Events
- April 18 - Contralto Mariska Horvath marries politician J. Frank Aldrich.
- October 27 – First complete performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
- November 25 – Premiėre of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4
- The classical music publishing firm Universal Edition is founded in Vienna.
- Enrique Granados founds the Academia Granados in Spain.
- Geraldine Farrar makes her operatic debut.
- Percy Grainger makes his recital debut.
- Thirteen-year-old Agustín Barrios begins attending university in Asunción on a music scholarship.
- Ragtime popularity grows.
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