- Apr 12 František Ondříček, Czech violinist and composer, dies at 64
- Apr 24 Richard Batka, Austrian music critic and composer, dies at 53
- Apr 26 Hans Sommer, German theatre composer, dies at 84
- Apr 29 Kyrylo Stetsenko, Ukrainian composer (Burlaka), choral conductor, music critic, teacher, and later, Ukrainian Orthodox priest, dies of typhus while tending to the sick during an outbreak at 39