1960 in music

See also:

Classical music

• William Alwyn - Piano Concerto No. 2
• Malcolm Arnold - Symphony No. 4
• Mario Davidovsky - Contrastes No. 1 for string orchestra and electronic sounds
• Krzysztof Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
• Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No.7 in E flat major, Op.108
• Dmitri Shostakovitch - String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op.110
• William Walton - Symphony No. 2
• Mieczyslaw Weinberg - Sinfonietta No. 2