- Jan 9 Ferdinand Huber, Swiss composer, dies at 71
- Apr 8 Joseph Netherclift, English composer, dies at 70
- Apr 15 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, Czech composer, dies at 90
- Apr 18 Job Plimpton, American composer and organ builder, dies at 79
- May 14 Emile Prudent, French pianist and composer, dies at 46
- Jun 7 Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (Silent Night), dies at 75
- Jul 22 Karl Schuberth, German cellist, and composer, dies at 52
- Aug 5 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, German composer, dies at 53
- Nov 21 Joseph Mayseder, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 74
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