List of symphonies in G major

This is a list of symphonies in G major written by notable composers.

Composer	Symphony
Carl Friedrich Abel	Symphony op. 1 no. 6/WK 6 Symphony op. 4 no. 5/WK 11 Symphony op. 7 no. 1/WK 13 Symphony op. 14 no. 5/WK 29 Symphony op. 17 no. 6/WK 36
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	Symphony H 648/Wq 173 Symphony H 655/Wq 180 Symphony H 657/Wq 182:1 Symphony H 666/Wq 183:4 Symphony H 667
Johann Christian Bach	Symphony op. 3 no. 6/W C6 Symphony op. 6 no. 1/W C7a Symphony W C7b Symphony op. 8 no. 2/W C13
Franz Ignaz Beck	Sinfonia, op. 1 no. 5 (Callen 5) (published 1758)[1]
Luigi Boccherini	Symphony G576
Hjalmar Borgstrøm	Symphony No. 1, Op. 5 (1890)
Christian Cannabich	Sinfonia (1760) Sinfonia, op. 10 no. 2 (no. 47) (by 1772)[2] Sinfonia, no. 67[3]
Muzio Clementi	Symphony "no. 3" Grand National Symphony (incomplete)
Eric DeLamarter	Symphony (1920)[4]
Felix Draeseke	Symphony No. 1, Op. 12 (1868–69/revised 1871–72)[5]
Antonín Dvořák	Symphony No. 8, op. 88, B. 163 (1889)
George Dyson	Symphony (1937)
Jean Françaix	Symphony in G (1953)[6]
François Joseph Gossec	Symphony op. 12 no. 2 (RH 36) (published 1769)[7][8]
Theodore Gouvy	Symphony op. 58 (Symphonie brève; variations et rondo pour orchestre)
Christoph Graupner	GWV 578–611 are all in this key (see List of symphonies by Christoph Graupner.)
Asger Hamerik	Symphony No. 6, op. 38 "Symphonie spirituelle" (1897)
Joseph Haydn	Symphony No. 3 (composed by 1762) Symphony No. 8, Le Soir (1761?) Symphony No. 18 (composed by 1766) Symphony No. 23 (1764) Symphony No. 27 (composed by 1766) Symphony No. 47 "Das Palindrom" (composed by 1772) Symphony No. 54 (1774) Symphony No. 81 (composed by 1784) Symphony No. 88 (late 1780s) Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" (1791) Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" (1791) Symphony No. 100 "Military" (1794)
Michael Haydn	Symphony No. 1C, MH 26 (1758?) Symphony No. 3, (Divertimento) (1763) Symphony No. 12, MH 108, Perger 7 (1768) Symphony No. 25, MH 284, Perger 16 (1783) (given an introduction by Mozart, who conducted it the same year and for a while regarded as Mozart's Symphony No. 37, K. 444) Symphony No. 35, MH 474, Perger 27 (1788)
Friedrich Koch	Symphony No. 2, op. 10 (published 1891)
Leopold Kozeluch	Symphony P I: 8, op. 24 no. 3 Symphony P I: G1
Gustav Mahler	Symphony No. 4 (1901)
John Marsh	Symphony No. 8 (9) (1778) [9]
Leopold Mozart	Toy Symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Symphony No. 10, K. 74 Symphony No. 12, K. 110 Symphony No. 15, K. 124 (1772) Symphony No. 17, K. 129 (1772) Symphony No. 27, K. 199 (1773) Symphony No. 32 "Overture in the Italian style", K. 318 (1779)
George Onslow	Symphony No. 4, op. 71 (1846) [10]
Carlo d'Ordoñez	Symphony, Bryan G0[11]
Hubert Parry	Symphony No. 1 (1880–81 or 1882?)[12]
Hans Pfitzner	Little Symphony, op. 44 (1946)
Ignaz Pleyel	Symphony Ben.130[13] Symphony Ben.156/op. 68 (1804)[13][14]
Napoléon Henri Reber	Symphony No. 4 (by 1850)
Anton Reicha	Symphony No. 1 (actually no. 3?) (ca. 1808)
Jean Rivier	Symphony No. 3, for strings (pub. 1939)[15]
Chevalier de Saint-Georges	Symphony Op. 11 No. 1 G.73
Vadim Salmanov	Symphony No. 2 (1959)
Louis Spohr	Symphony No. 6 "Historical Symphony in the Style and Taste of Four Different Periods", op. 116 (1839)[16] Symphony No. 8, op. 137 (1847)[16]
Alice Mary Smith	Symphony in G major[17]
Johann Stamitz	Symphony, op. 3 no. 1 (Wolf G2) (probably written between 1751–54; published 1757)[18] Symphony, op. 3 no. 3 (Wolf G3) (probably written between 1751–54; published 1757)[19] Symphony, op. 8 no. 3 (Wolf G5) (probably written 1745–49; published 1763)[20]
Johann Baptist Wanhal	Symphony, Bryan G1[21] Symphony, Bryan G2[22] Symphony, Bryan G4[23] Symphony, Bryan G6[24] Symphony, Bryan G8[25] Symphony, Bryan G10[26] Symphony, Bryan G11[27] Symphony, Bryan G13[28]
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Symphony No. 2 A London Symphony (1914)
Mieczysław Weinberg	Symphony No. 2, op. 30 (1946)
Felix Weingartner	Symphony No. 1, op. 23 (1898)

See also

For symphonies in G minor, see list of symphonies in G minor. For symphonies in other keys, see List of symphonies by key.

Notes

1. Beck, Franz Ignaz; Badley, Allan (1997). Beck Sinfonia. Wellington, NZ: Artaria Editions. ISBN 1-877170-94-1. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
2. Cannabich, Christian; Badley, Allan (1997). Cannabich Sinfonia 47. Wellington, NZ: Artaria Editions. ISBN 1-877170-77-1. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
3. "CD with Cannabich Symphony 67". Naxos Records. 1998. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
4. Goetschius (1929), p. 368
5. Schlüren, Christoph (2003). "Online Preface to Draeseke First Symphony". Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
6. "Jean Françaix: Site Officiel (Oeuvres): Symphonie en Sol Majeur" (in French). Archived from the original on January 11, 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
7. Gossec, François Joseph; Badley, Allan (1997). Gossec Symphony op. 12 no. 2. Wellington, NZ: Artaria Editions. ISBN 1-877170-08-9. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
8. "Bibliographie nationale française Musique" (in French). Retrieved 14 February 2009.
9. Marsh, John (2001). Graham-Jones, Ian (ed.). Symphonies. Part 1, The Salisbury and Canterbury symphonies (1778–1784). Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. ISBN 0-89579-486-1. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
10. "Onslow Worklist". George Onslow Site. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
11. Bryan (1997), 324–325
12. Benoliel, Bernard (1992). "Notes to Parry: Complete Symphonies" (PDF). Chandos Records. Retrieved 2 January 2008. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
13. "The Michael Haydn Project". Archived from the original on 8 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
14. "Description of CD with Pleyel op. 68 Symphony". Chandos Records. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
15. LoC Permalink for Rivier Symphony. LCCN 46034288.
16. Warsop, Keith (Chairman, Spohr Society of Great Britain) (November 1992). "Notes from a Recording on Marco Polo of Spohr's 7th and 8th Symphonies". Naxos Records. Retrieved 15 February 2009. (notes have a list of the nine published Spohr symphonies, with dates of composition or completion.)
17. Herman, Michael (July 2007). "British Symphonies on CD Page 1". Retrieved 15 February 2009.
18. Stamitz, Johann; Badley, Allan (1996). Johann Stamitz's opus 3 no. 1. Wellington, NZ: Artaria Editions. ISBN 1-877170-49-6. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
19. Stamitz, Johann; Badley, Allan (1996). Johann Stamitz's opus 3 no. 3. Wellington, NZ: Artaria Editions. ISBN 1-877170-50-X. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
20. Stamitz, Johann; Badley, Allan (1997). Johann Stamitz's opus 8 no. 3. Wellington, NZ: Artaria Editions. ISBN 1-877171-05-0. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
21. Bryan (1997), 314
22. Bryan (1997), 314–315
23. Bryan (1997), 315–316
24. Bryan (1997), 317–318. Bryan acknowledges this one might be by Dittersdorf.
25. Bryan (1997), 319–321.
26. Bryan (1997), 321–322.
27. Bryan (1997), 322–323.
28. Bryan (1997), 321–323.

References

• Bryan, Paul, Johann Waṅhall, Viennese Symphonist: His Life and His Musical Environment Stuyvesant: Pendragon Press (1997): 324–325
• Goetschius, Percy (1929). Masters of the Symphony. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company. OCLC 855537.