Birthdays in Music
- Jan 5 Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (Skazi), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1951)
- Jan 6 Yuliya Veysberg, Russian music critic & composer, born in Orenburg, Russia (d. 1942)
- Jan 11 Rudolf Palm, Curaçaoan pianist and composer, born in Curaçao (d. 1950)
- Jan 25 Francis George Scott, Scottish composer, born in Hawick, Roxburghshire (d. 1958)
Weddings in Music
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Jan 7 Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski (19) weds Polish musician Antonina Korsak; she dies from complications of childbirth later that year
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