- Oct 5 Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter), dies at 78
- Oct 6 Hakon Børresen, Danish composer, dies at 78
- Oct 23 Henri Zagwijn, Dutch composer and musicologist, dies at 76 [1]
- Oct 27 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Puccini's Turandot), dies at 78