- Oct 16 Carlo Pedrotti, composer, dies at 75
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Oct 18 French composer (Faust; La reine the Saba; Funeral March of a Marionette), dies at 75
- Oct 24 Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr, Austrian violinist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue (Vienna Conservatory, 1851-93), dies at 64