm Furtwängler, 1938–41 *

Symphony No. 1 (Glass) Symphony No. 1 (''Low'') is a symphony by Philip Glass based on David Bowie's 1977 album '' Low''. In 1996 Glass based another symphony on David Bowie's following album '' "Heroes"'', and in 2018 he based his 12th Symphony on Bowie's album ...

(''Low'') by Philip Glass, 1992 *

Symphony No. 1 (Glazunov) Alexander Glazunov wrote his Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 5, in 1881, when he was 16 years old. It was premiered the following year in St. Petersburg. It is known as his Slavonian Symphony. Structure The symphony is written in four movements: ...

in E major (Op. 5, ''Slavonian'') by Alexander Glazunov, 1881 *

Symphony No. 1 (Gottschalk) The Symphony No. 1 "La nuit des tropiques" (lit. Night of the Tropics), D. 104 (RO 255), is Louis Moreau Gottschalk's first and most well-known symphony. Background The symphony was probably completed in 1858; the first movement, sometimes subtit ...

(D. 104, RO 255, ''La nuit des tropiques'') by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1859 * Symphony No. 1 (Hanson) (Op.21, ''Nordic'') by Howard Hanson, 1922 *

Symphony No. 1 (Harbison) The Symphony No. 1 is the first symphony by the American composer John Harbison. The work was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and was composed in 1981. It was given its world premiere in Boston on March 22, 1984 by the Boston Sympho ...

by John Harbison, 1981 * Symphony No. 1 (Hartmann) (''Versuch eines Requiem'') by Karl Amadeus Hartmann, 1936–55 *

Symphony No. 1 (Haydn) Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 1 in D major, Hoboken I/1, was written in 1759 in Dolní Lukavice, while in the service of Count Morzin. While it is reliably known that No. 1 was written in 1759, H. C. Robbins Landon cannot rule out that No. 2, No. 4, ...

in D major (Hoboken I/1) by Joseph Haydn, 1759 * Symphony No. 1 (Michael Haydn) in C major (Perger 35, Sherman 1, MH 23) by Michael Haydn, c. 1758 * Symphony No. 1 (Henze) by Hans Werner Henze, 1947 *

Symphony No. 1 (Herrmann) Symphony No. 1 is a four-movement orchestral composition by American composer Bernard Herrmann. The work was jointly commissioned in 1940 by CBS and the New York Philharmonic and was completed March 29, 1941, though Herrmann revised the work in 197 ...

by Bernard Herrmann, 1941 * Symphony No. 1 (Hill) in B-flat major (Stiles 1.3.4.1 Sy1, ''Maori'') by Alfred Hill, 1898 * Symphony No. 1 (Honegger) by Arthur Honegger, 1929–30 * Symphony No. 1 (Hovhaness) (Op. 17, No. 2, ''Exile'') by Alan Hovhaness, 1936 * Symphony No. 1 (Ives) in D minor by Charles Ives, 1898–1902 *

Symphony No. 1 (Kalinnikov) The Symphony No. 1 in G minor by Russian composer Vasily Kalinnikov was written from 1894 to 1895 and first published in 1900. The symphony is dedicated to Russian music critic and teacher Semyon Kruglikov. History Background After contracting tu ...

in G minor by Vasily Kalinnikov, 1894–95 * Symphony No. 1 (Lilburn) by Douglas Lilburn, 1949 * Symphony No. 1 (Lutosławski) by Witold Lutosławski, 1941–47 * Symphony No. 1 (MacMillan) (''Vigil'') by James MacMillan, 1997 * Symphony No. 1 (Madetoja) in F major (Op. 29) by Leevi Madetoja, 1914–16 * Symphony No. 1 (Magnard) in C minor (Op. 4) by Albéric Magnard, 1890 *

Symphony No. 1 (Mahler) The Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler was mainly composed between late 1887 and March 1888, though it incorporates music Mahler had composed for previous works. It was composed while Mahler was second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, Ge ...

in D major by Gustav Mahler, 1887–88 *

Symphony No. 1 (Martinů) The Symphony No. 1, H. 289, is an orchestral composition by the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. History On 19 December 1941, Martinů wrote a letter to Serge Koussevitzky, expressing a wish to compose a symphony for the Boston Symphony Orchest ...

(H. 289) by Bohuslav Martinů, 1942 * Symphony No. 1 (de Meij) (''The Lord of the Rings'') by Johan de Meij, 1984–87 * Symphony No. 1 (Melartin) in C minor (Op. 30 No. 1) by Erkki Melartin, 1902 *

Symphony No. 1 (Mendelssohn) Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11, is a work by Felix Mendelssohn, completed on 31 March 1824, when the composer was only 15 years old. The autograph score was published in 1831 History The work premièred at a private gathering on 14 November 1 ...

in C minor (Op. 11) by Felix Mendelssohn, 1824 * Symphony No. 1 (Mennin) by Peter Mennin, 1942 * Symphony No. 1 (Milhaud) (Op. 210) by Darius Milhaud, 1939 * Symphony No. 1 (Mohaupt) (''Rhythm and Variations'') by Richard Mohaupt, 1939–40 *

Symphony No. 1 (Mozart) The Symphony No. 1 in E major, K. 16, is a symphony written in 1764 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of eight years. ISMN M-006-20466-3 By this time, he was already notable in Europe as a ''wunderkind'' performer, but had composed little musi ...

in E-flat major (K. 16) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1764 * Symphony No. 1 (Myaskovsky) in C minor (Op. 3) by Nikolai Myaskovsky, 1908, revised 1921 * Symphony No. 1 (Natra) by

Sergiu Natra Sergiu Natra (12 April 1924 – 23 February 2021) was an Israeli composer of classical music. (Print version: Sadie, Stanley (ed.), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', Macmillan, 1980, Vol. 13 p. 76. ) Among Natra's creations: ...

, 1944 *

Symphony No. 1 (Nielsen) Symphony No. 1 in G minor, List of compositions by Carl Nielsen#By opus number, Op. 7, List of compositions by Carl Nielsen#By FS number, FS 16, is the first symphony of Danish composer Carl Nielsen. Written between 1891 and 1892, it was dedicated ...

in G minor (Op. 7, FS 16) by Carl Nielsen, 1891–92 * Symphony No. 1 (Paine) in C minor by John Knowles Paine, 1872–75 * Symphony No. 1 (Pärt) (Op. 9, ''Polyphonic'') by

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in pa ...

, 1963 *

Symphony No. 1 (Penderecki) The Symphony No. 1 by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki was composed in 1973. It was published by Polish Music Publishing House and Schott Music and has never been expanded or revised. Composition The composition was commissioned by Perkins ...

by Krzysztof Penderecki, 1973 * Symphony No. 1 (Piston) by Walter Piston, 1937 *

Symphony No. 1 (Popov) Symphony No. 1 (Op. 7) by Soviet-Russian composer Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov is a composition that was banned from performance in the USSR. Popov had completed a sketch of the first movement by August 1929 and was preparing its last (third) movement ...

(Op. 7) by Gavriil Popov, 1929–30 * Symphony No. 1 (Price) in E minor by Florence Price, 1932 *

Symphony No. 1 (Prokofiev) The Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, also known as the "''Classical''", was Sergei Prokofiev's first numbered symphony. He began to compose it in 1916 and completed it on September 10, 1917. Steinberg, Michael. "The Symphony: a listeners guide". ...

in D major (Op. 25, ''Classical'') by Sergei Prokofiev, 1916–17 *

Symphony No. 1 (Rachmaninoff) Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1 in D minor, his Op. 13, was composed between January and October 1895 at his Ivanovka estate near Tambov, Russia. Despite its poor initial reception, the symphony is now seen as a dynamic repr ...

in D minor (Op. 13) by Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1895 *

Symphony No. 1 (Raff) Symphony No. 1 in D major, ''An das Vaterland'' (''To the Fatherland''), Op. 96, was composed by Joachim Raff between 1859 and 1861. History The work was Raff's first numbered symphony, though not the first symphony he had written. He composed ...

in D major (Op. 96, ''To the Fatherland'') by Joachim Raff, 1859–61 *

Symphony No. 1 (Rimsky-Korsakov) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed his Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 1 (originally in E minor), between 1861 and 1865 under the guidance of Mily Balakirev. Balakirev also premiered the work at a concert of the Free Music School in December 186 ...

in E minor (Op. 1) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1861–65 *

Symphony No. 1 (Rouse) Symphony No. 1 is a symphony in one movement by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was commissioned by David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, completed August 26, 1986, and premiered in Baltimore, January 21, 1988. The ...

by Christopher Rouse, 1986 * Symphony No. 1 (Rubbra) (Op. 44) by Edmund Rubbra, 1937 * Symphony No. 1 (Sallinen) (Op. 24) by Aulis Sallinen, 1970–71 * Symphony No. 1 (Scherber) in D minor by

Martin Scherber Martin Scherber (16 January 1907 – 10 January 1974) was a German composer and the creator of what he described as "metamorphosis symphonies". Childhood and youth Martin Scherber was born as the third child of Marie and Bernhard Scherber in ...

, 1938 *

Symphony No. 1 (Schnittke) The Symphony No. 1 by Alfred Schnittke was composed between 1969 and 1974. It is scored for a large orchestra. The symphony is recognised as one of Schnittke's most extreme essays in aleatoric music. From the outset the piece is loud, brash, and ch ...

by Alfred Schnittke, 1969–1974 *

Symphony No. 1 (Schubert) The Symphony No. 1 in D major, D 82, was composed by Franz Schubert in 1813, when he was just 16 years old. Despite his youth, his first symphony is an impressive piece of orchestral music for both its time and size. The first movement opens with ...

in D major (D. 82) by Franz Schubert, 1813 *

Symphony No. 1 (Schumann) The Symphony No. 1 in B major, Op. 38, also known as the ''Spring Symphony'', is the first completed symphonic work composed by Robert Schumann. Background Although he had made some "symphonic attempts" in the autumn of 1840 soon after he marrie ...

in B-flat major (Op. 38, ''Spring'') by Robert Schumann, 1841 *

Symphony No. 1 (Scriabin) Alexander Scriabin's Symphony No. 1, Op. 26, in E major was written in 1899 and 1900. It is an ambitious first symphony, consisting of six movements, the last of which has a chorus and two vocal soloists. This work is one of the first in which Scr ...

(Op. 26) by Alexander Scriabin, 1899–1900 * Symphony No. 1 (Sessions) by Roger Sessions, 1927 *

Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich) The Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10, by Dmitri Shostakovich was written in 1924–1925, and first performed in LeningradThe New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by the Leningrad Philharmonic under Nicolai Malko on 12 May 1926. Shostakovi ...

in F minor (Op. 10) by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1924–25 *

Symphony No. 1 (Sibelius) The Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Opus number, Op. 39, by Jean Sibelius is a symphony started in 1898, and finished in early 1899, when Sibelius was 33. The work was first performed on 26 April 1899 by the Helsinki Orchestral Society, conducted ...

in E minor (Op. 39) by Jean Sibelius, 1898–99 * Symphony No. 1 (Simpson) by Robert Simpson, 1951 * Symphony No. 1 (Spohr) in E flat major (Op. 20) by Louis Spohr, 1811 * Symphony No. 1 (Stanford) in B-flat major by Charles Villiers Stanford, 1876 * Symphony No. 1 (Still) in A-flat (''Afro-American'') by William Grant Still, 1930 * Symphony No. 1 (Strauss) in D minor (TrV 94) by Richard Strauss, 1880 * Symphony No. 1 (Svendsen) in D major (Op. 4) by

Johan Svendsen Johan Severin Svendsen (30 September 184014 June 1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, he lived most his life in Copenhagen, Denmark. Svendsen's output includes two symphonies, a violin ...

, 1865–67 * Symphony No. 1 (Szymanowski) in F minor (Op. 15) by Karol Szymanowski, 1906–07 * Symphony No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) in G minor (Op. 13, ''Winter Dreams'') by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1866 * Symphony No. 1 (Theofanidis) by Christopher Theofanidis, 2009 * Symphony No. 1 (Tippett) by Michael Tippett, 1945 * Symphony No. 1 (Ustvolskaya) by Galina Ustvolskaya, 1955 * Symphony No. 1 (Vaughan Williams) (''A Sea Symphony'') by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1903–09 *

Symphony No. 1 (Villa-Lobos) Symphony No. 1 ''O Imprevisto'' (''The Unforeseen'') is a composition by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1916. A performance lasts about twenty-five minutes. History Villa-Lobos composed his First Symphony in 1916, to a phi ...

(Op. 112, W114, ''The Unforeseen'') by Heitor Villa-Lobos, 1916 *

Symphony No. 1 (Walton) The Symphony No. 1 in B minor is one of two symphonies by the English composer William Walton. The composer had difficulty in completing the work, and its first public performance was given without the finale, in 1934. The complete four-movement wo ...

in B-flat minor by William Walton, 1934–35 * Symphony No. 1 (Weber) in C by Carl Maria von Weber, 1806–07 * Symphony No. 1 (Williamson) (''Elevamini'') by Malcolm Williamson, 1956–1957 * Symphony No. 1 (Zwilich) (''Three Movements for Orchestra'') by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, 1982

Other uses

* ''Symphony No. 1'' (album), a 1999 album by Joe Jackson * ''Symphony No. 1'' (ballet), a 1981 ballet by Peter Martins * Symphony Number One, an American chamber orchestra

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