Editing 1962 in music (section)

==Classical music==
===Premieres===
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! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
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| [[John Cage|Cage, John]] || ''[[27′ 10.554”]]'' for a percussionist || 1962-02-02 || Munich, Germany || [[Siegfried Rockstroh|Rockstroh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://microfestrecords.com/10000-things-notes/|title=10000 Things – Notes|publisher=MicroFest Records|access-date=2016-04-09}}</ref>
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| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Momente]]'', first version || 1962-05-21 || Cologne, Germany ([[Westdeutsher Rundfunk|WDR]], {{ill|Musik der Zeit|de}}) || [[Martina Arroyo|Arroyo]], [[WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne|WDR Symphony Orchestra and Chorus]], [[Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]].<ref>Michael Kurtz, ''Stockhausen: A Biography'', translated by [[Richard Toop]] (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 252. {{ISBN|0-571-14323-7}} (cloth); {{ISBN|978-0-571-17146-0}} (pbk).</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[War Requiem]]'', Op. 65 || 1962-05-30 || Coventry, UK ([[Coventry Cathedral]]) || [[Heather Harper|Harper]], [[Peter Pears|Pears]], [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau|Fischer-Dieskau]], [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra|CBSO]], [[Melos Ensemble]], [[Meredith Davies|Davies]], [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]]
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| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Klavierstücke (Stockhausen)#Klavierstück X|Klavierstück X]]'' || 1962-10-10 || Palermo, Italy (Terzo Settimano Internazionale Nuova Musica) || [[Frederic Rzewski|Rzewski]]<ref>{{ill|Herbert Henck|de}}, ''Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstück X: Ein Beitrag zum Verständnis serieller Kompositionstechnik: Historie, Theorie, Analyse, Praxis, Dokumentation'', second edition, revised and expanded (Cologne: Neuland Musikverlag Herbert Henck, 1980): 5–6.</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[George Barati]] – Chamber Concerto
*[[Carlos Chávez]] – [[Symphony No. 6 (Chávez)|Symphony No. 6]]
*[[Aaron Copland]] – ''[[Connotations (Copland)|Connotations]]''
*[[George Crumb]] – Five Pieces for piano
*[[Luigi Dallapiccola]]
**''{{Interlanguage link|Three Questions With Two Answers|ru|Three Questions with Two Answers}}'' for orchestra
**''{{Interlanguage link|Preghiere|ru|Молитвы (Даллапиккола)}}'' for baritone and chamber orchestra
*[[Mario Davidovsky]]
**''Electronic Study No. 2''
**''Synchronisms No. 1'' for flute and electronic sound
**Trio for Clarinet, Trumpet, and Viola
*[[Ding Shande]] – ''Long March Symphony''
*[[Paavo Heininen]] – Second Symphony ("Petite symphonie joyeuse")<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://composers.musicfinland.fi/musicfinland/fimic.nsf/0/290F96C1A0151482C2257522003C3539?opendocument|title=Paavo Heininen – Composer, Cosmopolitan, Controversialist|author=[[Jouni Kaipainen]]|year=1986|translator=William Moore|journal=Finnish Music Quarterly|volume=2|issue=2|page=|access-date=2015-04-08|via=composers.musicfinland.fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083227/http://composers.musicfinland.fi/musicfinland/fimic.nsf/0/290F96C1A0151482C2257522003C3539?opendocument|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[György Ligeti]] – [[Poème symphonique]]
*[[Francis Jackson (composer)|Francis Jackson]] – ''Intrada'' for organ, Op. 84 No. 6
*[[André Jolivet]] – Concerto for cello n°1
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Riff 62'' for symphony orchestra
*[[Darius Milhaud]]
**''A Frenchman in New York''
**''Invocation à l'ange Raphael''
**''Overture Philharmonique''
**[[Symphony No. 12 (Milhaud)|Symphony No. 12]] ''Rurale''
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]] – ''Stabat Mater''
*[[Francis Poulenc]]
**[[Oboe Sonata (Poulenc)|Sonata for Oboe]]
**[[Clarinet Sonata (Poulenc)|Sonata for Clarinet]]
*[[William Schuman]] – Symphony No. 8
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 13 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 113 "Babi-Yar"]]
*[[Ezra Sims]] – Third Quartet
*[[La Monte Young]] – ''The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer''