Best Musical Composition First Recorded And Released In 1959 (More Than 5 Minutes Duration)

2nd Annual Grammy Awards • 1960

Honoring recordings released between January 1, 1959 – August 31, 1959

Duke Ellington won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Musical Composition First Recorded And Released In 1959 (More Than 5 Minutes Duration) with "Anatomy Of A Murder"

Winners & Nominees 1960

Winner
Nominees

  • Anatomy Of A Murder

    Duke Ellington

  • Henry Mancini

    More Music From Peter Gunn (Album)

    Henry Mancini

  • Prokoviev: The Overture Russe Op.72 (Album)

    Sergei Prokofiev

  • Shostakovich: Concerto # 2 For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 101 (Album)

    Dmitri Shostakovich

  • St. Lawrence Suite

    Morton Gould

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
1960 Duke Ellington Anatomy Of A Murder All Nominees