Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Jan 27 Italian opera composer (Rigoletto, La Traviata), dies at 77
- Feb 7 Benjamin Edward Woolf, British-American violinist, composer (The Mighty Dollar), playwright, and journalist, dies at 64
- Feb 14 Edward John Hopkins, English organist and composer, dies at 82
- Feb 17 Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (The Rosary; Narcissus), dies of a stroke at 38
- Feb 25 Jose Rogel, Spanish composer, dies at 71
- Mar 8 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer (De Leie; Rubens Cantata: Requiem), and conductor, dies at 66
- Mar 10 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, Russian composer, dies at 38
- Mar 31 John Stainer, English composer (The Crucifixion), dies at 60
- Apr 3 Richard D'Oyly Carte, British opera impresario (Gilbert & Sullivan operas), dies at 56
- Apr 11 Ivar Hallström, Swedish composer, dies at 74
- Apr 27 Richard Redhead, English organist, and composer of sacred music, dies at 81
- Jun 23 Charles Kensington Salaman, British pianist and synagogue music composer, dies at 87
- Jul 17 John Farmer, English composer, dies at 64
- Jul 18 Alfredo Carlo Piatti, Italian cellist, teacher, and composer, dies at 79
- Aug 17 Edmond Audran, French composer, dies at 61
- Aug 18 Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54
- Aug 22 Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish poet and composer, dies at 83
- Oct 24 Paul Henrion, French composer, dies at 82
- Nov 6 Bohdan Borkowski, Polish composer, dies at 48
- Nov 11 Antonio Zamara, Austrian harpist, teacher, and composer, dies at 72
- Nov 24 Heinrich Urban, German violinist, composer, and teacher of Wanda Landowska and Ignace Jan Paderewski, dies at 64
- Nov 25 Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62
- Dec 15 Elias Álvares Lobo, Brazilian composer, dies at 67
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