- Feb 2 Josip Runjanin, Croatian Serb composer (Croatian National Anthem) and soldier, dies at 56
- Feb 22 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84
- Mar 24 Albin Masek, Czech composer, dies at 73
- Apr 1 Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56
- Apr 5 Wilhelm Speyer, German violinist and composer, dies at 87
- Apr 21 Temistocle Solera, Italian opera composer, dies at 62
- May 22 Franz von Holstein, German composer, dies at 52
- May 27 Carlo Marsili, Italian composer, dies at 49
- Jun 6 Gottfried Herrmann, German violinist, organist, Kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 70
- Jul 2 François Bazin, French composer, dies at 61
- Jul 23 Miguel Hilarion Eslava, Spanish composer and priest (Chapel Master Royal Chapel Madrid), dies at 70
- Aug 23 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Swedish lieder and classical composer, dies at 77
- Sep 9 Jacobo Ficher, Russian-Argentine composer, violinist, conductor, and music educator, dies at 81
- Oct 25 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, German-Russian violinist, composer, and conductor, dies at 89
- Nov 28 Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, Italian classical guitarist and composer, dies at 78
- Dec 28 José Bernardo Alcedo, Peruvian composer, dies at 90
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