Editing 1974 in music (section)

==[[European classical music|Classical music]]==

*[[Anne Boyd]] – ''Angklung'' for piano
*[[George Crumb]] – ''[[Makrokosmos#Volume III|Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III)]]'' for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players).
*[[Mario Davidovsky]]
**''Synchronisms No. 7,'' for orchestra and tape
**''Synchronisms No. 8,'' for woodwind quintet and tape
*[[Einar Englund]] – Piano Concerto No. 2
*[[Luc Ferrari]]
**''Petite symphonie intuitive pour une paysage de printemps''
**''éphémère I, '' for tape and undetermined instrumentation
*[[Nicolas Flagello]] – ''The Passion of Martin Luther King'' (oratorio)
*[[Joaquin Homs]] – Trio
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Krzesany'', for orchestra
*[[György Ligeti]] – ''San Francisco Polyphony'', for orchestra (1973–74)
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Des canyons aux étoiles...]]'' for solo piano, solo horn, solo glockenspiel, solo xylorimba, small orchestra with 13 string players
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]] – ''[[The Dream of Jacob]]''
*Wolfgang Regel – ''Requiem "à la mémoire de César Geoffray"''
*[[Steve Reich]] – ''[[Music for 18 Musicians]]''
*[[Wolfgang Rihm]]
**''Dis-Kontur'' for orchestra
**''Hervorgedunkelt'' (text: Paul Celan), for mezzo-soprano, flute, harp, vibraphone, cello, organ, and percussion
**''Klavierstück Nr. 4''
**''Siebengestalt'', for organ and tam-tam
*[[Alfred Schnittke]]
**[[Symphony No. 1 (Schnittke)|Symphony No. 1]]
**''Hymn I,'' for cello, harp and timpani
**''Hymn II,'' for cello and double-bass
**''Hymn III,'' for cello, bassoon, harpsichord and bells or timpani
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[String Quartet No. 15 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144]]
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Inori: Adorations for One or Two Soloists with Orchestra]]''