- Jan 10 Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
- Jan 20 Stanislaw Pilinski, French pianist and composer, dies at 65
- Feb 10 Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78
- Mar 15 Luigi Manzotti, Italian mine dancer and ballet choreographer, dies at 70
- Mar 19 Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, Armenian composer (Patarag), dies at 49
- Apr 23 Karel Komzák II, Bohemian-Viennese violinist, and composer of marches and dances (Bad’ner Mad’ln), dies when he falls under train at 54 [1]
- Apr 29 Ignatio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (Danzas Cubanas), dies at 57
- May 9 Ernst Pauer, Austrian composer & pianist, dies at 78
- May 29 Leon Francis Victor Caron, French Australian composer, dies at 55
- Jun 4 Carl Albert Löschhorn, German composer, dies at 85
- Jul 8 Walter Kittredge, American musician during American Civil War, dies at 70