- Apr 8 Arthur Foote, American classical organist, composer, and member of the "Boston Six" (Suite for Strings in E), dies at 84
- Apr 8 William Henry Hadow, British educational reformer and musicologist (Oxford History of Music, Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77
- Apr 10 Algernon Ashton, British composer, dies at 77
- Apr 15 Nikolai Artzibushev, Russian jurist and composer, dies at 79