This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2012 in music. This year was the peak of music downloads sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.[1]
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- Hans Abrahamsen – String Quartet No. 4
- John Adams – Absolute Jest, for string quartet and orchestra
- Harrison Birtwistle – The Moth Requiem, for twelve female voices, three harps and alto flute
- Elliott Carter
- Dialogues II, for piano and chamber orchestra
- Epigrams, for violin, cello, and piano
- Instances, for chamber orchestra
- Unsuk Chin – cosmigimmicks. A musical pantomime for seven instrumentalists
- Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 9
- Clemens Gadenstätter
- Bersten/Platzen (Paramyth 4), for cello and piano
- Haüten/Paramyth 1, for string quartet
- Sad Songs, for quartet with saxophone, electric guitar, percussion, piano and integrated electronics
- Magnus Lindberg – Acequia Madre, for clarinet and piano
- Bruno Mantovani – Concerto pour deux pianos, for two pianos and orchestra
- Tristan Murail
- The Bronze Age, for flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, cello and piano
- Le Désenchantement du Monde, piano concerto
- Matthias Pintscher
- Bereshit, for large ensemble
- Uriel, for cello and piano
- Alberto Posadas - Sombras, for soprano, clarinet and string quartet
- Eva Reiter – Irrlicht, for ensemble and electronics
- Kaija Saariaho
- Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics
- Duft, for clarinet
- Sombre, for voice, bass flute, percussion, harp, and double bass
- Erkki-Sven Tüür – String Quartet No. 2 Lost Prayers
- Pēteris Vasks – Cello concerto No. 2 Klātbūtne ('Presence')
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- 25 – Andy Williams (84), American singer
- 26 – Marty Fortson (67), American rock and roll singer (The Rivieras)
- 29 – Johnny Sanders (66), American rock guitarist (The Gants)
- October
- November
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- 15 – Frode Thingnæs (72), Norwegian jazz trombonist and bandleader (complications from heart attack)[18]
- December