Events in Music
- Apr 23 Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 8 Fernand Lamy, composer
- Apr 11 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1945)
- Apr 18 Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart)
- Apr 20 Nikolai Myaskovsky, Russian composer (Kirov is With Us), born in Modlin Fortress, Poland (d. 1950)
- Apr 20 Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1957)
Deaths in Music
- Apr 16 George William Martin, composer, dies at 56