Classical Music
- Jean Absil – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
- Alan Bush – Piano Concerto, op. 18, with baritone and male choir in last movement
- Aaron Copland – Billy the Kid (ballet)
- Hanns Eisler – Roman Cantata
- Hamilton Harty – The Children of Lir
- Roy Harris – Symphony No. 3
- Herbert Howells – Hymnus Paradisi
- Janis Ivanovs – Symphony No. 3
- Frank Martin – Sonata da chiesa
- Carl Orff – Carmina Burana
- Walter Piston – Symphony No. 1
- Silvestre Revueltas – Sensemayá: Chant for the Killing of a Snake
- Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 1
- Ernst Toch – Cantata of Bitter Herbs
- Leó Weiner – Divertimento for Strings no 2
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