- Feb 7 Rudolph Reti, Serbian composer, dies at 71
- Feb 16 Józef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist, composer, educator (Curtis Institute, 1924-38), and inventor, (pneumatic shock absorbers), dies of pneumonia at 81
- Feb 23 Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
- Feb 25 Kurt von Wolfurt, German composer, dies at 76