Birthdays in Music
- Apr 5 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
- Apr 5 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), born in Salzburg (d. 1989)
- Apr 6 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer
- Apr 7 Percy Faith, conductor (Summer Place)
- Apr 9 Fred Lohse, German composer, born in Leipzig (d. 1987)
- Apr 11 Karel Ančerl, Czechoslovak conductor (Prague/Toronto), born in Tučapy, Czech Republic (d. 1973)
- Apr 15 Eden Ahbez, American songwriter (Nature Boy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d.1995)
- Apr 18 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele)
- Apr 18 Eric Spear, British film and TV composer (Coronation Street theme)
- Apr 20 Lionel Hampton, American jazz vibraphone player and actor, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2002)
- Apr 23 Frederick Hawkins, American dancer and choreographer, born in Trinidad, Colorado (d. 1994)
- Apr 29 Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter