Feb 15 Nikolay Lodizhensky, Russian diplomat and composer, dies at 73
Feb 23 George Martin, English composer and organist, dies at 71
Feb 29 Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor/composer (Parisina), dies at 62
Mar 24 Enrique Granados, Spanish concert pianist, and composer (Goyescas), drowns crossing the English Channel when his ferry is sunk by a German torpedo attack at 48
Apr 9 Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, Basque composer, dies at 62
May 6 Earl Ross Drake, American composer, dies at 50
May 11 Max Reger, German composer, pianist and professor (Leipzig Univ), dies at 43
May 17 Gervais Salvayre, French composer (Calypso; La Résurrection), and music critic dies at 68
Jun 5 Mildred J. Hill, American composer and musician ("Good Morning To All" which later became "Happy Birthday To You"), dies at 56
Jul 26 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 52
Aug 2 Hamish MacCunn, Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood), and teacher, dies at 48
Aug 5 George Butterworth, English composer, dies at 31
Aug 5 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, Russian composer, dies at 46
Aug 13 Fritz Steinbach, German conductor and composer, dies at 61
Sep 10 Friedrich Gernsheim, German composer, dies at 77
Sep 15 Isidore Legouix, French composer, dies at 82