Birthdays in Music
- Mar 3 Riccardo Nielsen, composer
- Mar 7 Tomas de Manzarraga, composer
- Mar 9 Luiz Cosme, Brazilian composer, born in Porte Alegre (d. 1965)
- Mar 13 Helen Sinclair Glatz, English composer, born in Border country in England (d. 1996)
- Mar 14 Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer
- Mar 17 Radie Britain, composer
- Mar 18 Louis Gaste, songwriter
- Mar 26 Hank Sylvern, American orchestra leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 30 Camille Schmit, composer
- Mar 30 Kurt Bruggemann, composer
- Mar 31 Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist known as "Mr. Swing" (Congo Blues, Knockin' on Wood), born in Beardstown, Illinois (d. 1999)
Deaths in Music
- Mar 11 Peter Milne, Scottish composer, dies at 83