- Feb 9 Edward Naylor, British composer and organist, born in Scarborough, England (d. 1934)
- Feb 21 Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and patron of the arts, organized Metropolitan Opera Company, born in Mannheim, Baden, German Confederation (d. 1934)
- Feb 27 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and music critic, born in Ullånger, Sweden (d. 1942)
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