Nellie Melba
Feb 23 Nellie Melba [Helen Mitchell], Australian operatic soprano, dies at 69
- Mar 8 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87
- Apr 4 George Whitefield Chadwick, composer, dies at 76
- Apr 6 Giuseppe Radiciotti, Italian musicologist and composer, dies at 73
- Apr 9 Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67
- May 3 Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59
- May 3 Otto Winter-Hjelm, Norwegian musician and composer, dies at 93
- May 12 Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian composer and violinist, dies at 72
- May 13 Josif Marinković, Serbian composer, dies at 79
- Jun 9 Henrique Oswald, Brazilian composer, dies at 79
- Aug 6 (Leon Bismarck) "Bix" Beiderbecke, American jazz cornetist, one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, pianist, and composer (In A Mist), dies at was lobar pneumonia. of alcoholism exacerbated pneumonia at 28
- Aug 20 Waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64
- Sep 10 Alfonso Rendano, Italian composer, dies at 78
- Sep 28 Sylvain Dupuis, Belgian conductor, composer, (Le Chant de la Création), and music educator, dies at 74
- Oct 3 Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist and composer (Det Uudslukkelige), dies of a heart attack at 66
- Oct 20 Emánuel Moór, Hungarian composer, pianist, and inventor of musical instruments, dies at 68
- Oct 29 Luciano Gallet, Brazilian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator, dies at 38
- Nov 4 Buddy Bolden, African-American early jazz musician, dies at 54
- Nov 17 Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian composer (Gergana), dies at 50
- Nov 19 Frederic Cliffe, English composer, dies at 74
- Nov 23 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor and pianist, dies at 46
- Nov 30 John Hyatt Brewer, American composer, dies at 75
- Nov 30 Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, French composer, dies at 46
Vincent d'Indy
Dec 2 Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher, dies at 80
