Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Mar 28 Russian composer (Boris Godunov; Night on Bald Mountain; Pictures at an Exhibition), dies from complications of alcoholism at 42
- Mar 31 Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73
- Apr 16 George William Martin, English chorister, organist, composer, educator, and founder of the National Choral Society, dies at 53
- Jun 6 Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violin prodigy, composer, and teacher (Brussels Conservatory), dies at 61
- Jul 27 Johann Christian Lobe, German composer, dies at 84
- Aug 19 Joseph Labitzky, Bohemian composer, dies at 79
- Sep 7 Sidney Lanier, American poet and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 39
- Sep 24 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, Italian composer, music critic, attorney, and educator (Conservatory of Florence, 1862-81), dies at 74
- Oct 22 Janis Cimze, Latvian composer, Father of Latvian choir music, dies at 67
- Nov 25 Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute, dies at 87
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