- Jan 8 Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
- Jan 15 Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 42
- Jan 23 Joseph Carl Breil, American lyric tenor, and composer - one of the first to write for film (Les amours de la reine Élisabeth; Birth of a Nation; Intolerance), dies of heart disease at 55
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