Deaths
- January 10 - Albert Becker, composer, 64
- February 4 - Eduard Holst, Danish composer, playwright, actor, dancer and dance master, 52
- April 17 - Hans Balatka, composer, 72
- May 29 - Frantz Jehin-Prume, violinist, composer, and music educator, 60
- June 3 - Johann Strauss II, composer, 73
- June 10 - Ernest Chausson, composer, 44 (bicycle accident)
- June 16 - August Winding, composer, 64
- August 17 - Erik Bøgh, journalist, dramatist and songwriter, 77
- October 10 - Allan James Foley, operatic bass, 62
- October 13 - Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ-builder, 88
- October 15 - Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, conductor and composer, 57
- October 22 - Ernst Mielck, composer, 21 (tuberculosis)
- October 23 - Ludwig Straus, violinist, 64
- October 31 - Hugh Talbot, singer and actor, 54
- November 16 - Vincas Kudirka, lyricist of the Lithuanian national anthem, 40 (tuberculosis)
- November 25 - Robert Lowry, hymn writer, 73
- December 7 - Anton de Kontski, pianist and composer, 82
- December 10 - Hans von Milde, operatic baritone, 78
- December 18 - Gussie Davis, songwriter, 36
- December 21
- Joseph Dupont, violinist, theatre director and conductor, 61
- Charles Lamoureux, conductor and violinist, 65
- December 23 - Marietta Piccolomini, operatic soprano, 65
- December 31 - Karl Millöcker, conductor and composer, 57
- date unknown - Romain Bussine, poet, baritone, and voice teacher
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