Classical Music
- Aaron Avshalomov – Second Symphony
- Marcel Bitsch – Six Esquisses symphoniques
- Havergal Brian – Symphony No. 8 in B-flat Minor
- George Crumb – Sonata for violin and piano
- Ferenc Farkas – Finnish Popular Dances
- André Jolivet – Flute Concerto
- Paul Hindemith – Sonata for Double Bass and Piano
- Dmitry Kabalevsky – Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op.49 (1948–9)
- Olivier Messiaen – "Neumes rythmiques" and "Mode de valeurs et d'intensités", for piano (later incorporated as two of the Quatre études de rythme)
- Nikolai Myaskovsky – Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op.81 (1948–9); Piano Sonatas 7–9, Opp.82–4; Symphony No. 27 in C Minor, Op.85; String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op.86
- Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.119
- Dmitri Shostakovich – Song of the Forests (oratorio)
- Edgard Varèse – Dance for Burgess
- Mieczysław Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47 No. 1
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