- Aug 5 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist, conductor and composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
- Aug 9 Felipe Boero, Argentine composer, dies at 74
- Aug 14 "Big" Bill Broonzy, American blues singer and guitarist (Blues by Broonzy), dies of cancer at 65
- Aug 17 Florent Schmitt, French composer (La tragédie de Salome; Psalm 47), and music critic (Le Temps), dies at 87
- Aug 21 Stevan Hristić, Serbian composer (Legend of Ohrid; Opeleo), conductor (Belgrade Philharmonic, 1923-34; Belgrade Opera, 1925-35), and pedagogue (Belgrade Music Academy, 1937-50), dies at 73
- Aug 21 Walter Schumann, American choral director (Ford Show) and film and television composer (Night Of The Hunter; Dragnet theme), dies at 44
- Aug 24 Kenneth Leighton, British pianist and composer, dies of esophageal cancer at 58
- Aug 24 Leo Blech, German opera composer and conductor, (Königliches Opernhaus, 1906-37; Städtische Oper, 1949-53). dies at 87
- Aug 26 Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (Hugh the Drover), dies at 85
- Aug 28 Nikolay Golovanov, Soviet composer, dies at 67
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