Editing 1908 in music (section)

==Deaths==
*[[January 22]] – [[August Wilhelmj]], [[Germany|German]] violinist, 62<ref>{{cite web | title = August Wilhelmj | author = Duncan Druce | website = CHASE: Collection of Historical Annotated String Editions | publisher = University of Leeds School of Music | url = http://chase.leeds.ac.uk/article/august-wilhelmj/ | access-date = 25 March 2015 | archive-date = 2 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125127/http://chase.leeds.ac.uk/article/august-wilhelmj/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[January 23]] – [[Edward MacDowell]], American composer (b. 1860)
*[[February 28]] – [[Pauline Lucca]], operatic soprano (b. 1842)
*[[March 2]] – [[Walter Slaughter]], conductor and composer (b. 1860)
*[[March 12]] – [[Clara Novello]], soprano (b. 1818)
*[[March 26]] – [[Louis Chauvin]], ragtime musician (b. 1881)
*[[April 29]] – [[Auguste Götze]], German classical singer and vocal pedagogue (b. 1840)
*[[May 7]] – [[Ludovic Halévy]], lyricist (b. 1834)
*[[May 12]] – [[Melisio Morales]], composer (b. 1838)
*[[June 5]] – [[Josef Wagner (composer)|Josef Wagner]], composer (b. 1856)
*[[June 20]] – [[Federico Chueca]], zarzuela composer (b. 1846)
*[[June 21]] – [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], composer (b. 1844)
*[[July 10]] – [[Phoebe Knapp]], composer of hymns (b. 1839)
*[[July 14]] – [[William Mason (composer)|William Mason]], pianist and composer (b. 1829)
*[[July 18]] – [[Jaime Nunó]], composer of Mexico's national anthem (b. 1824)
*[[August 13]] – [[Ira D. Sankey]], gospel singer and composer (b. 1840)
*[[August 20]] – [[Louisa Bassano]], opera singer (b. 1818)
*[[August 26]] – [[Tony Pastor]], vaudeville founder & theater impresario (b. 1837)
*[[September 20]] – [[Pablo de Sarasate]], violinist (b. 1844)
*[[September 21]] – [[Atanas Badev]], composer and music teacher (b. 1860)
*[[November 15]] – [[Katti Lanner]], ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1829)
*[[November 20]] – [[Albert Dietrich]], conductor and composer (b. 1829)<ref>{{cite book | last = Clive | first = H. P. | title = Brahms and His World: a Biographical Dictionary | publisher = Scarecrow Press | location = Lanham | year = 2006 | isbn = 9781461722809 | page=105}}</ref>
*''date unknown'' – [[Alois Kaiser]], cantor and composer (b. 1840)