- Jan 23 Edward Alexander MacDowell, American composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
- Feb 14 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, French composer, dies at 72
- Feb 24 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, Ukrainian composer, dies at 66
- Feb 28 Pauline Lucca, Austrian operatic soprano, dies at 66
- Mar 11 Peter Milne, Scottish composer, dies at 83
- Apr 4 Josef Sucher, Hungarian composer and conductor (Aus alten Märchen), dies at 64
- Apr 5 Gaetano Coronaro, Italian conductor, pedagogue, and composer (La Creola), dies at 55
- May 12 Melesio Morales, Mexican composer, dies at 69
- Jun 5 Luca Fumagalli, Italian pianist and composer (Luigi XI), dies at 71
- Jun 8 Johan Lindegren, Swedish composer, musician and teacher, dies at 66
- Jun 14 "Blind" Tom Wiggins, African-American pianist and composer, dies at 59
- Jun 21 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 (OS 8 Jun)
- Jul 10 Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer and organist, dies at 69
- Jul 14 William Mason, American concert pianist and composer, dies at 79
- Jul 18 Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (Mexican national anthem), dies at 83
- Jul 20 Federico Chueca, Spanish composer, dies at 62
- Aug 13 Ira D. Sankey, American evangelist, singer, composer and publisher (Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs), dies at 67
- Aug 20 Louis Varney, French composer, dies at 64
- Sep 20 Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (Spanish Dancer), dies at 64
- Nov 8 Victorien Sardou, French playwright, several of which were adapted as operas (Fedora, Tosca; Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
- Nov 19 Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor, dies at 79
- Dec 23 Eduard Wachmann, Romanian composer, conductor and university professor, dies at 72
- Dec 23 Francois A. Gevaert, Belgium Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68
- Dec 24 François-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin), dies at 80
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