Birthdays in Music
- Jan 7 William Hurlstone, English composer, born in London, England (d. 1906)
- Jan 12 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian light opera composer, born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1948)
- Jan 20 Józef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist, composer, educator (Curtis Institute, 1924-38), and inventor, born in Podgórze, Austro-Hungarian Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1957)
- Jan 29 Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer
- Jan 29 [William] Havergal Brian, British composer ("Gothic" symphony), born in Dresden, Staffordshire (d. 1972)
Deaths in Music
- Jan 10 Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70