- Jan 23 Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42
- Apr 9 Ernst Richter, German musical theorist and composer, dies at 70
- Jul 6 Henry Smart, English organist and composer, dies at 65
- Aug 22 Friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82
- Sep 8 Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58
- Sep 12 Peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49