Deaths
- January 2 - Therese Malten, operatic soprano, 74
- January 16 - Art Hickman, US bandleader, 43 (Banti's syndrome)
- January 24 - Mario Sammarco, operatic baritone, 61
- January 28 - Emmy Destinn Czech operatic soprano, 51 (stroke)
- February 17 - Louise Kirkby Lunn, operatic contralto, 56
- April 1 - Cosima Wagner, daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner, 92
- April 3 - Emma Albani, operatic soprano, 82
- April 5 - Gene Greene, singer and composer ("The Ragtime King"), 48
- April 9 - Rose Caron, operatic soprano, 72
- April 26 - Beth Slater Whitson, US lyric writer, 50
- May 1 - Emil Genetz, composer, 77
- May 29 - Tivadar Nachéz, violinist and composer, 71
- June 5 - Irma Reichová, operatic soprano, 71
- June 22 - Mary Davies, singer, 75
- July 15 - Leopold Auer, violinist, 85
- October 1 - Riccardo Drigo, composer and conductor, 84
- October 14 - Henry Creamer, US songwriter, 51
- October 27 - Evan Stephens, Mormon composer and hymn-writer, 76
- November 13 - Thomas Bulch, musician and composer (b. 1862)
- November 14 - Jacques Isnardon, operatic bass-baritone, 70
- December 17 - Peter Warlock, composer, 36
- December 22 - Charles K. Harris, US songwriter and publisher, 63
- December 23 - Marie Fillunger, singer, 80
- December 24 - Oskar Nedbal, violist, conductor and composer, 56
- December 29 - Oscar Borg, composer, 79
- date unknown - Johnny Burke, singer and songwriter (b. 1851)
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