- Mar 4 Alfred Holmes, English violinist and composer, dies at 38
- Mar 5 Marie d'Agoult [pen name Daniel Stern], French author and mother of composer Franz Liszt's children, dies at 70
- Mar 19 Jozef Stefani, Polish composer, dies at 75
- Mar 31 Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, American singer, known as "The Black Swan", who performed at Buckingham Palace for Queen Victoria, dies at about 57 [birthdate uncertain]