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Birthdays
- Erik Chisholm (4 January)
- Richard Addinsell (13 January)
- Géza Frid (25 January)
- Luigi Dallapiccola (3 February)
- Karl Ahrendt (3 March)
- Nikos Skalkottas (21 March)
- Hermann Schröder (1) (26 March)
- Manuel Rosenthal (18 June)
- Balys Dvarionas (19 June)
- Goffredo Petrassi (16 July)
- Adriaan Cornelis Schuurman (28 July)
- Walter Bricht (9 September)
- Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov (12 September)
- Dmitri Kabalevsky (30 December)
Dying days
- Antonín Dvořák (1 May)
Music events
- Premiere of Kossuth, in Budapest, Hungary. (13 January) → Béla Bartók
- Premiere of Jenufa, in Brno, Czech Republic. (21 January) → Leoš Janáček
- Premiere of Madama Butterfly, in Milan, Italy. (17 February) → Giacomo Puccini
- Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, in Paris, France. (28 February) → Vincent d’Indy
- Premiere of Sinfonia Domestica op. 53, in New York, USA, with Strauss conducting. (21 March) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in c sharp minor, in Cologne, Germany, with Mahler conducting. (18 October) → Gustav Mahler
- Premiere of Sibelius's violin concerto in d minor op. 47, in Helsinki, Finland, with Richard Strauss conducting. (19 October) → Jean Sibelius
- Premiere of Sibelius's violin concerto in d minor op. 47, in Helsinki, Finland, with Richard Strauss conducting. (19 October) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of piano concerto op. 39, in Berlin, Germany. (10 November) → Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni
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