- Jan 1 Cyrill Kistler, German composer, educator, and music theorist, dies at 58
- Jan 3 Josef Foerster, Czech composer, and music teacher, dies at 73
- Jan 7 Anton Urspruch, German composer, dies at 56
- Jan 14 Karl von Perfall, German composer, dies at 82
- Feb 5 Ludwig Thuille, Austrian composer (sextet for piano and wind quintet), dies of a heart attack at 45
- Feb 24 Otto Goldschmidt, German composer, dies at 77
- Mar 7 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, French pianist and composer, dies at 64
- Mar 28 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, Russian composer, dies at 65
- Apr 3 Theodor Aufrecht, German linguist, Indologist and translator (Rigveda's Hymns), dies at 85
- Apr 26 Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Austrian composer, violinist, and conductor, dies of kidney failure at 52
- Apr 26 Pietro Platania, Italian composer, dies at 79
- May 11 John Albert Delany, Australian composer, dies at 54
- Jun 4 Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer, and teacher, dies at 59
- Jul 7 James McGranahan, American composer, dies at 67
- Aug 5 Gentil Theodoor Antheunis, Flemish poet and songwriter, dies at 66
- Aug 15 Joseph Joachim, German violinist (Hungarian Concerto), dies at 76
- Sep 4 Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies at 64
- Sep 17 Ignaz Brull, Moravian-born pianist and composer, dies at 60
- Oct 3 Alfred Reisenauer, German pianist and composer, dies at 43
- Oct 4 Alfredo Keil, Portuguese composer, dies at 57
- Oct 9 Romualdo Marenco, Italian composer, chiefly of ballet music (Excelsior), and conductor, dies at 66
- Oct 25 Edmund Hart Turpin, English composer, dies at 72
- Nov 11 Henry Gadsby, English musician and composer, dies at 64
- Nov 15 Horatio Richmond Palmer, American composer and choir director, dies at 73
- Nov 21 Gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78
- Nov 27 Ricardo Castro Herrera, Mexican concert pianist and composer, dies of pneumonia at 43
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