Editing 1972 in music (section)

==Classical music==
*[[Arthur Bliss]] – ''Metamorphic Variations''
*[[Friedrich Cerha]] – ''Spiegel''
*[[George Crumb]] – ''[[Makrokosmos#Volume I|Makrokosmos, Volume I]]'' for amplified piano
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Transientes'' for orchestra
*[[Paul Le Flem]] – Symphony No. 4
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]]
**''Bélise dans un jardin''
**''Nachklänge aus dem Theater I–II'', for tape
**Piano Quartet
*[[Hans Werner Henze]] – ''[[Heliogabalus imperator]]''
*[[Klaus Huber]]
**''...Ausgespannt...'', sacred music for baritone, five instrumental groups, loudspeakers, two two-track tapes, and organ
**''Ein Hauch von Unzeit I: Plainte sur la perte de la réflexion musicale – quelques madrigaux pour flûte seule ou flûte avec quelques instruments quelquonques...''
**''Ein Hauch von Unzeit II: Plainte sur la perte de la réflexion musicale pour piano à une main et demie... '', for piano
**''Ein Hauch von Unzeit III'', for 2–7 players (variable instrumentation)
*[[Dmitri Kabalevsky]] – ''A Letter to the 30th Century'' (oratorio)
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Prelude and Carol'' for 4 oboes and strings
*[[György Ligeti]] – Double Concerto for flute, oboe and orchestra
*[[Theo Loevendie]] – Horn Concerto, "Orbits"
*[[Yves Prin]] – ''Actions-Simultanées II'', for orchestra 
*[[Einojuhani Rautavaara]]
**''[[Cantus Arcticus]]'', for orchestra
**''Canto III – A Portrait of the Artist at a Certain Moment'', for string orchestra
**''Credo'', for mixed chorus
**''Book of Life (Elämän kirja)'', choral suite
*[[Steve Reich]] – ''[[Clapping Music]]''
*[[George Rochberg]] – ''Recordanza'' (Soliloquy for Cello and Piano)
*[[Peter Ruzicka]] – ''Bewegung''
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] –
**''[[Alphabet für Liège]]'', for soloists and duos, Nr. 36
**''[[Ylem (Stockhausen)|Ylem]]'', for variable ensemble of 19 or more players, Nr. 37
*[[Toru Takemitsu]] – ''Distance''
*[[Veljo Tormis]] – ''Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine)''