Editing 1906 in music (section)

==Deaths==
*[[January 23]] – [[Charles Hunter (ragtime composer)|Charles Hunter]], ragtime composer (born 1876)
*[[January 30]] – [[Paul Dresser]], US composer (born 1857)
*[[February 25]] – [[Anton Arensky]], composer (born 1861)
*[[March 22]] – [[Martin Wegelius]], composer (born 1846)
*[[April 25]] – [[John Knowles Paine]], organist and composer (born 1839)
*[[May 9]] – [[Helen Lemmens-Sherrington]], operatic soprano (born 1834)
*[[May 11]] – [[Gottardo Aldighieri]], operatic baritone (born [[1824 in music|1824]])
*[[May 24]] – [[Heinrich Reimann]], organist and composer (born 1850)
*[[May 30]] – [[Enrique el Mellizo]], flamenco singer (born 1848)
*[[June 7]]  – [[Signor Brocolini]], opera singer (born 1841)
*[[July 1]] – [[Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García]], singer and music teacher (born 1805)
*[[July 8]] – [[Ivan Melnikov (singer)|Ivan Melnikov]], operatic baritone (born 1832)
*[[July 9]] – [[Alfred Stelzner]], designer of musical instruments (born 1852)
*[[July 29]] – [[Alexandre Luigini]], composer (born 1850)
*[[August 26]] – [[Eugen Gura]], opera singer (born 1842)
*[[September 1]] – [[Giuseppe Giacosa]], librettist for [[Giacomo Puccini]]
*[[October 18]] – [[Léon Gastinel]], composer (born 1823)
*[[October 23]] – [[Vladimir Stasov]], Russian critic (born 1824)
*[[December 14]] – [[Federico Consolo]], violinist and composer (born 1841)
*[[December 30]]  – [[Eugène Goossens, père]], conductor (born 1845)
*''date unknown''
**[[Léontine de Maësen]], operatic soprano (born [[1835 in music|1835]])
**[[Nissan Spivak]], cantor and composer (born 1824)