Birthdays in Music
- May 6 Necil Kazım Akses, Turkish classical composer, born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 1999)
- May 7 Wouter Paap, Dutch composer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1981)
- May 15 Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish composer (God in Disguise (Förklädd gud, Op. 24); Linden), and pedagogue (Stockholm Conservatory; Uppsala University), born in Åkarp Sweden (d. 1986)
- May 17 Sigismund Toduţă, Romanian composer, born in Simeria, Romania (d. 1991)
- May 24 Krešimir Fribec, Croatian composer, born in Daruvar, Croatia (d. 1996)
- May 26 Vera Van [Webster], American radio and dance band singer, born in Marion, Ohio (d. 2006)
- May 27 Harold Rome, American composer (Fanny; Pins & Needles), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1993)
- May 31 Gene Gifford American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and arranger (Jean Goldkette; Casa Loma Orchestra), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1970)
Deaths in Music
- May 12 Melesio Morales, Mexican composer, dies at 69
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