Events in Music
Event of Interest
Apr 8 Béla Bartok's 5th String quartet premieres in Washington, D.C.

Béla Bartok
- Apr 10 Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 4 François-Bernard Mâche, French composer, born in Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Apr 5 Peter Grant, English rock band manager, born in South Norwood, England (d. 1995)
- Apr 7 Bobby Bare, Irontown Oh, country singer (Detroit City)
- Apr 9 Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer, born in Salmi, Russia
- Apr 10 Jorge Mester, Mexican conductor (Louisville Orch 1967-79), born in Mexico City, Mexico
- Apr 11 Father Abraham [Pierre Kartner], Dutch singer (Smurf Song), born in Elst, Netherlands
- Apr 11 Richard Berry, African-American singer and musician (Louie Louie), born in Extension, Louisiana (d. 1997)
- Apr 15 Gene Cherico, American jazz bassist, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
- Apr 16 Bobby Vinton, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Apr 16 Haskell Sadler, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1994)
- Apr 18 Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer (produced Janis Joplin's final album Pearl), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
Dudley Moore
Apr 19 Dudley Moore, English actor and comedian (10, Arthur, Bedazzled), born in London (d. 2002)

Dudley Moore
- Apr 22 Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1969)
- Apr 23 Bunky Green, American jazz musician, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Apr 29 Otto Zykan, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2006)
- Apr 29 Otis Rush, American blues musician (Right Place, Wrong Time), born in Philadelphia. Mississippi (d. 2018)