Birthdays in Music
- Aug 3 Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1962)
- Aug 12 Alexander Albrecht, Slovak composer, born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (d. 1958)
- Aug 15 Andrey Pashchenko, Russian composer (A Symphonic Mystery, for Theremin and Orchestra), born in Rostov-on-Don (d. 1972)
- Aug 28 Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, Finnish composer and organist, born in Rautavaara, Finland (d. 1960)
Deaths in Music
- Aug 28 Julius Hopp, Austrian composer, dies at 66
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