Polish composer of 5 symphonies Virgil Thomson (1896–1989), American composer of 3 symphonies Wladimir Vogel (1896–1984), Russian–Swiss composer of 1 symphony (Sinfonia fugata, 1930–32) Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984), German-Israeli composer of 2 symphonies Jørgen Bentzon (1897–1951), Danish composer of 2 symphonies Matija Bravničar (1897–1977), Slovenian composer of 4 symphonies Henry Cowell (1897–1965), American composer of 20 symphonies (a 21st exists only as sketches), as well as a Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra (1928) and an incomplete Symphonic Sketch (1943) Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897–1948), Brazilian composer of 2 symphonies John Fernström (1897–1961), Swedish composer of 12 symphonies Ottmar Gerster (1897–1969), German composer of 4 symphonies Hermann Heiss (1897–1966), German composer of 2 symphonies (Sinfonia giocosa and Sinfonia atematica) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Austrian-American composer of 1 symphony György Kósa (1897–1984), Hungarian composer of 9 symphonies Francisco Mignone (1897–1986), Brazilian composer of 3 orchestral symphonies and a chamber work titled Four Symphonies, for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon Quincy Porter (1897–1966), American composer of 2 symphonies (1934; and 1962) Jaroslav Řídký (1897–1956), Czech composer of 7 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas Knudåge Riisager (1897–1974), Danish composer of 5 symphonies Harald Sæverud (1897–1992), Norwegian composer of 9 symphonies Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986), Polish composer of 9 symphonies Ernst Bacon (1898–1990), American composer of 4 symphonies Emmanuel Bondeville (1898–1987), French composer of 2 symphonies Marcel Delannoy (1898–1962), French composer of 2 symphonies Norman Demuth (1898–1968), English composer of 1 symphony for string orchestra Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), German composer of a Little Symphony (1932), a Chamber Symphony (1940) and a German Symphony for choir and orchestra (1930–1958) Herbert Elwell (1898–1974), American composer of a Blue Symphony for soprano and string quartet Roy Harris (1898–1979), American composer of 15 symphonies, of which Symphony No. 3 is by far the most famous Tibor Harsányi (1898–1954), Hungarian–French composer of 1 symphony Lev Knipper (1898–1874), Russian composer of 21 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985), Romanian–French composer of 5 symphonies Karl Rankl (1898–1968), Austrian–British conductor and composer of 8 symphonies and 2 sinfoniettas Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994), Italian–American composer of 11 symphonies Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944), Czech composer of 2 symphonies (1944, both are reconstructions from the short score of the Piano Sonatas No. 5 and Piano Sonatas No. 7 by Bernard Wulff) William Baines (1899–1922), English composer of 1 symphony Radie Britain (1899–1994), American composer of 2 symphonies Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), Mexican composer of 6 symphonies, as well as a "Dance Symphony" Caballos de