Editing 1960 in music (section)

===Compositions===
*[[William Alwyn]] – Piano Concerto No. 2
*[[Malcolm Arnold]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Arnold)|Symphony No. 4]]
*[[Henk Badings]] – ''Symphonic Variations''
*[[Luciano Berio]]
**''[[Circles (Berio)|Circles]]'' for female voice, harp and two percussionists
**''Momenti'' for tape
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – Cello Sonata in C major
*[[Elliott Carter]] – [[String Quartet No. 2 (Carter)|String Quartet No. 2]]
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Contrastes No. 1'' for string orchestra and electronic sounds
*[[Lukas Foss]]
**Concerto, for five improvising instruments
**''Time Cycle'', for soprano and orchestra
*[[Alberto Ginastera]] – ''Cantata para América Mágica''
*[[Sofia Gubaidulina]] – Serenade for solo guitar
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' (film score)
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Herbsttag'' for female voice and string quartet
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Chronochromie]]''
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]]
**''[[Anaklasis]]'' for 42 string instruments and percussion
**''[[Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima|Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima]]''
*[[Walter Piston]] – [[Symphony No. 7 (Piston)|Symphony No. 7]]
*[[Francis Poulenc]] – ''[[Gloria (Poulenc)|Gloria]]'' (written)
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] –
**[[String Quartet No. 7 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 7]] in E flat major, Op.108
**[[String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op.110]]
*[[Fela Sowande]] – Folk Symphony for full orchestra<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.internationalopus.com/cgi-bin/io.pl?mode=composer&composer=28|title=Fela Sowande|website=International Opus|access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]
** ''[[Carré (Stockhausen)|Carré]]'', for 4 orchestras and choirs
** ''[[Kontakte (Stockhausen)|Kontakte]]'', for piano, percussion and electronic sounds, or electronic sounds alone
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[Movements for Piano and Orchestra|Movements]]'', for piano and orchestra
*[[Virgil Thomson]] – ''Missa Pro Defunctis''
*[[William Walton]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Walton)|Symphony No. 2]]
*[[Mieczysław Weinberg]] – Sinfonietta No. 2
*[[La Monte Young]] – [[Compositions 1960]]