| Year | Author | Title |
| 1849 | Richard Wagner | Artwork of the Future |
| 1907 | Ferruccio Busoni | Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music |
| 1910 | Francesco Balilla Pratella | Manifesto of Futurist Musicians |
| 1913 | Luigi Russolo | Art of Noises |
| 1963 | George Maciunas | Fluxus Manifesto |
| 1968 | Steve Reich | Music as a Gradual Process |
| 1978 | Brian Eno | The Ambient Music Manifesto |
| 2004 | Temporary Organisation for the Pragmatics of Live Artistic Programming (TOPLAP) | Draft Manifesto |
Diverse Music Theory Examples 