Editing 1983 in music (section)

===Compositions===
*[[Vyacheslav Artyomov]] – ''Tristia'' for solo piano, organ, trumpet, vibraphone and strings
*Jean-Baptiste Barrière – Chreode I
*[[John Cage]] – Thirty Pieces for String Quartet
*[[Friedrich Cerha]] – ''Requiem für Hollensteiner''
*[[George Crumb]] – ''Processional'' for piano
*[[Jean Daetwyler]] – Concerto for Alphorn, Flute, Saxophone and Strings No. 2
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Romancero'', for soprano, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin and violoncello
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
**''Ellipse'' for flute
**''Onde'' for guitar
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]] – ''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|Aquarius I (Voorspel)—L'ère du Verseau]]'', for orchestra
*[[Jacques Hétu]] – Clarinet Concerto
*[[Simeon ten Holt]] – ''Lemniscaat'', for keyboard (1982–1983)
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – [[fanfare]] ''Victoria'' for mixed choir and orchestra
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Lutosławski)|Symphony No. 3]] (1972–83)
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]] – Viola Concerto
*[[John Pickard (composer)|John Pickard]] – ''Nocturne in Black and Gold''
*[[Peter Sculthorpe]] – Piano concerto
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Samstag aus Licht#Scene 3: Luzifers Tanz|Luzifers Tanz]]'', for wind orchestra
*[[Iannis Xenakis]] – ''Shaar''
*[[Morton Feldman]] – ''Crippled Symmetry''