Classical Music
- William Alwyn – Piano Concerto No. 2
- Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 4
- Mario Davidovsky – Contrastes No. 1 for string orchestra and electronic sounds
- Lukas Foss –
- Concerto, for five improvising instruments
- Time Cycle, for soprano and orchestra
- Jakov Gotovac – Plesovi od Bunjevaca
- Krzysztof Penderecki – Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
- Walter Piston – Symphony No. 7
- Dmitri Shostakovich –
- String Quartet No.7 in E flat major, Op.108
- String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op.110
- Karlheinz Stockhausen –
- Carré, for 4 orchestras and choirs
- Kontakte, for piano, percussion, and electronic sounds, or electronic sounds alone
- William Walton – Symphony No. 2
- Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Sinfonietta No. 2
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