- Apr 5 Claude Delvincourt, French composer and pianist, dies at 66
- Apr 9 Philip Greeley Clapp, American composer and educator (University of Iowa, 1919-54), dies at 65
- Apr 14 Lillian "Lil" Green, American blues singer and songwriter ("Romance In The Dark"), dies at 39 [or 57, or 48 - year of birth disputed]