- Jan 1 Joseph Miroslav Weber, Czech composer, dies at 51
- Feb 25 Anton Arensky, Russian composer and conductor, dies of tuberculosis at 44
- Feb 26 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, Spanish composer, dies at 70
- Mar 22 Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist and composer, dies at 59
- Apr 25 John Knowles Paine, American composer (Symphony No. 2 - In Spring), dies at 67
- May 30 William Hurlstone, English composer, dies of bronchial asthma at 30
- Jun 8 C. F. E. Horneman, Danish composer, dies at 65
- Jun 26 Alexander Muir, Canadian composer (The Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76
- Jul 12 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, Brazilian composer, conductor and educator, dies at 70
- Jul 29 Alexandre Luigini, French violinist, conductor (Lyon Grand Théâtre, 1877-97; Opéra-Comique Paris, 1897-1906), composer (Ballet égyptien), and pedagogue, dies at 56
- Sep 1 Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian playwright, poet, and librettist (Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"), dies at 58
- Sep 13 Georges Jacobi, German violinist, composer (The Black Crook), and conductor (Alhambra Theatre, London, 1872-98), dies at 66
- Dec 13 Jan Gerard Palm, Curaçao bandmaster, choir master, and composer known as as the "Father of Curaçao's classical music", dies at 75
- Dec 21 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 58
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