This is a list of some notable composers who wrote symphonic poems.
Hugo Alfvén
- En skärgardssägen, Op. 20 (1903)
 
Frederic Austin
- Isabella or the Pot of Basil (1909, after the poem by John Keats)
 
Edgar Bainton
- Pompilia (1903)
 - Paracelsus, Op. 8 (1904, after the poem by Robert Browning)
 - Thalassa (1933, reworked into his Symphony No. 2 in D minor between 1939-40)
 
Mily Balakirev
- Russia Second Overture on Russian Themes (1863–64, revised 1884)
 - In Bohemia Overture on Czech Themes (1867, revised 1905)
 - Tamara (1867–82)
 
Béla Bartók
- Kossuth (1903)
 
Arnold Bax
- Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan (1905)
 - Into the Twilight (1908)
 - In the Faëry Hills (1909)
 - Rosc-catha (1910)
 - Christmas Eve (1912, r. 1921)
 - Nympholept (1912, orch. 1915, r. 1935)
 - The Garden of Fand (1913, orch. 1916)
 - Spring Fire (1913)
 - In Memoriam (1916)
 - November Woods (1917)
 - Tintagel (1917, orch. 1919)
 - Summer Music (1917, orch. 1921, r. 1932)
 - The Happy Forest (1922)
 - The Tale the Pine Trees Knew (1931)
 - Northern Ballad No. 1 (1927)
 - Northern Ballad No. 2 (1934)
 - Prelude for a Solemn Occasion (Northern Ballad No. 3) (1927, orch. 1933)
 - A Legend (1944)
 
Paul Ben-Haim
- Pan for soprano and orchestra, Op. 13 (1931)
 - Yizkor (Evocation) for violin and orchestra (1942)
 
Natanael Berg
- Traumgewalten (1910)
 - Varde ljus! (1914)
 
Hector Berlioz
- Chasse royale et orage from the Opera Les Troyens (1856–58)
 
Franz Berwald
- Slaget vid Leipzig (The Battle of Leipzig, 1828)
 - Elfenspiel (Play of the Elves , 1841)
 - Ernste und heitere Grillen (Serious and Merry Whims , 1842)
 - Erinnerung an die norwegischen Alpen (Reminiscence of the Norwegian Mountains, 1842)
 - Bayaderen-Fest (Festival of the Bayadères, 1842)
 - Wettlauf (Racing, 1842)
 
Adolphe Biarent
- Trenmor (1905, after a legend from Ossian)
 
Arthur H. Bird
- Eine Karneval-Szene, Op. 5 (A Carnival Scene, 1886)
 
Ernest Bloch
- Vivre-aimer (1900)
 - Hiver-printemps (1904-05)
 - Voice in the Wilderness (1936)
 
Mel Bonis
- Salomé, Op. 100 (1909, unpublished)
 - Ophélie, Op. 165 (published in 2018)
 - Le Rêve de Cléopâtre, Op. 180 (The dream of Cleopatra, published in 2018)
 
Hjalmar Borgstrøm
- Hamlet, Op. 13 (1903)
 - Jesus i Gethsemane, Op. 14 (Jesus in Gethsemane, 1904)
 - John Gabriel Borkman, Op. 15 (1905)
 - Die Nacht der Toten, Op. 16 (The Night of the Dead, 1905)
 - Tanken, Op. 26 (The Idea, 1917)
 
Alexander Borodin
- In the Steppes of Central Asia (actually 'Musical Picture'; 1880)
 
Sergei Bortkiewicz
- Othello, Op. 19 (1914)
 
Rutland Boughton
- A Summer Night (1899, rev 1903)
 - Imperial Elegy: Into the Everlasting (1901)
 - Troilus and Cressida (Thou and I) (1902)
 - Love in Spring (1906)
 - Midnight for Chorus & Orchestra (1907)
 
Lili Boulanger
- D'un matin de printemps (A spring morning, 1918)
 - D'un soir triste (A sad evening, 1918)
 
York Bowen
- The Lament of Tasso, Op.5 (1902)
 - Symphonic Fantasia, Op.16 (1905)
 
Henry Brant
- Curriculum ll: Spatial Tone Poem
 
Havergal Brian
- Hero and Leander Op. 8 (1904–06, lost)
 - Humorous Legend on Three Blind Mice (1908–09, withdrawn)
 - In Memoriam (1910)
 - Doctor Merryheart Comedy Overture No. 1 (1911-2)
 - The Battle Song (sketched between 1930 and 1931, completed by John Pickard in 1997)
 - Elegy (1954)
 
Frank Bridge
- Mid of the Night (1903)
 - Isabella (1907, after John Keats)
 - Summer (1914-15)
 - Enter Spring (1926-27)
 
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff
- Manfred (c.1901)
 
Alfred Bruneau
- La belle au bois dormant (The sleeping beauty, 1894)
 
Ferrucio Busoni
- Symphonisches Tongedicht, Op. 31a (1893)
 
Alfredo Casella
- Pagine di Guerra for four-hand piano (1915, revised and orchestrated in 1918)
 - A Notte Alta, Op. 30 for solo piano (1917, arranged for piano and orchestra in 1921)
 
George Whitefield Chadwick
- Symphonic Sketches (1895-1904)
 - Cleopatra (1904)
 - Aphrodite Symphonic Fantasy (1910–11)
 - Tam o' Shanter, Symphonic Ballad (1914–15)
 - Angel of Death (1917–18)
 
Ernest Chausson
- Viviane (1882, rev 1887)
 
Frederic Cliffe
- Cloud and Sunshine (1890)
 
James Cohn
- A Song of the Waters, Op. 53 (1976)
 
Claude Debussy
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ( Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, 1891–94)
 - La Mer (The Sea, 1903–05, rev 1908)
 
Frederick Delius
- Hiawatha (1887-8, completed by Robert Threlfall)
 - Three Small Tone-poems, VI/7 (1890)
 
- Summer Evening
 - Winter Night (or, Sleigh Ride)
 - Spring Morning
 
- Paa Vidderne (On the Mountains), VI/10 (1890–92)
 - Over the Hills and Far Away, VI/11 (1895–97); fantasy overture for orchestra
 - Paris: The Song of a Great City, VI/14 (1899-1900); nocturne for orchestra
 - Two Pieces for Small Orchestra, VI/19 (1911–12)
 
- On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
 - Summer Night on the River
 
- Eventyr (Once Upon a Time), VI/23 (1917)
 - A Song of Summer, VI/26 (1929–30)
 
Felix Draeseke
- Julius Caesar (1860, rev 1865)
 - Frithjof (1865)
 - Der Thunersee (1903)
 
Paul Dukas
- L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), symphonic scherzo after Goethe (1896–97)
 - Le fil de parque (c.1908, proyected or destroyed)
 
Henri Duparc
- Aux étoiles (only extant movement from the Poème nocturne, 1874)
 - Lénore (1875)
 
Antonín Dvořák
- Rhapsody in A minor, Op. 14 (1874)
 - Vodník (The Water Goblin), Op. 107 (1896)
 - Polednice (The Noon Witch), Op. 108 (1896)
 - Zlatý kolovrat (The Golden Spinning Wheel), Op. 109 (1896)
 - Holoubek (The Wild Dove), Op. 110 (1896; r. 1897)
 - Píseň bohatýrská (A Hero's Song), Op. 111 (1897)
 
George Dyson
- Siena (1907, lost)
 
Edward Elgar
- Cockaigne (In London Town) (1900–01)
 - In the South (Alassio) (1903–04)
 - Falstaff Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 (1913)
 
George Enescu
- Isis (unfinished, 1923; completed by Pascal Bentoiu)
 - Vox maris, Op. 31 (1929–54)
 
Óscar Esplá
- El sueño de Eros (The dream of Eros, 1912)
 - Don Quijote velando las armas (Don Quixote guarding the weapons, 1924)
 
Harry Farjeon
- Mowgli (1907)
 - Summer Vision (1913, lost)
 - Pannychis (1942)
 
Lorenzo Ferrero
- La Nueva España, a set of six symphonic poems (1992–99)
 
Zdeněk Fibich
- Othello, Op. 6 (1873)
 - Spring, Op 13 (1881)
 - Záboj, Slavoj a Luděk, Op. 37 (1873)
 - The Tempest, Op. 46 (1880)
 - Toman and the Wood Nymph, Op. 49 (1874–75)
 
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
- Mé Mládí, Op. 44 (My Youth, 1900)
 - Jaro a touha, Op. 93 (Springtime and Desire, 1912)
 
César Franck
- Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, symphonic poem after Victor Hugo, (1846)
 - Rédemption, for soprano, chorus and orchestra, M. 52 (1872, r. 1874)
 - Les Éolides, M. 43 (1875–76)
 - Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), M. 44 (1881–82)
 - Les Djinns, for piano and orchestra, M. 45 (1884)
 - Psyché, for orchestra and chorus, M. 47 (1886–88)
 
Arthur Friedheim
- Transitions (unknown date)
 
Edward German
- Hamlet (1897)
 - The Willow Song (a.k.a. "Othello", 1922)
 
George Gershwin
- An American in Paris (1928, actually 'Tone Poem')
 - Cuban Overture (1932, conceived as a symphonic poem)
 
Ruth Gipps
- Knight in Armour, Op. 8 (1942)
 - Death on a Pale Horse, Op. 25 (1943)
 
Alexander Glazunov
- Stenka Razin, Op. 13 (1885)
 
Reinhold Glière
- The Sirens, Op. 33 (1908)
 - The Zaporozhy Cossacks, Op. 64 (1921)
 - The Bequest, Op. 73 (1941)
 
Karl Goldmark
- Zrínyi, Op. 47 (1903)
 
Geoffrey Gordon
- Shock Diamonds (1968)
 
Eugene Aynsley Goossens
- Perseus, Op. 3 (1912)
 - The Eternal Rhythm, Op. 5 (1913)
 
Percy Grainger
- Train Music (1901–57)
 
Čestmír Gregor
- Čekání (Waiting, 1942)
 - Děti Daidalovy (Daedalus' Children, 1961)
 
Ferde Grofé
- Knute Rockne (1931)
 - Rip Van Winkle (1932-1954, reworked into "Hudson River Suite")
 - Trylon and Perisphere (1939, later renamed as "Black Gold")
 - Atlantic Crossing (1965)
 
Ernest Guiraud
- Chasse fantastique (1887)
 
Henry Kimball Hadley
- Salome, Op. 55 (1905)
 - Lucifer, Op. 66 (1914)
 - Othello, Op. 96 (1919)
 - The Ocean, Op. 99 (1921)
 
Howard Hanson
- Before the Dawn (1920)
 - Exaltation, Op. 20 (1920)
 - North and West (1923)
 - Lux aeterna, Op. 24 (1923–26)
 - Pan and the Priest, Op. 26 (1926)
 
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
- Miserae (1933–34, previously titled Symphony No. 1)
 
Hamilton Harty
- With the Wild Geese (1910)
 - The Children of Lir (1938)
 
Alfred Hill
- The Lost Hunter (1945)
 
Joseph Holbrooke
- The Raven, Op. 25 (1899-1900, rev 1903)
 - Ode to Victory. Op. 29 (1901, destroyed)
 - The Viking, Op. 32 (1901, rev 1912)
 - Ulalume, Op. 35 (1903)
 - The Birds of Rhiannon, Op. 87 (c.1922)
 
Lee Holdridge
- Scenes of Summer (1973)
 
Augusta Holmès
- Hymne à Apollon (Hymn to Apollo, 1872)
 - Les Argonautes (The Argonauts, 1880)
 - Irlande (Ireland, 1882)
 - Andromède (Andromeda, 1883)
 - Pologne (Poland, 1883)
 - La Nuit et l'Amour ("Night and love" interlude from the ode "Ludus pro Patria", 1888)
 
Gustav Holst
- Indra, Op 13 (1903)
 - Egdon Heath, Op. 47 (1927)
 
Arthur Honegger
- Pastorale d'été (1920)
 - Pacific 231 Symphonic Movement No. 1 (1924)
 - Rugby Symphonic Movement No. 2 (1928)
 - Radio-panoramique (1935)
 
Alan Hovhaness
- Copernicus, Op. 338 (1960)
 - Komachi 7 miniature tone poems for piano, Op. 240 (1971)
 
Airat Ichmouratov
- David of Sassoun, symphonic poem after Armenian epos, Op. 11 (2006)
 - The Letter from an Unknown Woman, for Strings, Op. 56 (2017)
 
Vincent d'Indy
- La Divine Comédie (The Divine Comedy after Dante, 1871)
 - Poème des montagnes for piano, Op. 15 (Poem of the Mountains, 1881)
 - Istar, Op. 42 (1896)
 
John Ireland
- The Forgotten Rite (1913)
 - Mai-Dun (1921)
 
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
- On the Volga, Op. 50 (1910)
 
Jānis Ivanovs
- Varavīksne (Rainbow, 1939)
 - Lāčplēsis (Lacplesis, 1957)
 - Poema Luttuoso for string orchestra (1966)
 - Novella Brevis (1982)
 
Charles Ives
- Central Park in the Dark (1906, rev 1936)
 - The Unanswered Question (1908, rev 1930–35)
 - The General Slocum (Sketched 1909–10, three completions made, most notably the one by D.G. Porter)
 
Zhu Jian'er
- Ode to the Motherland, Op. 13 (1959)
 - Wonders of Naxi, Op. 25 (1984)
 - Mountain Soul, Op. 39 (1995)
 - A Hundred Years of Vicissitudes, Op. 41 (1996)
 
Dmitry Kabalevsky
- Spring, Op. 65 (1960)
 - The Eternal Flame in Bryansk, Op. 85 (1968?)
 
Manolis Kalomiris
- Minas, the Rebel Corsair of the Aegean (1940)
 - The Death of the Valiant Woman (1943, rev 1944–45)
 
Artur Kapp
- Saatus (Fate, 1925)
 
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
- Prinz Karneval (1908)
 
Mieczysław Karłowicz
- Returning Waves, Op. 9 (1904)
 - Eternal Songs, Op. 10 (1906)
 - Lithuanian Rhapsody, Op. 11 (1906)
 - Stanisław i Anna Oświecimowie, Op. 12 (1906)
 - A Sorrowful Tale, Op. 13 (1907–08)
 - An Episode during Masquerade, Op. 14 (1908–09)
 
Hugo Kaun
- Vineta, Op. 16 (1886)
 - Im Urwald, Op.43 (1901, based on Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha)
 - Sir John Falstaff, Op. 60 (1904)
 
Paul von Klenau
- Paolo und Francesca (1913)
 - Jahrmarkt bei London (1922)
 
Lev Knipper
- On the Mountain Pass (1940)
 - Tales about the New Land (1958-60)
 - Letters to a Girl Friend (1961)
 
Victor Kolar
- Hiawatha (circa 1908)
 - A Fairy Tale (circa 1913)
 
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Tomorrow for mezzo-soprano, women's choir and orchestra, Op. 31 (1944, from the movie The Constant Nymph)
 
László Lajtha
- In Memoriam, Op. 35 (1941)
 
Artur Lemba
- Symphonic Poem (1957, dedicated to the 40 anniversary of the October Revolution)
 
Franz Liszt
- Liszt's symphonic poems:
- Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (1848-9) (after Victor Hugo)
 - Tasso: lamento e trionfo (1849) (after Byron)
 - Les Préludes, after Lamartine (1848, rev. before 1854)
 - Orpheus (1853-4)
 - Prometheus (1850)
 - Mazeppa (1851)
 - Festklänge (1853)
 - Héroïde funèbre (1849–50)
 - Hungaria (1854)
 - Hamlet (1858)
 - Hunnenschlacht (1857)
 - Die Ideale (1857) (after Schiller)
 - Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (1881-2)
 
 
William Lloyd Webber
- Aurora (1948)[1]
 
Sergei Lyapunov
- Zelazowa Wola, Op. 37 (1909)
 - Hashish, Op. 53 (1914)
 
Borys Lyatoshynsky
- Возз’єднання, Op. 49 (Reunification, 1949–50)
 - Grazyna, Op 58 (1955)
 - На берегах Вислы, Op. 59 (On the Banks of the Vistula, 1958)
 - Lyric poem "To the Memory of Gliere", Op. 66 (1964)
 
Edward MacDowell
- Hamlet and Ophelia, Op. 22 (1884)
 - Lancelot and Elaine, Op.25 (1886)
 - Lamia, Op. 29 (1888)
 - Die Sarazenen & Die schöne Aldâ, Op.30 (1886-90)
 
Leevi Madetoja
- Kullervo, Op. 15 (1913)
 - Sammon ryöstö (The Abduction of The Sampo), for baritone and male choir, Op. 24 (1915); text from the Kalevala
 - Aslak Smaukka, for baritone and male choir, Op. 37 (1917)
 - Väinämöisen kylvö (Väinämöinen Sows the Wilderness), for soprano (or tenor), Op. 46 (1919–20); text from the Kalevala
 
Frederik Magle
- Cantabile suite (2004–09)
 
Miguel Marqués
- La Cova del Drach (The Cave of Drach, 1904)
 - En la Alhambra (In Alhambra, circa 1905)
 - La Vida (Life, 1906)
 - Oceánica (Oceanic, unknown date)
 
Bohuslav Martinů
- Angel of Death H 17 (1910)
 - Vanishing Midnight Cycle of symphonic poems H 131 (1922)
 
John Blackwood McEwen
- Comala (1889)
 
Erkki Melartin
- Siikajoki, Op. 28 (1903-04)
 - Traumgesicht, Op. 70 (1910)
 - Patria, Op. 72 (1911)
 
Aarre Merikanto
- Lemminkäinen (1916)
 - Pan (1924)
 - Notturno (1928)
 - The Abduction of Kyllikki (1936)
 
Olivier Messiaen
- Jesus (1928, lost)
 
Richard Mohaupt
- Town Piper Music (Stadtpfeifermusik, 1941)
 
Douglas Moore
- Moby Dick (1928)
 - In Memoriam (1943)
 
Vano Muradeli
- The Path of Victory (1950)
 
Modest Mussorgsky
- Night on the Bare Mountain (1867, reworked into multiple versions)
 - Pictures at an Exhibition (1874, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel in 1922)
 
Nikolai Myaskovsky
- Silence, after the fable by Edgar Allan Poe, Op. 9 (1909–10)
 - Alastor, After the poem by Shelley, Op. 14 (1912)
 
Carl Nielsen
- Saga-Drøm (Saga Dream), Op. 39 (1908)
 - Pan og Syrinx (Pan and Syrinx), Op. 49 (1918)
 - En Fantasirejse til Færøerne (An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands, 1927)
 
Ludolf Nielsen
- Regnar Lodbrog, Op. 2 (1900-01)
 - Sommernatsstemning! (1903, lost, only an arrangement for 4-hand-piano remains)
 - In Memoriam (1904)
 - Babelstaarnet, Op.35 (Tower of Babel, 1912-14)
 - Hjortholm (1923)
 
Zygmunt Noskowski
- Step, Op. 66 (The Steppe, 1895)
 
Vítězslav Novák
- V Tatrách, Op. 26 (In the Tatra mountains, 1902)
 - O večné touze, Op. 33 (Eternal Longing, 1903–05), after Hans Christian Andersen
 - Toman a lesní panna, Op. 40 (Toman and the Wood Nymph, 1906–07)
 - Pan for solo piano, Op. 43 (1910)
 - De Profundis, Op. 67 (1941)
 
Feliks Nowowiejski
- Three Symphonic Poems, Op. 17
- 1. Beatrice (1903)
 - 2. Nina and Pergolesi (1905)
 - 3. The Death of Helena (1915)
 
 
Ole Olsen
- Asgaardsreien, Op. 10 (1878, rev before 1910)
 - Alfedans, Op. 14 (ca.1880)
 
Otakar Ostrčil
- Pohádka o Šemíku, Op. 3 (Tale of Šemík, 1899)
 - Léto, Op. 23 (Summer, 1927)
 
John Knowles Paine
- The Tempest, Op. 31 (ca.1876, after Shakespeare)
 - Poseidon and Amphitrite, Op. 44 (ca.1888)
 - Lincoln (ca.1904-06, incomplete)
 
Hubert Parry
- From Death to Life (1914, retitled as "Symphonic Poem in 2 connected movements")
 
Florence Price
- Ethiopia's Shadow in America (1929-32)
 - Songs of the Oak (1943)
 
Henri Rabaud
- Procession nocturne, Op. 6 (after Nicolas Lenau, 1899)
 
Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Manfred (1890-01, lost)
 - Prince Rostislav (1891)
 - The Rock, Op. 7 (1893)
 - Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 (1908)
 
Joachim Raff
- Volker for violin and piano, Op. 203 (1876)
 
Osmo Tapio Räihälä
- Ardbeg (2003)
 - Barlinnie Nine (2005)
 - Rautasade (Iron Rain) (2008)
 
Ture Rangström
- Dithyramb (1909, revised by Kurt Atterberg in 1948)
 - Ett Midsommarstycke (A Midsummer Piece, 1910)
 - En Höstsång (An Autumn Song, 1911)
 - Havet Sjunger (Song of the Sea, 1913)
 
Max Reger
- Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin (Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin) for orchestra, Op. 128 (1913)
 
Cemal Reşit Rey
- Bebek Efsanesi, symphonic poem for orchestra
 - Karagöz
 - Denizciler Marşı Başlayış
 - Çağrılış
 - Fatih
 - Türkiye (1971)
 - Ellinci Yıla Giriş
 
Ottorino Respighi
- Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome), P 106 (1916); part I of Respighi's Roman Trilogy
 - Ballata delle gnomidi (Ballad of the Gnomes), P 124 (1919)
 - Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome), P 141 (1924); part II of Respighi's Roman Trilogy
 - Feste Romane (Roman Festivals), P 157 (1928); part III of Respighi's Roman Trilogy
 
Silvestre Revueltas
- Cuauhnáhuac (1931, rev 1931–32)
 - Esquinas (1931, rev 1933)
 - Janitzio (1933, rev 1936)
 - Sensemayá (1937, rev 1938)
 
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
- Wallenstein, Op. 10 (1866-68, also his Symphony No. 1)
 
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Sadko Musical picture, Op.5 (1867, rev 1869 and 1892)
 - Antar Op. 9 (1868, rev 1875 and 1891)
 - Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op. 35 (1888)
 - Flight of the Bumblebee Orchestral interlude from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1899-1900)
 - Night on Mount Triglav from the opera Mlada (1899-1901)
 
Albert Roussel
- La Menace, Op. 9 (1908)
 - Evocations, Op. 15 (1910-11)
 - Elpénor, Op. 59 (1937)
 
Anton Rubinstein
- Faust, Op. 68 (1864)
 - Ivan the Terrible, Op. 79 (1869)
 - Don Quixote, Op. 87 (1870)
 
Joseph Ryelandt
- La Noche Oscura, Op. 25 (The Dark Night, 1899)
 - Idylle mystique, Op. 30 (1900-01)
 - Gethsemani, Op 42 (1908)
 
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Spartacus (1863)
 - Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31 (1869)
 - Phaéton, Op. 39 (1873)
 - Danse macabre, Op. 40 (1874)
 - La Jeunesse d'Hercule, Op. 50 (1877)
 - La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132 (1910)
 
Vadim Salmanov
- Forest (1948)
 
Giacinto Scelsi
- Rotative for three pianos, winds and percussion (1929)
 
Philipp Scharwenka
- Herbstfeier, Op. 44
 
Ernest Schelling
- Légende Symphonique (1907)
 - Morocco (1927)
 
Arnold Schoenberg
- Frühlings Tod (Fragment, 1898)
 - Verklärte Nacht, Op.4 (1899)
 - Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5 (1902–03)
 
Georg Schumann
- Im Ringen um ein Ideal, Op. 66 (1916)
 
Cyril Scott
- Disaster at Sea (1933, rev 1935 as "Neptune")
 
Alexander Scriabin
- The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 (1905–08); often listed as Symphony No. 4
 - Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60 (1910); often listed as Symphony No. 5
 
Johanna Senfter
- Tonstück, Op. 102
 - Folge von heiteren stücke, Op. 130
 
Dmitri Shostakovich
- From Karl Marx to Our Own Days for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1932)
 - The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op. 119 (1964)
 - October, Op. 131 (1967)
 
Jean Sibelius
One of the most prolific (and significant) contributors to the genre; compositions marked with an asterisk were inspired by Finnish mythology:
- Kullervo, Op. 7 (1891–1892, withdrawn 1893) * [considered variously as a choral symphony and as a cycle of five tone poems]
 - En saga, Op. 9 (1892, revised 1902)
 - Spring Song, Op. 16 (1894, revised 1895)
 - The Wood Nymph (The Wood Nymph), Op. 15 (1894–1895)
 - Lemminkäinen Suite (also known as Four Legends from the Kalevala), Op. 22 * [a cycle of four tone poems]
 
- Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island (1895, revised 1897 and 1939) *
 - The Swan of Tuonela (1893-1895, revised 1897 and 1900) *
 - Lemminkäinen in Tuonela (1895, revised 1897 and 1939) *
 - Lemminkäinen's Return (1895, revised 1897 and 1900) *
 
- Finlandia, Op. 26 (1899, revised 1900); arranged from Press Celebrations Music, JS 137
 - Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 (1906) *
 - Nightride and Sunrise , Op. 55 (1909)
 - The Dryad, Op. 45/1 (1910)
 - Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestra, Op. 70 (1913); text from the Kalevala *
 - The Bard, Op. 64 (1913, revised 1913)
 - The Oceanides, Op. 73 (1913–1914, revised 1914)
 - Tapiola, Op. 112 (1926) *
 
Bedřich Smetana
- Richard III, Op. 11/JB 1:70 (1857–58)
 - Valdštýnův tábor (Wallenstein's Camp), Op. 14/JB 1:72 (1858–59)
 - Hakon Jarl, Op. 16/JB 1:79 (1860–61)
 - Má vlast (My Homeland), JB 1:112 (1874–79); a cycle of six symphonic poems
 
- Vyšehrad (The High Castle)
 - Vltava (The Moldau)
 - Šárka
 - Z českých luhů a hájů (From Bohemia's Woods and Fields)
 - Tábor
 - Blaník
 
David Stanley Smith
- Darkness and Dawn, Op. 5 (1901)
 - The Djinns (1911)
 - The Golden Age, Op.40 (Cycle of five symphonic poems, 1916)
 - Vision of Isaiah, Op. 58 (1927)
 - Credo, Op. 85 (1941)
 - Triumph and peace for solo organ, Op. 88 (1942)
 - The Apostle, Op. 92 (1944)
 
Charlotte Sohy
- Danse mystique, Op. 19 (Mystic dance, 1922)
 
William Grant Still
- Darker America (1924)
 - Africa (1924–30)
 - Dismal Swamp (1933–36)
 - Kaintuck (1935)
 - Poem for Orchestra (1944)
 
Richard Strauss
One of the most prolific (and important) contributors to the genre. He preferred the term "tone poem," rather than "symphonic poem."
- Aus Italien (From Italy), Op. 16 (1886)
 - Don Juan, Op. 20 (1888)
 - Macbeth, Op. 23 (1886–88)
 - Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24 (1889)
 - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), Op. 28 (1894–95)
 - Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), Op. 30 (1896)
 - Don Quixote, Op. 35 (1897)
 - Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40 (1898)
 - Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 (1903)
 - Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64 (1915)
 
Igor Stravinsky
- Le chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale, 1917)
 
George Templeton Strong
- Dance of the Dead, Op.11 (1878)
 - Darkness, Op.13 (1879)
 - Spring (ca.1879, lost)
 - Undine, Op. 14 (1882-83)
 - On the Ocean (1892, lost)
 - The Night (four symphonic poems, 1913)
 - To the Fields (1913, rev 1937)
 - Le Roi Arthur (King Arthur, 1890-91, rev 1915-6)
 - Une Vie d'Artiste (An Artist's life, 1919)
 - The Voyage (The Journey, 1929)
 
Josef Suk
- Praga, Op. 26 (1904)
 - Pohádka Léta, Op. 29 (A Summer's Tale, 1908–09)
 - Ripening, Op. 34 (1912–17)
 - Cycle of Symphonic Poems from Czech History (1915–17)
 
Heikki Suolahti
- Hades, Op. 10 (1932)
 
Evgeny Svetlanov
- Daybreak in the Field (Symphonic Picture, 1949)
 - Daugava (1952)
 - Azov Mountain, Op.10
 - The Red Guelder-Rose
 
Sergei Taneyev
- Oresteia (labeled as an "overture", but really a symphonic poem based on themes from his opera of the same name)
 
Karl Tausig
- Manfred, after Byron (c1862-63, lost)
 - Der Triumph der Liebe (c1862-63, only 1 page survives)
 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- The Storm, Op. (posth.) 76 (1864)
 - Fatum, Op. 77 (1868)
 - Romeo and Juliet, overture-fantasy after Shakespeare, TH 42 (1869–70, r. 1880)
 - Francesca da Rimini, symphonic fantasia after Dante, Op. 32 (1876)
 - The Tempest, symphonic fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18 (1873)
 - Marche slave, Op. 31 (1876)
 - Hamlet, overture-fantasy, Op. 67a (1889)
 - The Voyevoda, Op. (posth.) 78 (1891)
 
Geirr Tveitt
- Nykken (1957)
 
Galina Ustvolskaya
- The Dream of Stepan Razin (1949)
 - The Hero's Exploit (1957, later renamed as "Poem No. 2")
 - Lights in the Steppe (1958, later renamed as "Poem No. 1")
 - Poem on Peace (1962)
 
Edgard Varèse
- Apothéoses de l'océan (circa 1905, lost)
 - Bourgogne (circa 1908, lost)
 - Gargantua (lost)
 
Louis Vierne
- Les djinns, Op. 35 for soprano and orchestra (1912)
 - Psyché, Op. 33 for soprano and orchestra (1914)
 - Éros, Op. 37 for soprano and orchestra (1916)
 
Johan Wagenaar
- Saul en David, Op. 24 (1906)
 - Elverhoï, Op. 48 (1940)
 
Richard Wagner
- Siegfried Idyll (1869–70)
 
Anton Webern
- Im Sommerwind (actually 'Idyll after B. Wille', 1904)
 
Mieczysław Weinberg
- Symphonic Poem, Op. 6 (1941)
 - Morning-Red, Op. 60 (1957)
 - The Banners of Peace, Op. 143 (1986)
 
Felix Weingartner
- König Lear, Op. 20 (King Lear, 1895)
 - Das Gefilde der Seligen, Op. 21 (Fields of the Blessed, 1892)
 - La Burla, Op. 78 (a.k.a The Tempest)
 - Frühling, Op. 80
 
Eric Whitacre
- Godzilla Eats Las Vegas (for winds, 1996)
 
Charles-Marie Widor
- La Nuit de Walpurgis, Op. 60 (1887)
 
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- In the Fen Country (1904, rev 1905 and 1907)
 
Sergei Vasilenko
- Three Bloody Battles (1899-1900, after Tolstoy)
 - The Garden of Death, Op. 12 (1907-08, based on Wilde's The Canterville Ghost
 - Sappho, Op.14 (1909)
 - Hyrcus Nocturnus, Op 15 (1908–09, Flight of the Witches)
 - Au soleil, Op 17 (In the Rays of the Sun, 1910-11)
 
José Vianna da Motta
- Inês de Castro ("Overture", 1886)
 - Invocação dos Lusíadas, Op. 19 (1897)
 
Adolf Wiklund
- Summer Night and Sunrise, Op. 19 (1918)
 
Hugo Wolf
- Penthesilea (1883–85)
 
Haydn Wood
- Mannin Veen: Dear Isle of Man (1933)
 
Alexander von Zemlinsky
- Die Seejungfrau (The Little Mermaid), fantasy after Hans Christian Andersen (1902–03)
 
Kōsaku Yamada
- The Dark Gate (1913, inspired by a poem by Rofu Miki)
 - Flower of Mandala (1913, inspired by a poem by Kazo Saito)
 
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