- Jan 10 Fred Raymond, Austrian composer, dies at 53
- Jan 11 Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83
- Jan 13 Roland Diggle, English-American composer, organist and choirmaster (St. John's Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, California), dies at 69
- Jan 27 Paul-Marie Masson, French musicologist (L’Opéra de Rameau), and composer, dies at 71
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