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Composers by Numbers of Symphonies #1

We give you the number of symphonies a composer has written, with the nickname of one of their more famous ones. (One or two of these composer's symphonies have no "most famous nickname" - or they wrote no symphonies at all. In those cases we give you, in parentheses, the name of another of their famous works). Who are these composers?
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one of his works
composer
9
New World
Dvořák
9
Resurrection
Mahler
9
Eroica
Beethoven
9
Sinfonia antartica
Vaughan Williams
10
Unfinished
Schubert
41
Haffner
Mozart
6
Pathétique
Tchaikovsky
0
(Water Music)
Handel
106
London
Haydn
2
(Coronation March)
Elgar
67
Mt St Helens
Hovhaness
15
Leningrad
Shostakovich
7
(Lieutenant Kijé)
Prokofiev
0
(Mother Goose)
Ravel
3
(In the Steppes of Central Asia)
Borodin
5
Scottish
Mendelssohn
0
(Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Rossini
1
(Peer Gynt)
Grieg
7
(På verandan vid havet)
Sibelius
0
(A kékszakállú herceg vára)
(Bluebeard's Castle)
Bartók
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12 Comments
Jerry928
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Level 76
Jun 11, 2024
Pictured: Antonín Dvořák
FentonsDad
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Level 89
Apr 2, 2017
Very nice, thank you!
Jerry928
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Level 76
Apr 2, 2017
Thanks :) Before I forget, I'd better mention that the number of symphonies does vary according to who you listen to - some sources include, or don't include, unfinished symphonies, and differing sources also disagree on whether to count various works as symphonies!
NigelS
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Level 99
Apr 2, 2017
Nice quiz. Regarding "Symphony in C": Prokofiev wrote 7 symphonies, not 3, and while No. 4 is in C major it's never known as anything other than Symphony No. 4. Did you maybe mean Stravinsky (who did write three, one of them called Symphony in C).
Jerry928
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Level 76
Apr 2, 2017
Dear oh dear, I'd better save the original answer for next year's April Fools Quiz for More Refined Quiztakers. For now, this question has been adjusted to match reality.
NigelS
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Level 99
Apr 2, 2017
Nice adjustment there :)
Jerry928
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Level 76
Apr 3, 2017
It was a Kiwi quizzer's creative response to just criticism.
cwasims
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Level 61
Jun 12, 2018
If you're looking for a better Prokofiev clue, his 1st symphony in D is always called "Classical".
pjs2
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Level 68
May 1, 2024
Good quiz, nice idea. Thanks. I think the quiz could be enhanced by adding the following 4 great symphonists. (In my humble opinion I think they should be included):

Brahms (4 symphonies). Clue could be 'Academic Festival Overture'.

Bruckner (11 symphonies). No. 4 is known as 'Romantic'.

Nielsen (6 symphonies). No. 4 has the title 'The Inextinguishable'.

Schumann (4 symphonies). No. 1 is known as 'Spring'.

Perhaps they could replace the 4 composers included who didn't write any symphonies?

Jerry928
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Level 76
Jun 12, 2024
OK, we've made a second quiz in this series - thanks for your suggestions.
rphxx
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Level 71
Jun 11, 2024
#4 on the list also wrote a "Pastoral" Symphony (No. 3)
Jerry928
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Level 76
Jun 11, 2024
True, though Beethoven's is better known. To avoid wrongfooting fans of Vaughan Williams we now offer a different Beethoven clue.
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