Editing 1944 in music (section)

===Compositions===
*[[George Antheil]] – Symphony No. 4
*[[Samuel Barber]] –
**''[[Capricorn Concerto]]'', Op. 21, for flute, oboe, trumpet, and string orchestra
**''[[Excursions (Barber)|Excursions]]'', Op. 20, for piano
**[[Symphony No. 2 (Barber)|Symphony No. 2]], Op. 19
*[[Béla Bartók]] – [[Sonata for Solo Violin (Bartók)|Sonata for solo violin]]
*[[Arnold Bax]] –
**''A Legend'', tone poem, for orchestra
**''To Russia'', for choir with baritone solo
*[[Leonard Bernstein]] – ''[[Fancy Free (ballet)|Fancy Free]]'' (ballet)
*[[John Cage]] –
**''A Book of Music'', for two prepared pianos
**''Four Walls'', for piano and voice
**''The Perilous Night'', suite for prepared piano
**''Prelude for Meditation'', for prepared piano
**''Root of an Unfocus'', for prepared piano
**''Spontaneous Earth'', for prepared piano
**''Triple-Paced No. 2'', for prepared piano
**''The Unavailable Memory Of'', for prepared piano
**''A Valentine Out of Season'', for prepared piano
*[[Julián Carrillo]] –
**''Himno a la paz'', for two choirs and piano
**Suite No. 4, for piano
*[[Elliott Carter]] –
**''The Difference'', for soprano, baritone, and piano
**''The Harmony of Morning'', for SSAA choir and small orchestra
**''Holiday Overture''
*[[Carlos Chávez]] – ''[[La hija de Cólquide]]'' (ballet)
*[[Aaron Copland]] – ''[[Appalachian Spring]]'' (ballet)
*[[Henry Cowell]] –
**''Animal Magic of the Alaskan Esquimo'', for band
**''Derwent and the Shining Sword'', incidental music
**''Elegie for Hanya Holm'', for piano
**''Manaunaun's Birthing'', for orchestra
**''Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 1'', for band
**''Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2'', for string orchestra
**''Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3'', for orchestra
**''Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 4'', for soprano, alto, and bass recorders, woodwinds, and strings
**''Kansas Fiddler'', for piano
**''Mountain Music'', for piano
**''The Pasture'', for voice and piano
**Sonatina, for baritone, violin, and piano
*[[George Crumb]] – Two Duos for flute and clarinet
*[[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]] – ''Rounds''
*[[Ernő Dohnányi]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Dohnányi)|Symphony No. 2]]
*[[George Enescu]] – [[Piano Quartet No. 2 (Enescu)|Piano Quartet No. 2]] in D minor, Op. 30
*[[John Fernström]] – Symphony No. 10
*[[Vivian Fine]] – ''Concertante for Piano and Orchestra''
*[[Gerald Finzi]] – ''Farewell to Arms''
*[[Cecil Armstrong Gibbs]] – ''Westmoreland Symphony''
*[[Camargo Guarnieri]] – String Quartet No. 2
*[[Alois Hába]] –
**''Milenci'' (The Lovers), song cycle for soprano and piano, Op. 57
**''Moravian Love-Songs'' (5), for mezzo-soprano with guitar or piano accompaniment, Op. 58
**Sonata for chromatic harp, Op. 59
**Sonata for diatonic harp, Op. 60
**Suite, for quarter-tone trumpet and trombone, Op. 56
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – ''Hérodiade'', ballet, for orchestra
*[[Vagn Holmboe]] – Symphony No. 5
*[[Alan Hovhaness]] –
**''Armenian Rhapsody No. 1'', Op. 45, for percussion and strings
**''Armenian Rhapsody No. 2'', Op. 51, for string orchestra
**''Elibris'', Op. 50, concerto for flute and strings
**''Khrimian Hairig'', Op. 49, for trumpet and strings
**''[[Lousadzak]]'', Op. 48, concerto for piano and strings
**''Mazert Nman Rehan'' ("Thy Hair is Like Basil Leaf"), Op. 38, for piano
**''Varak'', Op. 47a, for violin and piano
*[[Jacques Ibert]]
**Trio, for violin, cello and harp
**''Petite suite en 15 images'', for piano
**''[[Les Petites du quai aux fleurs]]'', film score
*[[Joseph Jongen]] – Concerto for Harp No. 1
*[[Dmitry Kabalevsky]] –
**''Easy Pieces'' (24), Op. 39, for piano
**''Easy Variations'', in D major (Toccata) and A minor, Op. 40, for piano
**[[Preludes (Kabalevsky)|Preludes (24)]], Op. 38, for piano
*[[Aram Khachaturian]] –
**''[[Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Anthem of the Armenian SSR]]'', for orchestra
**''Choreographic Waltz'', for piano
**''Russian Fantasy'', for orchestra
**Suite from ''[[Masquerade (Khachaturian)|Masquerade]]'', for orchestra
**Symphony No. 2, "The Bell" (second version)
*[[Zoltán Kodály]] – ''Missa Brevis''
*[[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]] – ''[[Petite symphonie concertante]]''
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]] –
**Piano Quintet No. 2
**''Písničky na dvě stránky'' [Songs on Two Pages], for voice and piano
**Sonata No. 3, for violin and piano
**[[Symphony No. 3 (Martinů)|Symphony No. 3]]
**Trio, for flute, cello, and piano
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus|Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus]]'', for piano
*[[Darius Milhaud]] –
**''Air'', Op. 242, for viola and orchestra
**''Le bal martiniquais'', Op. 249, versions for orchestra and for two pianos
**''Borechou – Schema Israël'' (Bless Ye the Lord – O Hear, Israel), Op. 239, for cantor, chorus, and organ
**''[[Genesis Suite|Caïn et Abel]]'', Op. 241, for reciter and orchestra
**''Jeux de printemps'', Op. 243, ballet
**''La libération des Antilles'', Op. 246, for voice and piano
**''La muse ménagère'', Op. 245, for piano (also orchestrated)
**''Printemps lointain'', Op. 253, for voice and piano
**Sonata No. 1 "sur des thèmes inédits et anonymes de XVIIIe siècle", Op. 240, for viola and piano
**Sonata No. 2, Op. 244, for viola and piano
**''Suite française'', Op. 248, for band or for orchestra
**[[Symphony No. 2 (Milhaud)|Symphony No. 2]], Op. 247
*[[Harry Partch]] –
**''Yankee Doodle Fantasy''
**''Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegans Wake''
*[[Francis Poulenc]] – ''Un soir de neige'', for six-part choir
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] –
**Adagio, for cello and piano, Op. 97bis
**''[[Cinderella (Prokofiev)|Cinderella]]'', Op. 87, ballet, for orchestra
**March in B-flat, Op. 99, for band
**[[Piano Sonata No. 8 (Prokofiev)|Piano Sonata No. 8]] in B-flat major, Op. 84
**Pieces (6) from ''Cinderella'', Op. 102, for piano
**''Russian Folksongs'' (12), Op. 104, for voice and piano
**[[Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 5]], in B-flat major, Op. 100
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] –
**[[Piano Trio No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Trio for violin, cello and piano No. 2 E minor, Op. 67]]
**[[String Quartet No. 2 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No.&nbsp;2]] in A major, Op.&nbsp;68
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] –
**''[[Genesis Suite|Babel]]'', for choir
**''Elegy'', for solo viola
**''[[Scherzo à la russe (Stravinsky)|Scherzo à la russe]]'', for orchestra
**''[[Scènes de ballet (Stravinsky)|Scènes de ballet]]'', for orchestra
*[[Stjepan Šulek]] – First Symphony
*[[Michael Tippett]] –
**''Plebs Angelica'', motet for double choir
**''The Weeping Babe'', motet for soprano and SATB choir
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – [[Oboe Concerto (Vaughan Williams)|Oboe Concerto]]
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] –
**''[[Bachianas Brasileiras#Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8|Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8]]'', for orchestra
**[[String Quartet No. 8 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 8]]
**[[Symphony No. 2 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 2]] ''Asenção'' (Ascension), revised or completed
**[[Symphony No. 6 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 6]] – ''Sobre a linha das montanhas do Brasil'' (On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil)
*[[William Walton]] – ''Lai and Rondet de carol'', for piano
*[[Grace Williams]] – ''[[Sea Sketches]]''