Appendix 1 lists symphonies with characterizing texts c. 1750–1815; Appendix 2 gives additional symphonies and movements bearing only the title word pastoral, which, for reasons of space, are listed without instrumentation or incipits; and Appendix 3 categorizes symphonies by subject matter. Works by Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are included only in Appendix 3 (for bibliographic information the reader is referred to the standard thematic catalogues and critical editions), as are a few examples with national or regional characterizations for only a single movement. While more works undoubtedly remain to be discovered, the Appendixes present the results of an extensive survey of library catalogues, lists of works and biographies for individual composers, and the publications and databases of the RISM project (A/I, A/II, B/II), as well as earlier studies by Frederick Niecks (Programme Music, 86–112), Otto Klauwell (Geschichte der Programmusik, 68–98), and F.E. Kirby (“The Germanic Symphony,” 72–76).

Where possible, Appendixes 1 and 2 identify works according to the author and number from an available catalogue or index for the composer. In such cases the entries here are based on the published catalogues and include incipits and source information only where the catalogue is in need of substantial emendation (Pichl).