- Feb 27 Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and scientist (Robert LeDiable), dies at 53
- Mar 2 Wilhelm Troszel, Polish operatic bass, composer, and voice teacher, dies at 63
- Mar 16 Emanuel Kania, Polish composer, dies at 59
- Apr 11 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, Russian composer, dies at 54
- Apr 28 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian, organist, and composer, dies at 67
- Apr 30 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, German composer and musician, dies at 71
- May 23 Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian organist, composer, musical folklorist, dies at 74
- Jun 12 Gustav Weber, Swiss organist, choral dierctor, and composer, dies at 41
- Jun 21 Adolf Schimon, Austrian German composer, dies at 67
- Aug 17 Franz Commer, German composer, dies at 74
- Aug 27 Wilhelm Volkmar, German composer, dies at 74
- Oct 7 George James Webb, English-American composer, dies at 84
- Oct 31 George Alexander Macfarren, British composer and musicologist, dies at 74
- Nov 2 Swedish Nightingale [Jenny Lind], Swedish soprano, dies at 67
- Nov 18 Eduard Marxsen, German pianist and composer, dies at 81
- Nov 18 Heinrich Panofka, German violist and composer, dies at 80
- Dec 26 Jules François Blasini, Curaçaon-Corsican pianist and composer, dies at 40
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