- 1518 Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies
- 1758 Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, dies at 64
- 1827 Alexey Titov, Russian composer, dies at 58
- 1851 Wenzel Sedlak, Bohemian clarinetist and composer, dies at 75
- 1882 Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62
- 1894 Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64
- 1927 Wilhelm Stenhammar [Carl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar], Swedish composer considered the finest Swedish pianist of his time, dies of a stroke at 56
- 1939 Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
- 1950 Francesco Cilea, Italian composer ( Adriana Lecouvreur), dies at 84
- 1957 Weldon Hart, American composer, commits suicide at 46
- 1964 John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73
- 1973 Allan Sherman, American parody singer and songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah), dies from emphysema at 48
- 1984 Alexander Moyzes, composer, dies at 78
- 1997 Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52
- 2004 Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962)
- 2005 Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
- 2005 James King, American singer (b. 1925)