Birthdays in Music
- Jan 1 Edwin Franko Goldman, American march music composer (founder of American Bandmasters Association), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1956)
- Jan 6 Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1970)
- Jan 15 Johanna Muller-Hermann, Austrian composer (Lied der Erinnerung), born in Vienna (d. 1941)
- Jan 23 Rutland Boughton, British composer (The Immortal Hour), born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (d. 1960)
- Jan 28 Walter Kollo, German composer of operettas, Singspiele, and popular songs (Der Juxbaron), born in Neidenburg, Kingdom of Prussia. (d. 1940)
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