the fifth in 2010, the third including text of Georg Trakl for alto and speaker John Adams (born 1947), American composer who has used the term 'Symphony' to describe a number of works, including the Chamber Symphony (1992) and its sequel Son of Chamber Symphony (2007), the Dr. Atomic Symphony (2007), drawn from his opera of the same name, and Scheherazade.2, a "dramatic symphony" for violin and orchestra. Jack Gallagher (born 1947), American composer of 2 symphonies and 1 sinfonietta Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001), Russian–Canadian composer of 4 symphonies Paul Patterson (born 1947), British composer of 1 symphony for strings Emil Tabakov (born 1947), Bulgarian composer of 10 symphonies Claude Baker (born 1948), American composer of 1 symphony Ioseb Bardanashvili (born 1948), Georgian–Israeli composer of 3 symphonies Glenn Branca (1948–2018), American composer and guitarist, who composed 12 symphonies, 9 of them for ensembles of electric guitars and percussion Stephen Brown (born 1948), Canadian composer of 3 symphonies: The Northern Journey (1986-2019), Fear and Loathing (2019), Combustion (2020) Diana Burrell (born 1948), English composer of 1 symphony (Symphonies of Flocks, Herds and Shoals, 1995–96) Carlos Franzetti (born 1948), Argentinian composer of 2 symphonies Mikko Heiniö (born 1948), Finnish composer of 2 symphonies Jonathan Lloyd (born 1948), British composer of 5 symphonies Edward McGuire (born 1948), Scottish composer of 3 symphonies Julia Tsenova (1948–2010), Bulgarian composer of Sinfonia con piano concertante (1974) Dan Welcher (born 1948), American conductor and composer of 5 symphonies Kalevi Aho (born 1949), Finnish composer of 17 symphonies and 3 chamber symphonies James Barnes (born 1949), American composer of 5 symphonies Hiro Fujikake (born 1949), Japanese composer of 3 symphonies Eduard Hayrapetyan (born 1949), Armenian composer of 3 symphonies Richard Mills (born 1949), Australian composer of 2 symphonies Stephen Paulus (1949–2014), American composer of 2 symphonies (the second for strings) and 2 sinfoniettas Shulamit Ran (born 1949), Israeli–American composer of 1 symphony Christopher Rouse (1949–2019), American composer of 6 symphonies Poul Ruders (born 1949), Danish composer of 5 symphonies Manfred Trojahn (born 1949), German composer of 5 symphonies 1950–present Andrew Downes (born 1950), British composer of 5 symphonies Otomar Kvěch (1950–2018), Czech composer of 5 symphonies Libby Larsen (born 1950), American composer of 7 symphonies Stephen Oliver (1950–1992), English composer of 1 symphony Jay Reise (born 1950), American composer of 3 symphonies Glenn Stallcop (born 1950), American Composer of 15 symphonies Lepo Sumera (1950–2000), Estonian composer of 6 symphonies