French composer of 1 symphony Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977), Austrian composer of 8 symphonies, plus a Sinfonia preclassica, a Sinfonia breve for small orchestra and a symphony for strings Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), German composer of at least eight works with descriptive titles designated symphonies or sinfoniettas. In chronological order these are the Lustige Sinfonietta of 1916, the Symphony: Mathis der Maler of 1931 (the best known of Hindemith's Symphonies), the Symphony in E-flat of 1939, the Symphonia Serena of 1946, the Sinfonietta in E of 1949, Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony and the Symphony in B-flat for Concert Band (both 1951) and the Pittsburgh Symphony of 1958. Paul Höffer (1895–1949), German composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonie der grossen Stadt, 1937) Gordon Jacob (1895–1984), British composer of two numbered symphonies, a Symphony AD 78 for band, A Little Symphony, Sinfonia Brevis, and a Symphony for Strings Wilhelm Kempff (1895–1991), German pianist and composer of 2 symphonies Borys Lyatoshynsky (1895–1968), Ukrainian composer of 5 symphonies Henri Martelli (1895–1980), French composer of 3 symphonies Slavko Osterc (1895–1941), Slovenian composer of 1 symphony Karol Rathaus (1895–1954), Austrian–American composer of 3 symphonies Kazimierz Sikorski (1895–1986), Polish composer of 4 symphonies Leo Sowerby (1895–1968), American composer of 5 numbered orchestral symphonies, as well as a Symphony in G and Sinfonia brevis for organ William Grant Still (1895–1978), American composer of 5 symphonies (No. 1, Afro-American, 1930, r. 1969; No. 2, Song of a New Race, 1937; No. 3, The Sunday Symphony, 1958; No. 4, Autochthonous, 1947; and No. 5, Western Hemisphere, 1945, r. 1970) Walter Abendroth (1896–1973), German composer of 5 symphonies plus a sinfonietta František Brož (1896–1962), Czech composer of 1 symphony Eduard Erdmann (1896–1958), German composer of 4 symphonies Jacobo Ficher (1896–1978), Argentine composer of 10 symphonies Emil Frey (1896–1946), Swiss pianist and composer of 2 symphonies Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970), Catalan composer, active in England, wrote 5 numbered symphonies (1952–69, the last unfinished), and a Symphony "Homenaje a Pedrell" (1940–41) Howard Hanson (1896–1981), American composer of 7 symphonies (No. 1 Nordic, No. 2 Romantic—his most famous, No. 4 Requiem, No. 5 Sinfonia Sacra, and No. 7 Sea Symphony) Jean Rivier (1896–1987), French composer of 8 symphonies, four of which are for string orchestra Roger Sessions (1896–1985), American composer of 9 symphonies, all but the first 2 of which are written using some form of the twelve-tone technique—see Category of Sessions symphonies. Bolesław Szabelski (1896–1979),