- Feb 8 Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
- Feb 14 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65
- Feb 17 Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 67
- Feb 20 Herbert Menges, English composer, dies at 69
- Feb 21 Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891)
- Feb 23 Michael Taube, Polish composer, dies at 81