Events in Music
- Apr 30 Henry Lee Higginson starts the "Popular Music" series with the Boston Symphony, which evolves into the Boston Pops Orchestra 1900
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 5 Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer, born in Galați County, Romania (d. 1978)
- Apr 6 Carlos Salzedo, French-American piano prodigy, harpist, composer, educator (Curtis Institue; Juilliard), and new music advocate (co-founder of International Composers' Guild), born in Arcachon, France (d. 1961)
- Apr 8 Dimitrios Levidis, Greek composer, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1951)
- Apr 16 Alexandre Stellio [Fructueux], Martinican biguine clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, born in Anses d'Arlet, Martinique (d. 1939)
- Apr 16 Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer (Fasching), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1960)
- Apr 17 Cecil Burleigh, American composer, born in Wyoming, New York (d. 1980)
- Apr 29 Wallingford Riegger, American cellist, composer (New Dance; Cooper Square), and educator, born in Albany, Georgia (d. 1961)
- Apr 30 Luigi Russolo, Italian Futurist composer (The Art of Noises), born in Portogruaro, Italy (d. 1947)
Deaths in Music
- Apr 23 William Henry Holmes, English composer, dies at 73
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