- Jan 3 Raoul Pugno, Italian-French piano prodigy, organist (Church of Saint-Eugène, 1872–92), composer, and pedagogue (Paris Conservatoire, 1892-1901), dies at 62
- Jan 13 Valentin Zubiaurre Spanish composer (Ferdinand Set), and educator, dies at 76
- Jan 20 (Henry Southwick) H.S. Perkins, American hymn composer, lyricist, conductor, and teacher, dies at 80
- Jan 20 Emil Liebling, German-American composer, dies at 62
- Jan 20 Henry Southwick Perkins, American composer, educator, and founder of Music Teachers' National Association, dies at 80
- Jan 22 Frederik Rung, Danish composer, dies at 60
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