1961 in music

See also:

Classical music

• Samuel Adler - Symphony No. 3
• Niels Viggo Bentson - Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra
• Earle Brown - Available Forms I
• Mario Davidovsky - Electronic Study No. 1
• Mario Davidovsky - Piano 1961 for orchestra
• György Ligeti - Atmosphères for Orchestra
• Luigi Nono - Intolleranza
• Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 12 D minor, Op. 112 "The Year 1917"
• Edgar Varèse - Nocturnal