- Jan 6 Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
- Jan 12 Václav Suk, Czech-born Russian composer and violinist, dies at 71
- Feb 12 Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85
- Feb 17 Henri Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
- Feb 19 Arnold Mendelssohn, German composer, dies at 77
- Feb 26 Antoni Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74
- Mar 4 Willie Walker, US jazz singer and guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36
- Mar 26 Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist, dies at 30
- Mar 29 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist/conductor, dies at 52
- Apr 9 Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer, dies at 55
Jimmie Rodgers
May 26 Jimmie Rodgers [James Charles], American country singer and singing brakeman, dies of a pulmonary hemorrhage at 35
Jimmie Rodgers
- Jun 14 Albert Ross Parsons, composer, dies at 85
- Jun 24 Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64
- Jul 6 Robert Kajanus, composer, dies at 76
- Jul 15 Freddie Keppard, American musician (b. 1890)
- Jul 23 Max Schillings, German composer/conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65
- Jul 24 Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65
- Jul 29 Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer, dies at 73
- Aug 3 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69
- Aug 13 Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80
- Aug 29 Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer, dies at 70
- Oct 6 Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer, dies at 62
- Oct 27 Julius Klengel, composer, dies at 74
- Nov 5 Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
- Nov 26 Edward Julius Biedermann, composer, dies at 84
- Dec 2 Josef Gruber, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 78
- Dec 3 Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74
- Dec 6 Auguste Chapuis, French composer, dies at 75
- Dec 12 Theodore Moses Tobani, German composer, dies at 78