Jan 11 Pietro Romani, Italian conductor and composer, dies at 85
Feb 1 Joseph-Leon Gatayes, French harpist, dies at 71
Mar 12 Cristóbal Oudrid, Spanish pianist, conductor, and orchestral and zarzuela composer (Rondeña; El molinero de Subiza), dies of bacterial pneumonia at 52
Mar 28 Vincenzo Fioravanti, Italian composer, dies at 77
Apr 7 Errico Petrella, Italian composer, dies at 63
May 6 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (Finland's national anthem "Maamme"), dies at 73
May 14 John Roberts, Welsh composer, minister and poet, dies at 54
Jun 3 Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (Köchel catalogue of Mozart's works), dies of cancer at 77
Aug 3 Karl Georg Lickl, Austrian pianist, physharmonica (type of harmonium) player, and composer, dies at 75
Sep 12 Julius Reitz, German cellist, composer, teacher, and music editor, dies at 64
Oct 14 Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, French composer, dies at 68
Oct 28 Johann Herbeck, Austrian composer and conductor (conducted premiere of Franz Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony"), dies at 45
Dec 10 Federico Ricci, Italian composer, dies at 68