- Apr 1 Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter, music impresario (Olympia Hall, Paris), and politician, dies at 68
- Apr 6 Milton Ager, American composer, dies at 85
- Apr 10 Nino Rota [Giovanni Rota Rinaldi], Italian classical and film score composer (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze; The Godfather (I & II; 16 Fellini films), dies from a coronary thrombosis at 67
- Apr 12 Pernell Charity, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, dies at 58
- Apr 23 Doug Rauch, American rock and jazz-fusion bassist (Santana, 1972-74), dies of a heroin overdose at 28
- Apr 28 Feliks Roderyk Łabuński, Polish composer, dies at 86
- Apr 29 Julia Perry, American classical composer (Soul Symphony; Cask of Amontillado; Homunuclus C.F.), dies at 55
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