- Apr 17 Hans Balatka, Moravian-American conductor (Milwaukee Musikverein; Chicago Oratorio Society), author (Condensed History of Music), and composer, dies at 74
- May 29 Frantz Jehin-Prume, Canadian violinist and composer, dies at 60
- Jun 3 Johann Baptist Strauss Jr., Austrian composer (Waltz King), dies at 73
- Jun 10 Ernest Chausson, French Romantic composer (Poème; Solitude dance le bois), dies in a bicycling accident at 44
- Sep 8 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, Bohemian clarinetist, bandleader, and composer, dies at 78
- Oct 5 Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, Austrian composer, dies at 57
- Nov 25 Robert Lowry, American hymn composer, dies at 73
- Nov 27 Felipe Gutiérrez Y Espinosa, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 74
- Dec 7 Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), Polish pianist and composer, dies at 82
- Dec 18 John William Glover, Irish composer, dies at 84
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