- Dec 10 Viktor Jacobi, Hungarian operetta composer (Szibill), dies at 38
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Dec 16 French composer (Samson et Dalila; Organ Symphony), dies of a heart attack at 86
- Dec 25 Hans Huber, Swiss composer and pedagogue, dies at 69
- Dec 25 Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (The Blind Musician), dies at 68