- Mar 15 Louis van Westerhoven, Dutch actor, singer and opera director (Youth), dies at 58
- Apr 30 František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 63
- May 26 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
- Jul 17 Dorothy Goetz Berlin, newlywed bride of songwriter Irving Berlin, dies of typhoid fever contracted during their Havana honeymoon at 20
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Aug 13 French opera composer (Werther; Manon), dies of abdominal cancer at 70
- Aug 19 Alphonse Hasselmans, Belgian-French harpist, composer (La Source), and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1884-1912), dies at 67
- Sep 1 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, African-British composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast), dies at 37
- Oct 1 Mary Frances Allitsen, Nritish mezzo-soprano, voice coach, and composer (Psalm 27: "The Lord is My Light"), dies at 63
- Oct 3 Guido Papini, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 65
- Oct 8 Wilhelm Kuhe, German composer, dies at 88
- Oct 30 Jan Karol Gall, Polish conductor and composer of mostly vocal pieces (Mizerna, cicha), dies at 55
- Nov 6 Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba), conductor and ethnomusicologist, dies at 70
- Nov 11 Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher, dies at 75
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