Birthdays in Music
- Aug 5 Óscar Esplá Spanish composer, born in Alicante, Spain (d. 1976)
- Aug 6 Edward Ballantine, American composer and music professor, born in Oberlin, Ohio (d. 1971)
- Aug 8 Daniel Ruyneman, Dutch composer and pianist (d. 1963)
- Aug 8 Pietro Alessandro Yon, Italian organist and composer, born in Settimo Vittone, Italy (d. 1943)
- Aug 19 Robert Heger, German composer and conductor, born in Strasbourg (d. 1978)
- Aug 23 Gottfried Rudinger, German composer, born in Lindau, Germany (d. 1946)
- Aug 27 Eric Coates, English viola player and composer, born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire (d. 1957)
- Aug 27 Rebecca Clarke, British-American violist and classical composer (Morpheus), born in Harrow, England (d. 1979)
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