Birthdays in Music
- May 3 Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1971)
- May 5 Manuel Borguno, Spanish composer and pedagogue, born in Rubí (d. 1973)
- May 8 Jef van Hoof, Flemish composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1959)
- May 12 Hermann Grabner, Austrian composer (Die Richterin), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1969)
- May 13 Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite)
- May 18 Ole Windingstad, Norwegian composer (The Tide), born in Sandefjord, Norway (d. 1959)
- May 24 Paul Paray, French conductor and composer, born in Le Tréport, France (d. 1979)
- May 26 Al Jolson [Asa Yoelson], American-Lithuanian jazz singer and silent actor (Mamie, Swanee), born in Seredžius, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1950)
- May 28 Nikolai Sokoloff, Russian-American conductor (Seattle Symphony), born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 1965)
Deaths in Music
- May 1 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer, dies at 56