Editing 1942 in music (section)

===Compositions===
*[[Arthur Benjamin]] – Concerto for Oboe on Themes by Cimarosa
*[[Alessandro Casagrande]] – ''Messa, in re minore, per soli coro e orchestra''
* [[Aaron Copland]]
**''[[Fanfare for the Common Man]]''
**''[[Rodeo (ballet)]]''
**''[[Lincoln Portrait]]''
*[[Gerald Finzi]] – ''[[Let Us Garlands Bring (Finzi)|Let Us Garlands Bring]]'' Op. 18, song cycle on texts by [[Shakespeare]]
* [[Camargo Guarnieri]] – ''Abertura Concertante''
* [[Carlos Guastavino]] – ''Once Upon A Time'' (ballet)
* [[Roy Harris]] – Symphony No. 5
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – "Abendständchen," "Abendwolke" (Lieder)
* [[Aram Khachaturian]] – ''[[Gayane (ballet)|Gayane]]'' (ballet)
* [[Paul von Klenau]]
** Symphony No. 8 ''Im Alten Stil''
** String Quartet No. 2
*[[Raoul Koczalski]] – Kleine Sonate, Op. 146
*[[Charles Koechlin]]
**Fourteen pieces for oboe and piano, Op. 179
**Fifteen pieces for horn and piano, Op. 180
**Three sonatines for solo flute, Op. 184
**Suite for solo English horn, Op. 185
**Twenty-four duos for two saxophones Op. 186
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]]
**Madrigal-Sonata, H. 291
**Piano Quartet No. 1
**Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
*[[Selim Palmgren]]
**''Sun & Clouds'', 12 Pieces for Piano, Op. 102
**''Jouluaatto'' ("Christmas Morning") for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 103a
* [[Andrzej Panufnik]] – ''Tragic Overture''
* Robert de Roos – String Quartet No. 2
* [[Arnold Schoenberg]] – [[Piano Concerto (Schoenberg)|Piano Concerto]], Op. 42
* [[John Serry Sr.]] – ''Tarantella'' for Stradella Accordion
* [[Nikos Skalkottas]]
** Double Bass Concerto
** Little Suite for strings
*[[Richard Strauss]] – Horn Concerto No. 2, TrV 283
* [[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''Four Norwegian Moods''
* [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – [[String Quartet No. 7 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 7]]