Of America's symphonic composers, Samuel Barber is the most authoritatively European.

I'm not a symphonic composer.

Verdi toyed with the idea of becoming a concert pianist and symphonic composer.

This was the symphony that made Dvořák internationally known as a symphonic composer.

Florence Price (née Smith) is considered the first black woman in the United States to be recognized as a symphonic composer.

Bravničar was one of the first Slovenian symphonic composers.

But the most prolific of the rock world's symphonic composers is Frank Zappa, whose classical works are taking on a life of their own.

He aspired to become a symphonic composer, but never pursued that ambition.

While a composer-performer like Chopin or Paganini could work out ideas at his instrument, a symphonic composer does not have that resource.

Liszt was not the only symphonic composer who was inspired by Dante's Commedia.