- Jan 15 Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85
- Feb 3 Johann Georg Herzog, German composer and organist, dies at 86
- Feb 8 Edouard Silas, Dutch composer, dies at 80
- Feb 8 Mieczysław Karłowicz, Polish composer and conductor (Rebirth Symphony, Op. 7), dies in an avalanche while on a skiing excursion at 32
- Mar 22 Gyula Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel, dies at 66
- Mar 25 Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer, dies at 57
- Mar 26 Nikolai Arkas, Ukrainian composer, dies at 56
- Apr 3 Benjamin Johnson Lang, American conductor and composer, dies at 71
- Apr 12 Hermann Kotzschmar, German-American composer, dies at 79
- May 6 (Francesca) "Fanny" Cerrito, Italian ballerina and choreographer (Rosida), dies at 91
- May 18 Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (Suite española; Tango in D), dies from nephritis at 48
- May 20 Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)
- Jun 1 Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53
- Jun 18 Learmont Drysdale, Scottish composer, dies at 42
- Jul 5 Emil Bohn, German organist, choral director, composer, and musicologist, dies at 70
- Jul 23 Zygmunt Noskowski, Polish composer, conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 63
- Aug 17 Richard Hoffman, English-American composer, dies at 78
- Oct 6 Dudley Buck, American organist, composer, and music writer, dies at 70
- Oct 14 Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, dies at 76
- Oct 17 Nicola Spinelli, Italian composer, dies at 44
- Nov 8 Charles Bordes, French composer, dies at 46
- Nov 8 Eduard de Hartog, Dutch composer, dies at 80
- Nov 10 Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator, dies at 61 [1] [2]
- Nov 16 Francis Thome, French composer, dies at 59
- Dec 15 Francisco Tárrega, Spanish composer, dies at 57
- Dec 20 Benjamin Ipavec, Slovene composer (Tičnik), dies at 79
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