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Birthdays
- Walter Piston (20 January)
- Guiomar Novaes (28 February)
- Paul Ludvig Irgens Jensen (13 April)
- Hanns Wolf (7 June)
- Erwin Schulhoff (8 June)
- Robert Russell Bennett (15 June)
- Francine Benoit (30 July)
- Willem Pijper (8 September)
- Peter Warlock (30 October)
- Paul Dessau (19 December)
- Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshynsky (22 December)
- Ernest John Moeran (31 December)
Dying days
- Juventino Rosas ()
- Guillaume Lekeu (21 January)
- Louis (Lazarus) Lewandowski (3 February)
- Armand Saintis (14 April)
- Pietro Abbà-Cornaglia (2 May)
- Emmanuel Alexis Chabrier (13 September)
- Alphons Czibulka (27 October)
- Anton Rubinstein (20 November)
Music events
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (3 February) → Alexander Glazunov
- Premiere of Nielsen's Symphony no. 1 in d minor op. 7, in Copenhagen, Denmark, with Svendsen conducting. (14 March) → Carl Nielsen
- Premiere of Nielsen's Symphony no. 1 in d minor op. 7, in Copenhagen, Denmark, with Svendsen conducting. (14 March) → Johan Severin Svendsen
- Premiere of Thaïs, in Paris, France. (16 March) → Jules Massenet
- Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, in Vienna, Austria. (8 April) → Anton Bruckner
- Premiere of Guntram, in Weimar, Germany, with Strauss conducting. (10 May) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of Donna Diana, in Prague, Czech Republic. (15 December) → Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
- Premiere of Prélude à l'après-midi d'un Faune, in Paris, France. (22 December) → Claude Debussy
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