- Dec 5 Jan Kubelik, Czech composer, dies at 60
- Dec 16 William Wallace, Scottish composer, dies at 80
- Dec 21 Hal Kemp, American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and sweet jazz bandleader, dies as a result of a car accident at 36
- Dec 24 Rudolf Piskáček, Czech composer, dies at 56