Editing Symphony (section)

==Symphonies for concert band==
[[Hector Berlioz]] originally wrote the ''[[Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale]]'' for [[military band]] in 1840. [[Anton Reicha]] had composed his four-movement 'Commemoration' Symphony (also known as ''Musique pour célébrer le Mémorie des Grands Hommes qui se sont Illustrés au Service de la Nation Française'') for large wind ensemble even earlier, in 1815, for ceremonies associated with the reburial of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.windrep.org/Commemoration_Symphony|title=Commemoration Symphony (Reicha)|website=The [[Wind Repertory Project]] (Wiki)}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2021|reason=a) That's a Wiki; b) apparently that's an arrangement by David Whitwell.}}

After those early efforts, few symphonies were written for wind bands until the 20th century when more symphonies were written for [[concert band]] than in past centuries. Although examples exist from as early as 1932, the first such symphony of importance is [[Nikolai Myaskovsky]]'s Symphony No. 19, Op. 46, composed in 1939.{{sfn|Battisti|2002|p=42}} Some further examples are [[Paul Hindemith]]'s [[Symphony in B-flat for Band (Hindemith)|Symphony in B-flat for Band]], composed in 1951; [[Morton Gould]]'s Symphony No. 4 "West Point", composed in 1952; [[Vincent Persichetti]]'s Symphony No. 6, Op. 69, composed in 1956; [[Vittorio Giannini]]'s Symphony No. 3, composed in 1958; [[Alan Hovhaness]]'s Symphonies No. 4, Op.&nbsp;165, No.&nbsp;7, "Nanga Parvat", Op.&nbsp;175, No.&nbsp;14, "Ararat", Op.&nbsp;194, and No.&nbsp;23, "Ani", Op.&nbsp;249, composed in 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1972 respectively;<ref>See [[List of compositions by Alan Hovhaness]]</ref> [[John Barnes Chance]]'s Symphony No. 2, composed in 1972; [[Alfred Reed]]'s 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th symphonies, composed in 1979, 1988, 1992, and 1994 respectively; eight of the ten numbered symphonies of [[David Maslanka]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/suspending-time-and-figuring-out-the-impossible-remembering-david-maslanka-1943-2017/|title=Suspending Time and Figuring Out the Impossible—Remembering David Maslanka (1943-2017)|website=[[NewMusicBox]]|date=31 August 2017}}</ref> [[Julie Giroux#Symphonies for concert band and wind ensemble|six symphonies to date]] by [[Julie Giroux]] (although she is currently working on a seventh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/julie-giroux-a-wind-band-is-a-box-of-168-crayons/|title=Julie Giroux: A Wind Band is a Box of 168 Crayons|website=[[NewMusicBox]]|date=16 December 2020}}</ref>); [[Johan de Meij]]'s [[Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings"]], composed in 1988, and his Symphony No. 2 "The Big Apple", composed in 1993; Yasuhide Ito's Symphony in Three Scenes 'La Vita', composed in 1998, which is his third symphony for wind band; [[John Corigliano]]'s [[Symphony No. 3 (Corigliano)|Symphony No. 3 'Circus Maximus]], composed in 2004; [[Denis Levaillant]]'s PachaMama Symphony, composed in 2014 and 2015,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vagne |first1=Thierry |title=Denis Levaillant – Pachamama Symphony |url=https://vagnethierry.fr/denis-levaillant-pachamama-symphony/ |website=vagnethierry.fr |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=French |date=17 February 2016}}</ref> and James M. Stephenson's Symphony No. 2 which was premiered by the United States Marine Band ("The President's Own") and received both the National Band Association's William D. Revelli (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/social-news/james-stephenson-wins-2017-nba-revelli-award/|title=James Stephenson Wins 2017 NBA Revelli Award|website=[[NewMusicBox]]|date=4 January 2018}}</ref> and the American Bandmasters Association's Sousa/Ostwald (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanbandmasters.org/2018-sousa-aba-ostwald-award-winner/|title=2018 Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Award Winner|website=American Bandmasters Association|date=20 December 2018 }}</ref> awards.