- Oct 2 Russell Alexander, American vaudenille performer, euphonium virtuoso, and march composer, dies at 38
- Oct 4 George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl), dies at 59
- Oct 5 José María Usandizaga, Spanish Basque composer (Mendi Mendiyan - High in the Mountains), dies of tuberculosis at 28
- Oct 5 Otto Valdemar Malling, Danish organist and composer (Det hellige Land, opus 46), dies at 67
- Oct 7 Samuel Prowse Warren, Canadian composer and organist, dies at 74
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