Editing 1969 in music (section)

==[[European classical music|Classical music]]==
*[[Rob du Bois]]
**''Because Going Nowhere Takes a Long Time'', version for soprano, clarinet, and piano 
**''Enigma'', for flute, bass clarinet, percussion, and piano
**''Jeu'', for oboe
**''Pastorale I'', for oboe, clarinet, and harp (revised version)
**''Réflexions sur le jour où Pérotin le Grand ressuscitera'', for wind quintet
**''Souvenir'', for violin
**''Symposion'', for oboe, violin, viola, and cello
**''Trio agitato'', for horn, trombone, and tuba
*[[Benjamin Britten]] 
** Suite for harp, Op. 83
** ''[[Who Are These Children?]]'', song cycle for tenor and piano, Op. 84
*[[Gavin Bryars]] – ''The Sinking of the Titanic''
*[[Sylvano Bussotti]] – ''Rara Requiem''
*[[Gian Paolo Chiti]] – Violin Concerto
*[[George Crumb]]
**''Night of the Four Moons'' for alto, alto flute/piccolo, banjo, electric cello, and percussion
**''Madrigals, Books III'' (for soprano, harp, and percussion) and ''Books IV'' for soprano, flute/alto flute/piccolo, harp, double bass, and percussion
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Synchronisms No. 5'' for percussion players and tape
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – ''St Thomas Wake''
*[[Vagn Holmboe]] – String Quartet no. 10, Op. 102
*[[György Ligeti]] – ''[[Ramifications (Ligeti)|Ramifications]]'' for 12 solo strings (1968–69)
*[[Francis Jackson (composer)|Francis Jackson]] – Sonata for Organ No. 1
*[[Miklós Rózsa]] – Concerto for Cello
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 14 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 14, Op. 135, for soprano, bass, string orchestra and percussion]]
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]
**''[[Dr K–Sextett]]'', for flute, bass clarinet, viola, cello, percussion (tubular chimes and vibraphone), and piano
**''[[Fresco (Stockhausen)|Fresco]]''. for four orchestral groups
**''[[Hymnen]]'', Third Region, electronic music with orchestra
**''[[Momente]]'' (third and final version)
**''[[Stop (Stockhausen)|Stop]]'' (Paris version, for 19 players)
*[[Leif Thybo]] – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
*[[Eduard Tubin]] – Symphony No. 9, "Sinfonia semplice"
*[[Iannis Xenakis]]
**''[[Synaphaï]]'', for piano and orchestra
**''[[Persephassa (Xenakis)|Persephassa]]'', for 6 percussionists
**''Anaktoria'', for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet and double bass
*[[Hans Zender]] – ''Canto II'', for soprano, chorus and orchestra (after [[Ezra Pound]]'s Canto XXXIX)