Deaths
- January 29 – Fritz Kreisler, violinist, 86
- February 5 – Jacques Ibert, composer, 71
- February 7 – Roy Atwell, American actor, comedian and composer, 83
- February 17 – Bruno Walter, conductor, 85
- February 22 – Attila the Hun, calypso singer, 69
- March 24 – Jean Goldkette, jazz musician, 69
- April 10 – Stuart Sutcliffe, former member of The Beatles, 21 (cerebral paralysis caused by a brain hemorrhage)
- May 24 - Cloe Elmo, operatic contralto, 52
- May 27 – Egon Petri, pianist, 81
- June 12 – John Ireland, pianist and composer, 82
- June 13 – Sir Eugene Aynsley Goossens, conductor, 69
- June 15 – Alfred Cortot, pianist and conductor, 84
- July 11 - René Maison, operatic tenor, 66
- July 12 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, bandleader, 54 (heart attack)
- July 25 – Christie MacDonald, actress and singer, 87
- September 6
- Hanns Eisler, composer, 64
- Dermot Troy, lyric tenor, 35 (heart attack)
- October 6 – Solomon Linda, Zulu musician, 53
- November 19 - Clara Clemens, concert contralto and daughter of Mark Twain, 88
- December 7 – Kirsten Flagstad, operatic soprano, 67
- December 13 – Harry Barris, US singer, composer and pianist, 57 (alcohol-related)
- December 22 – Roy Palmer, jazz trombonist, 70
- December 31 - Bella Alten, operatic soprano, 85
- date unknown - Palladam Sanjiva Rao, flautist and Carnatic musician
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