- Jan 16 Jaroslav Jeremiáš, Czech pianist and composer, dies at 19
- Feb 2 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, French composer, dies at 55
- Feb 21 Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77
- Feb 24 Josephine McGill, composer, dies at 41
- Mar 5 Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67
- Mar 8 Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88
- Mar 11 Harald Fryklöf, Swedish composer, dies at 36
- Mar 16 Sigurd von Koch, Swedish composer, dies at 39
- Apr 3 Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62
- Apr 6 Stefan Surzynski, Polish conductor and composer, dies at 63
- May 17 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80
- Jun 2 Ernest Ford, English composer, dies at 61
- Jun 8 Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer, dies at 78
- Aug 9 Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza), dies at 62
- Sep 27 Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76
- Oct 3 Daniel Brink Towner, American Hymn composer, dies at 69
- Oct 5 Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66
- Oct 16 Charles Harford Lloyd, British organist and composer, dies on his 70th birthday
- Oct 21 Sven August Körling, Swedish composer, dies at 77
- Dec 13 Amintore Galli, Italian composer, dies at 74
- Dec 18 Horatio Parker, American organist and composer, dies at 56
- Dec 27 Achilles Alferaki, Russian composer, dies at 73