Editing 1953 in music (section)

===Compositions===
*[[Malcolm Arnold]]
**[[Symphony No. 2 (Arnold)|Symphony No. 2]]
*[[Carlos Chávez]]
**[[Symphony No. 5 (Chávez)|Symphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5)]] 
*[[George Crumb]] 
**[[Viola Sonata (Crumb)|Sonata]], for viola and piano 
*[[Ernő Dohnányi]] 
**''[[American Rhapsody (Dohnányi)|American Rhapsody]]'' 
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]] 
**''[[Nummer 5]]''
*[[Cristóbal Halffter]] 
**[[Piano Concerto (C. Halffter)|Piano Concerto]] 
*[[Ernesto Halffter]] 
**[[Fantasia española]] for cello and piano
*[[Rodolfo Halffter]] 
**[[Hojas de album]] (3) for piano, Op. 22 
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]] 
**[[Concerto for piano, winds and percussion]] 
*[[Arthur Honegger]] 
**''[[A Christmas Cantata]]'' 
*[[Karel Husa]]
**[[String Quartet No. 2(Husa)|String Quartet No. 2]]
*[[Andrew Imbrie]] 
**[[String Quartet No. 2 (Imbrie)|String Quartet No. 2]]
*[[György Ligeti]] 
**[[Sonata for Solo Cello (Ligeti)|Sonata for Solo Cello]] 
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]] 
**[[Concerto for violin, piano, and orchestra (Martinů)|Concerto for violin, piano, and orchestra]] 
**[[Overture (Martinů)|Overture]]
**[[Symphony No. 6 (Martinů)|''Fantaisies symphoniques'' (Symphony No. 6)]]
*[[Peter Racine Fricker]] 
**[[Viola Concerto (Racine Fricker)|Viola Concerto]] 
*[[Giacinto Scelsi]] 
**''[[Five Incantations (Scelsi)|Five Incantations]]'' for piano
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] 
**Ballet Suite No. 4 
**[[Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 10]] 
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] 
**''[[Klavierstücke (Stockhausen)#Klavierstücke I–IV: from point to group composition|Klavierstücke I–IV]]'' (revised version)
**''[[Kontra-Punkte (Stockhausen)|Kontra-Punkte]]'' 
**''[[Studie I]]'' 
*[[Eugen Suchoň]] – ''Metamorphosis'' for orchestra
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] 
**''[[Alvorada na Floresta Tropical]]'' for orchestra 
**[[Cello Concerto No. 2 (Villa-Lobos)|Cello Concerto No. 2]]
**[[Fantaisie concertante]] for piano, clarinet and bassoon 
**[[Harp Concerto (Villa-Lobos)|Harp Concerto]] 
**''[[Odisseia de uma raça]]'', symphonic poem 
**[[String Quartet No. 14 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 14]]
**[[Symphony No. 10 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 10]], ''Sumé Pater Patrium (Sinfonia ameríndia)'' (Sumé, Father of Fathers [Amerindian Symphony])