Editing 1993 in music (section)

==Deaths==
*[[January 6]]
**[[Dizzy Gillespie]], jazz trumpet virtuoso and co-founder of bebop, 76
**[[Rudolf Nureyev]], ballet dancer,  54
*[[January 13]] – [[Gordon Tobing]], Indonesian folk singer, 67
*[[January 15]] – [[Sammy Cahn]], songwriter, 79
*[[January 30]] – Paulo Rosine, pianist and leader of Martinican band [[Malavoi]]
*[[February 3]] – [[Karel Goeyvaerts]], composer, 69
*[[February 25]] – [[Toy Caldwell]], guitarist ([[The Marshall Tucker Band]]), 45
*[[February 26]] – [[Pina Carmirelli]], violinist, founder member of the [[Boccherini Quintet]], 78
*[[March 3]] – [[Carlos Montoya]], guitarist, 89
*[[March 31]] 
** [[Mitchell Parish]], 92, US lyric writer
** [[Nicanor Zabaleta]], 86, Spanish harpist<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Nicanor Zabaleta Zala - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/24063/nicanor-zabaleta-zala |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=es |date=}}</ref>
*[[April 19]] – [[Steve Douglas (saxophonist)|Steve Douglas]], saxophonist, 54
*[[April 23]] – [[Daniel Jones (composer)|Daniel Jones]], composer, 80
*[[April 30]] – [[Mick Ronson]], guitarist, 46 (liver cancer)
*[[May 22]] – [[Juice Wilson]], jazz violinist, 89
*[[May 30]] – [[Sun Ra]], jazz composer, 79
*[[June 5]] – [[Conway Twitty]] (real name: Harold Jenkins) country rock singer, 59
*[[June 9]] – [[Arthur Alexander]], country soul singer, 53
*[[June 10]] – [[Arleen Auger]], American operatic soprano, 53 (brain tumor)
*[[June 13]] – [[John Campbell (blues guitarist)|John Campbell]], blues guitarist, 41 (heart failure)
*[[June 24]] – [[Wong Ka Kui]], co-founder of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond, 31 (stage accident)
*[[June 28]] – [[GG Allin]], punk singer, 36 (heroin overdose)
*[[July 7]] – [[Mia Zapata]] ([[The Gits]]), 27 (murdered)
*[[July 14]] – [[Léo Ferré]], French singer, songwriter and composer, 76
*[[July 19]] – [[Szymon Goldberg]], Polish-born American violinist and conductor, 84
*[[July 21]] – [[Richard Tee]], pianist and singer, 49 (prostate cancer)
*[[August 5]] – [[Eugen Suchoň]], Slovak composer, 84
*[[August 7]] – [[Roy Budd]], jazz pianist and film composer, 46 (brain haemorrhage)
*[[August 10]] – [[Øystein Aarseth]], aka Euronymous, black metal guitarist of Mayhem fame, 25 (murdered)
*[[August 17]] – [[Phil Seymour]], drummer, guitarist and singer, 41 (cancer)
*[[August 21]] – [[Tatiana Troyanos]], operatic mezzo-soprano, 54 (breast cancer)
*[[August 25]] – [[Janna Allen]], songwriter, 36 (leukemia)
*[[August 26]] – [[Rockin' Dopsie]], zydeco accordionist and singer, 61
*[[September 9]] – [[Helen O'Connell]], singer, actress and dancer, 73
*[[September 22]] – [[Maurice Abravanel]], conductor, 90
*[[September 24]] – [[Ian Stuart Donaldson]], musician, frontman of [[Skrewdriver]], 36 (car crash)
*[[October 23]] – [[Elena Nicolai]], opera singer, 88
*[[October 25]] – [[Danny Chan]], cantopop singer, 35 
*[[October 31]] – [[River Phoenix]], actor and singer of [[Aleka's Attic]], 23 (drug overdose)
*[[November 3]] – [[Léon Theremin]], inventor of the [[Theremin]] musical instrument, 97
*[[November 6]] – [[Torsten Fenslau]], ([[Culture Beat]]), 29 (car accident)
*[[November 7]] – [[Adelaide Hall]], jazz singer, actress, entertainer, 92
*[[November 11]] – [[Erskine Hawkins]], trumpet player and bandleader, 79
*[[November 16]] – [[Lucia Popp]], Slovak operatic soprano, 54 (brain cancer)
*[[November 18]] – [[Arvid Fladmoe]], Norwegian composer and conductor, 78
*[[November 20]] – [[Sidney Griller]], violinist and founder of the [[Griller Quartet]], 82
*[[November 22]] – [[Anthony Burgess]], composer and polymath best known as a novelist, 76
*[[November 24]] – [[Albert Collins]], blues guitarist and singer, 61 (cancer)
*[[November 26]] – [[César Guerra-Peixe]], violinist and composer, 79
*[[November 28]] - [[Jerry Edmonton]], vocalist ([[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]), 47
*[[November 30]] – [[David Houston (singer)|David Houston]], singer, 57 (brain aneurysm)
*[[December 1]] – [[Ray Gillen]], former vocalist of [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Badlands (American band)|Badlands]], 34 (AIDS-related)
*[[December 4]] – [[Frank Zappa]], "Mothers of Invention" musician/composer, 52 (prostate cancer)
*[[December 5]] – [[Doug Hopkins]], guitarist and songwriter for [[Gin Blossoms]], 32 (suicide)
*[[December 12]] – [[Joan Cross]], operatic soprano, 93
*[[December 19]] – [[Michael Clarke (musician)|Michael Clarke]], drummer ([[The Byrds]]), 47