- Apr 2 Wallingford Riegger, American composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75
- Apr 7 Jesús Guridi, Spanish composer, dies at 74
- Apr 7 Yusef Greiss, Egyptian composer, dies at 61
- Apr 11 Francis de Bourguignon, Belgian composer, dies at 70
- Apr 12 Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Finnish composer (Angoscia, Trittico sinfonico), dies at 50
- Apr 21 James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57
- Apr 29 Cisco Houston, American folk singer (b. 1918)