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| Date | Composer | Symphony |
|---|---|---|
| 1901-02 | Sibelius | Symphony no. 2 |
| 1901-02 | Nielsen | Symphony no. 2 'The Four Temperaments |
| 1901-02 | Mahler | Symphony no. 5 |
| 1903-05 | Debussy | La Mer 'Symphonic Sketches' |
| 1903-09 | Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony |
| 1904 | Strauss | Sinfonia Domestica |
| 1906 | Schoenberg | Chamber Symphony no. 1 |
| 1906 | Mahler | Symphony no. 8 |
| 1907-08 | Elgar | Symphony no. 1 |
| 1908-11 | Ives | Symphony no. 3 'The Camp Meeting' |
| 1912-13 | Vaughan Williams | A London Symphony |
| 1914-16 | Nielsen | Symphony no. 4 'The Inextinguishable' |
| 1914-16 | Szymanowski | Symphony no. 3 'The song of the night' |
| 1915 | Strauss | Alpine Symphony |
| 1915 | Sibelius | Symphony no. 5 |
| 1915-28 | Ives | Universe Symphony (unfinished) |
| 1916-17 | Prokofiev | Symphony no. 1 'Classical' |
| 1917-19 | Ives | A Symphony: New England Holidays |
| 1921 | Vaughan Williams | Pastoral Symphony |
| 1922 | Milhaud | Symphonie de chambre no. 5 |
| 1923 | Honegger | Mouvement symphonique no. 1 'Pacific 231' |
| 1924 | Sibelius | Symphony no. 7 |
| 1926 | Janácek | Sinfonietta |
| 1927 | Shostakovich | Symphony no. 2 'To October' |
| 1929 | Bax | Symphony no. 3 |
| 1930 | Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms |
| 1933-34 | Britten | Simple Symphony |
| 1934 | Hindemith | Mathis der Maler |
| 1934-37 | Moeran | Symphony in G minor |
| 1939-40 | Casella | Symphony no. 3 |
| 1940 | Britten | Sinfonia da Requiem |
| 1941 | Shostakovich | Symphony no. 7 'Leningrad' |
| 1942-45 | Stravinsky | Symphony in Three Movements |
| 1944-46 | Copland | Symphony no. 2 |
| 1945 | Benjamin | Symphony |
| 1945 | Klami | Symphony no. 2 |
| 1945 | Shostakovich | Symphony no. 9 |
| 1945-46 | Honegger | Symphony no. 3 'Liturgique' |
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