- Jan 22 Iwan Knorr, German composer, dies at 63
- Feb 1 Anton Simon, Russian composer, dies at 65
- Feb 9 Hynek Vojáček, Czech composer, dies at 90
- Feb 15 Nikolay Lodizhensky, Russian diplomat and composer, dies at 73
- Feb 23 George Martin, English composer and organist, dies at 71
- Feb 29 Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor/composer (Parisina), dies at 62
- Mar 24 Enrique Granados, Spanish concert pianist, and composer (Goyescas), drowns crossing the English Channel when his ferry is sunk by a German torpedo attack at 48
- Apr 9 Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, Basque composer, dies at 62
- May 6 Earl Ross Drake, American composer, dies at 50
- May 11 Max Reger, German composer, pianist and professor (Leipzig Univ), dies at 43
- May 17 Gervais Salvayre, French composer (Calypso; La Résurrection), and music critic dies at 68
- Jun 5 Mildred J. Hill, American composer and musician ("Good Morning To All" which later became "Happy Birthday To You"), dies at 56
- Jul 26 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 52
- Aug 2 Hamish MacCunn, Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood), and teacher, dies at 48
- Aug 5 George Butterworth, English composer, dies at 31
- Aug 5 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, Russian composer, dies at 46
- Aug 13 Fritz Steinbach, German conductor and composer, dies at 61
- Sep 10 Friedrich Gernsheim, German composer, dies at 77
- Sep 15 Isidore Legouix, French composer, dies at 82
- Sep 25 Julius Fučík, Czech composer, dies at 44
- Oct 30 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, American composer (The Tragedy of the Deep), dies at 70
- Nov 13 Frederik Septimus Kelly, Australian-British composer and rower (Summer Olympic gold 1908), dies at 35
- Nov 23 Eduard Napravnik, Czech conductor and composer, dies at 77
- Nov 24 John Francis Barnett, British composer, dies at 79
- Nov 27 James Cutler Dunn Parker, American organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 88
- Dec 2 Paolo Tosti, Italian composer, dies at 69
- Dec 5 Hans Richter, Austrian-Hungarian composer, dies at 73
- Dec 20 Manuel Giro, Spanish composer, dies at 68
- Dec 20 William Wallace Gilchrist, American composer, dies at 70
- Dec 26 Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81
- Dec 27 Nicolai Soloviev, Russian music critic and composer, dies at 70
- Dec 28 Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81
- Dec 31 Ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76
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