Jan 7 (Carl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert, German pianist, conductor, and composer, dies at 79
Jan 8 Fredrik Pacius, German-Finnish composer (Finnish and Estonian national anthems), conductor, and music educator, known as "the Father of Finnish music", dies at 81
Jan 16 Clement Léo Delibes, French romantic composer (Coppélia, Sylvia, Le roi l'a dit, Lakmé), dies at 54
Jan 17 Johannes Verhulst, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 74
Jan 21 Calixa Lavallee, Canadian composer (O Canada), dies at 48
Feb 14 Giulio Roberti, Italian composer, dies at 61
Apr 15 Stephen Albert Emery, American pianist, composer, and pedagogue (Elements of Harmony), dies at 49
Apr 17 Guildo Alary, Italian-born French composer, dies at 77
May 23 Ignace Leybach, French pianist and composer, dies at 73
May 26 Frederick Bowen Jewson, Scottish composer, dies at 67
Jun 14 Nicolò Gabrielli, Italian opera composer, dies at 77
Jun 23 Francis Henry Brown, American teacher and composer (popular pre civil war composer), dies at 73
Jun 24 Ann Mounsey, English organist and composer, dies at 80
Jun 28 Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63
Jul 3 Stefano Golinelli, Italian composer, dies at 72
Jul 4 Frédérick Louis Ritter, French composer, add eductator (Vassar, 1867-91), dies at 67
Jul 21 Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 51
Aug 5 Henry Litolff, French composer and pianist, dies at 73
Sep 2 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, Dutch-British pianist, composer, composer, and writer (Wagner As I Knew Him), dies at 76
Dec 18 Eduard Hille, German composer and conductor, dies at 69
Dec 23 Holger Simon Paulli, Danish conductor and composer, dies at 81
Dec 28 Alfred Cellier, British conductor (Glibert and Sullivan) and composer (Dorothy), dies at 47