Symphonies for concert band

Prior to the 20th century, only a handful of original symphonies for wind band existed. Symphonies were almost exclusively written for orchestra at the time, but, beginning in the early-mid 20th century, numerous symphonies for concert band began to appear.^[vague]

There are also numerous orchestral symphonies that have been transcribed for concert band, but those are not included in this article.

Note: 20th and 21st century symphonies labelled with an asterisk (*) are for a smaller band, typically the wind section of the orchestra.

18th and 19th centuries

François-Joseph Gossec: "Military" Symphony in F (1794)
Louis-Emmanuel Jadin: Symphony in F (1794)
Anton Reicha: Commemoration Symphony^[1]^[2] (Musique pour célébrer la mémoire des grands hommes) (1815)
Hector Berlioz: Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale (1840)
Charles Gounod: Petite symphonie pour neuf instruments à vent (1885)^{[clarification needed]}

1900–1959

Ernst Krenek: Symphony for winds and percussion op. 34 (1924-25)
Paul Fauchet: Symphony in B-flat (Symphonie pour musique d'harmonie） (1926)
Arthur Meulemans: Symphony No. 4 (1935)
Nikolai Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 19 (1939)
Nikos Skalkottas: Classical Symphony (1947)
H. Owen Reed: "La Fiesta Mexicana", A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band (1949)
Boris Kozhevnikov: Symphony No. 3, "Slavyanskaya" (1950/rev. 1958)
Paul Hindemith: Symphony in B-flat for Band (1951)
Morton Gould: Symphony No. 4, "West Point" (1952)
Roy Harris: Symphony for Band, "West Point" (1952)
Vincent Persichetti: Symphony No. 6, Op. 69 (1956)
Frank Erickson: Symphony No. 1 for Band (1954 rev 1956); Symphony No. 2 for Band (1958)
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 4, Op. 165* (1958); Symphony No. 7, "Nanga Parvat," Op. 178* (1959)
Vittorio Giannini: Symphony No. 3 (1959)

1960–1999

James Barnes: Symphony No. 1, Op. 35 (1974); Second Symphony, Op. 44 (1980-1981); Third Symphony, Op. 89 (1994)
Warren Benson: Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra* (1962); Symphony No. 2, "Lost Songs" (1983)
Derek Bourgeois: Symphony No. 4 "A Wine Symphony", Op. 58a (1978); Symphony of Winds, Op. 67 (1980); Symphony No. 6 "A Cotswold Symphony", Op. 109a (1988)
Andrew Boysen Jr.: Symphony No. 1 (1997); Symphony No. 2 (1999); Symphony No. 3 "JFK" (1999)
John Barnes Chance: Symphony No. 2 (1972)
Johan de Meij: Symphony No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings" (1988); Symphony No. 2, "The Big Apple" (1993)
Martin Ellerby: "Natalis", (Symphony No. 1) (1993); Symphony for Winds (Symphony No. 2) (1997)
Donald Erb: Symphony for Winds (1995)
Frank William Erickson: Symphony No. 3 (1984)
Nicolas Flagello: Symphony No. 2, "Symphony of the Winds," Op. 63
Nancy Galbraith: Wind Symphony No. 1 (1996)
David Gillingham: Symphony No. 1, "Apocalyptic Dreams" (1995)
Ida Gotkovsky: Symphonie pour quatre-vingt instruments a vent (Symphony for 24 wind instruments)* (1960); Symphonie pour Orgue & Orchestre d'Harmonie (Symphony for Organ and Concert Band) (1982); Brillante Symphonie (Brilliant Symphony) (1988-1989)
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 14, "Ararat," Op. 194* (1961); Symphony No. 20, "Three Journeys to a Holy Mountain," Op. 223 (1969); Symphony No. 23, "Ani, City of a Thousand and One Cathedrals," Op. 249 (1972); Symphony No. 53, "Star Dawn" (1983)
Yasuhide Ito: Symphony (1990); A Jubilee Symphony (1994); "La Vita", Symphony in 3 Scenes (1998)
Gordon Jacob: Symphony A.D. 78 (1978)
Robert E. Jager: Symphony No. 1 (1964); Symphony No. 2 (1980)
Serge Lancen: Manhattan Symphony (1961); Symphonie de Noël (1964); Mini-symphonie (1967); Symphonie de l'eau (1984); Symphonie joyeuse (1993)
Libby Larsen: Short Symphony (1996)
David Maslanka: Symphony No. 2 (1986); Symphony No. 3 (1991); Symphony No. 4 (1993)
W. Francis McBeth: "Divergents", A Short Symphony for Symphonic Band, Op. 49 (1969)
Alfred Reed: Symphony No. 2 (1979); Symphony No. 3 (1988); Symphony No. 4 (1992); Symphony No. 5 (1994)
Gunther Schuller: Symphony No. 3, "In Praise of Winds" (1981)
Claude T. Smith: Symphony No. 1 for Band (1977)
Dan Welcher: Symphony No. 3, "Shaker Life" (1997)

2000–Present

James Barnes: Fifth Symphony, "Phoenix", Op. 110 (2000); Sixth Symphony, Op. 130 (2008); Seventh Symphony, "Symphonic Requiem", Op. 135 (2011); Eighth Symphony, "Symphony for Wangen", Op. 148 (2015)
William Bolcom: First Symphony for Band (2008)
Derek Bourgeois: Symphony No. 8 "The Mountains of Mallorca", Op. 184a (2002); Symphony for William, Op. 212 (2004); Symphony No. 41 "Sinfonia Andalucia", Op. 261a (2007); Symphony No. 68 "The Tower of Babel", Op. 316a (2012)
Andrew Boss: Tetelestai (2014)
Franco Cesarini [de]: Symphony No. 1, "The Archangels", Op. 50 (2015); Symphony No. 2, "Views of Edo" Op.54 (2018); Symphony No. 3, "Urban Landscapes" Op. 55 (2020)
Nigel Clarke: Symphony No. 1, "A Richer Dust" for Speaker and Wind Orchestra (2014)
John Corigliano: Symphony No. 3, "Circus Maximus" (2004)
Johan de Meij: Symphony No. 3, "Planet Earth" (2006); Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonie der Lieder (Symphony of Songs)" (2013); Symphony No. 5, "Return to Middle Earth" (2018)
Martin Ellerby: A Little Symphony of English Carols (Symphony No. 4) (2009)
David Gillingham: Symphony No. 2, "Genesis" (2007)
Julie Giroux: Symphony No. 1, "Culloden" (2000); Symphony No. 2, "No Finer Calling" (2006); Symphony No. 3, "A Symphony of Fables" (2006); Symphony No. 4, "Bookmarks from Japan" (2013); Symphony No. 5, "Elements" (2017); Symphony No. 6 (2021)
Samuel Hazo: "Blessings", Symphony No. 1 (2001-2003)
Yasuhide Ito: Sinfonia Singaporiana (2005)
John Mackey: "Wine-Dark Sea", Symphony for Band (2014)
Marcin Masecki: "Victory" ("Zwycięstwo"), Symphony No. 1 (2013)
David Maslanka: Symphony No. 5 (2000); Symphony No. 7 (2005); "Give Us This Day", Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble (2006); Symphony No. 8 (2008); Symphony No. 9 (2011); Symphony No. 10 (left unfinished at the composer's death in 2017, completed by his son Matthew Maslanka in 2018)
Francisco José Martínez Gallego: Symphony No. 1, "Kaprekar" (2011)
Jean-François Michel [nl]: Symphony No. 1, "Colors of live" (2016)
Steven Reineke: Symphony No. 1, "New Day Rising" (2007)
Robert W. Smith: "The Divine Comedy", Symphony No. 1; "The Odyssey", Symphony No. 2; "Don Quixote", Symphony No. 3 (2008)
Philip Sparke: "Earth, Water, Sun, Wind", Symphony No. 1 (2006); "A Savannah Symphony", Symphony No. 2 (2012); "A Colour Symphony", Symphony No. 3 (2014)
James M. Stephenson: Symphony No. 2 (2016)
Frank Ticheli: Symphony No. 2 (2003)
Jess Langston Turner: Symphony No. 1, "If I am to leave..." (2019)
Jan Van der Roost: Sinfonia Hungarica (2001)
Dan Welcher: Symphony No. 4, "American Visionary" (2005)
Judith Lang Zaimont: Symphony for Wind Orchestra in Three Scenes (2003)

References

External links

[1] Reicha, Symphony for Band – Whitwell Books

[2] Commemoration symphony (WorldCat)

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