- Jul 9 Zoltán Aladár, Transylvanian composer, music critic and teacher (The Goat and the Three Goons), dies at 49
- Jul 10 Michel Gusikoff, American violinist, concert master, and composer, dies at 85
- Jul 13 Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
- Jul 27 Willem Van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (Residentie Orkest, 1949-73; Melbourne Symphony, 1967-70; Sydney Symphony, 1971-77), dies in a car crash at 70
- Jul 29 Glen Goins, American guitarist and singer (Parliament-Funkadelic - "Fantasy is Reality"), dies from Hodgkin's lymphoma at 24
- Jul 29 Wesley LaViolette, American composer,conductor, poet, and educator dies at 84
- Jul 30 Aasan Ferit Alnar, Turkish classical composer, dies at 72
- Jul 31 Enoch Light, American orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
- Jul 31 Günther Rennert, German film and opera director and producer, dies of a lung embolism at 67
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