Jan 1 Joseph Miroslav Weber, Czech composer, dies at 51
Feb 25 Anton Arensky, Russian composer and conductor, dies of tuberculosis at 44
Feb 26 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, Spanish composer, dies at 70
Mar 22 Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist and composer, dies at 59
Apr 25 John Knowles Paine, American composer (Symphony No. 2 - In Spring), dies at 67
May 30 William Hurlstone, English composer, dies of bronchial asthma at 30
Jun 8 C. F. E. Horneman, Danish composer, dies at 65
Jun 26 Alexander Muir, Canadian composer (The Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76
Jul 12 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, Brazilian composer, conductor and educator, dies at 70
Jul 29 Alexandre Luigini, French violinist, conductor (Lyon Grand Théâtre, 1877-97; Opéra-Comique Paris, 1897-1906), composer (Ballet égyptien), and pedagogue, dies at 56
Sep 1 Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian playwright, poet, and librettist (Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"), dies at 58
Sep 13 Georges Jacobi, German violinist, composer (The Black Crook), and conductor (Alhambra Theatre, London, 1872-98), dies at 66
Dec 13 Jan Gerard Palm, Curaçao bandmaster, choir master, and composer known as as the "Father of Curaçao's classical music", dies at 75
Dec 21 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 58