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Birthdays
- Maria Talis ()
- Mary Finsterer ()
- Joe Monzo (5 January)
- Alex Shapiro (11 January)
- Bettina Skrzypczak (25 January)
- Laura Elise Schwendinger (26 January)
- Mauro Zuccante (29 January)
- Eurico Carrapatoso (15 February)
- Jonathan Elliott (15 February)
- Wim Henderickx (17 March)
- Alvaro Guevara y Vazquez (20 April)
- Andersen Viana (23 April)
- Dieter Ammann (17 May)
- Ludo Geloen (7 July)
- David Beard (19 July)
- Philipp Koltsov (20 July)
- Steven Kings (20 July)
- Stefano Gervasoni (26 July)
- Paul Tobey (7 September)
- Michael Abels (8 October)
- Roman Pieruzek (1 November)
- Howard Fredrics (6 November)
- Stephen McManus (18 November)
- Enrico Miaroma (3 December)
- Ray Sciberras (27 December)
Dying days
- Manolis Kalomiris ()
- Fritz Kreisler (29 January)
- Jacques-François Ibert (5 February)
- Eduard Toldrà (31 May)
- John Ireland (12 June)
- Eugene Goossens (13 June)
- Rodolphe Mathieu (29 June)
- Irving Fine (23 August)
- Hanns Eisler (6 September)
Music events
- Premiere of Symphony no. 12 “Rural”, in Paris, France. (16 February) → Darius Milhaud
- Premiere of Polymorphia, in Hamburg, Germany. (16 April) → Krzysztof Penderecki
- Premiere of In Seinem Garten Liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa, in Schwetzingen, Germany. (10 May) → Wolfgang Fortner
- Premiere of King Priam, in Coventry, England. (29 May) → Michael Tippett
- Premiere of War Requiem, in Coventry, England, with Britten conducting. (30 May) → Benjamin Britten
- Premiere of Atlántida, in Milan, Italy. (18 June) → Manuel de Falla
- Premiere of Heterophonie, in Darmstadt, Germany. (9 July) → Mauricio Kagel
- Premiere of violin concerto, in Moscow, Russia. (3 November) → Aram Ilyich Khachaturian
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Birmingham, England. (8 November) → Humphrey Searle
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