- Jan 4 Manuel Palau Boix, composer
- Jan 5 Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik), born in Schlüchtern, Germany (d. 1975)
- Jan 13 Jan Evangelista Zelinka, Czech composer (Meluzina), born in Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1969)
- Jan 15 Ivor Novello [David Ivor Davies], Welsh composer, writer and actor (Keep the Home Fires Burning, The Truth Game), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1951)
- Jan 16 Daisy Kennedy, Australian concert violinist, born in Burra-Burra (now Burra), Australia (d. 1981)
- Jan 18 John Lawrence Seymour, American composer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1986)
- Jan 28 Elliot Griffis, American composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
- Jan 29 Edric Cundell, composer
- Jan 29 Martian Negrea, composer