- Feb 3 Edward Lockspeiser, British composer and musicologist (Debussy: His Life and Mind), dies at 67
- Feb 12 Benjamin Frankel, British composer, dies at 67
- Feb 27 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav conductor and composer, dies at 72
- Feb 28 (Pablo) "Tito" RodrÃguez, Puerto Rican timbalero, singer, bandleader ("Inolvidable"), and television host, dies of leukemia at 50