- Jan 6 Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist, dies at 84
- Jan 12 Václav Suk, Czech-born Russian composer and violinist, dies at 71
- Jan 25 William Faulkes, English organist, transcriber and composer, dies at 59
- 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 [Salvatore Massaro], American jazz guitarist known as the "father of jazz guitar", dies at 30
- Mar 29 Alexander Schmuller, Russian-Dutch violinist and conductor, dies at 52
- Apr 9 Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer, dies at 55
- Apr 23 Blair Fairchild, American composer and diplomat, dies at 55
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May 26 Jimmie Rodgers [James Charles], American country singer and singing brakeman, dies of a pulmonary hemorrhage at 35
- Jun 14 Albert Ross Parsons, American composer, dies at 85
- Jun 24 Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", American singer, dies at about 64
- Jul 6 Robert Kajanus, Finnish conductor and composer, dies at 76
- Jul 15 Freddie Keppard, American jazz cornetist (Original Creole Orchestra), dies of tuberculosis at 44
- Jul 23 Max Schillings, German composer and conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65
- Jul 24 Max von Schillings, German composer and conductor (Der Pfeifertag), dies at 65
- Jul 29 Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian opera composer and musicologist, dies at 73
- Aug 3 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69
- Aug 13 Paul Hillemacher, French classical pianist, and composer, dies at 80
- Aug 29 Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, Russian composer, and music theorist dies at 70
- Oct 6 Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer, dies at 62
- Oct 27 Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer, dies at 74
- Oct 30 Guillermo M. Tomás, Cuban composer, dies at 65
- Nov 5 (Mary Louise) "Texas" Guinan, American vaudeville singer, silent film actress, and speakeasy (saloon) proprietor, dies of amoebic dysentery at 49
- Nov 26 Edward Julius Biedermann, American organist and composer, dies at 84
- Dec 2 Josef Gruber, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 78
- Dec 3 Richard Henry Warren, American organist and composer, dies at 74
- Dec 12 Theodore Moses Tobani, German composer, dies at 78