- May 5 Lauro Rossi, Italian composer (I falsi monetari), dies at 73
- May 8 Pavel Křížkovský, Czech choral composer and conductor (Sts. Cyril and Methodius), dies at 65
- May 10 Edward Stephen, Welsh musician and composer, dies at 62
- May 10 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73
- May 21 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, Russian composer and teacher, dies at 73
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