- Mar 23 Charles Lucas, English composer and Principle of the Royal Academy of Music, dies at 60
- Apr 20 Carl Loewe, German composer, dies at 72
- Apr 20 Piotr Studzinski, Polish conductor and composer, dies at 42
- May 10 Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, German composer and violonist, dies at 66
- Jun 15 Albert Grisar, Belgian comic opera composer, dies at 60
- Oct 23 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer, dies at 72
- Dec 18 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer, dies at 40