- Jan 16 Reginald De Koven, American composer, dies at 60
- Feb 12 Émile Sauret, French violinist and composer, dies at 67
- Feb 23 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
- Apr 3 Homer Newton Bartlett, American pianist, organist and composer, dies at 74
- Apr 8 Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (White Peacock), dies of influenza at 35
- Apr 16 John Conrad Nordqvist, Swedish composer, dies at 80
- Jun 15 Michel-Gaston Carraud, French composer, dies at 55
- Jun 27 Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadian lyricist ("O Canada"), dies at 81
- Jul 26 Carlos Troyer, American composer, dies at 83
- Aug 4 Vladimir Rebikov, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 54
- Sep 25 William F. Sudds, American composer, music publisher, and teacher, dies at 77
- Oct 2 Max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82
- Oct 16 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
- Oct 29 Ernst Perabo, German-American composer and painist, dies at 74
- Nov 21 Caryl Florio [William James Robjohn], English-American composer, dies at 77
- Dec 6 Karel Kovařovic, Czech harpist, conductor (Prague National Theatre, 1900-20), and composer (The Dogheads), dies at 57
- Dec 12 Paul Lacôme, French composer, dies at 82
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