- Jan 28 José Garcia Robles, Spanish composer, dies at 74
- Feb 15 Albert Fuchs, Swiss-German composer, dies at 51
- Feb 16 Albert Heinrich Zabel, German-Russian harpist and composer (Russian Imperial Ballet), dies at 75
- Mar 10 Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer and teacher (Undine Sonata), dies at 85
- Mar 17 Joaquin Valverde Durán, Spanish composer, dies at 64
- Mar 27 David Duffle Wood, American blind composer (organist and choir master at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church), dies at 72
- Mar 28 Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor, dies at 71
- May 18 Florimond Van Duyse, Belgian composer, dies at 66
- May 18 Pauline Viardot, French pianist, mezzo-soprano, and composer (Cendrillon), dies at 88
- May 20 Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, French composer, dies at 88
- May 29 Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (Islamej; Tamara), dies at 73
- Jun 16 Wendelin Weißheimer, German composer and conductor, dies at 72
- Jun 28 Gustave Leon Huberti, Belgian composer, dies at 67
- Jul 1 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies at 92
- Jul 4 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, French Breton composer, dies at 70
- Jul 21 Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, dies at 66
- Aug 5 Wojciech Gawronski, Polish concert pianist and composer, dies at 42
- Aug 16 Charles Lenepveu, French composer, dies at 69
- Aug 20 Arthur Coquard, French composer, and music critic (Le Monde; L'Echo de Paris), dies at 64
- Aug 31 Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer (Melanholiskais valsis - Melancholic waltz), and music critic, dies when struck by a train at 34
- Sep 5 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70
- Sep 5 Julian Edwards, American composer, dies at 54
- Sep 24 Rudolf Dellinger, German Bohemian composer, dies at 53
- Oct 17 Julia Ward Howe, American poet (Battle Hymn of the Republic), author, abolitionist, and women's suffragist, dies of pneumonia at 91
- Oct 25 Hermann Kipper, German music teacher and composer, dies at 84
- Dec 10 Pablo Hernandez Salces, Spanish composer, dies at 76
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