Editing 1899 in music (section)

== Deaths ==
*[[January 10]] – [[Albert Becker (composer)|Albert Becker]], composer, 64
*[[February 3]] – [[Amalie Joachim]], contralto and voice teacher (born 1839)
*[[February 4]] – [[Eduard Holst]], Danish composer, playwright, actor, dancer and dance master, 52
*[[April 17]] – [[Hans Balatka]], composer, 72
*[[April 23]] – [[:fr:Lucien Delormel|Lucien Delormel]], lyricist (born 1847)
*[[May 21]] – [[Louise Tunison]], composer and organist, 26
*[[May 29]] – [[Frantz Jehin-Prume]], violinist, composer, and music educator, 60
*[[June 3]] – [[Johann Strauss II]], composer, 73
*[[June 10]] – [[Ernest Chausson]], composer, 44 (bicycle accident)
*[[June 16]] – [[August Winding]], composer, 64
*[[August 17]] – [[Erik Bøgh]], journalist, dramatist and songwriter, 77
*[[August 28]] – [[Guillermo Morphy]], musicologist, 63
*[[October 10]] – [[Allan James Foley]], operatic bass, 62
*[[October 11]] – [[John Troutbeck]], musicologist (b. 1832)
*[[October 13]] – [[Aristide Cavaillé-Coll]], organ-builder, 88
*[[October 15]] – [[Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (composer)|Johann Nepomuk Fuchs]], conductor and composer, 57
*[[October 18]] – [[Gussie Davis]], songwriter, 36
*[[October 22]] – [[Ernst Mielck]], composer, 21 (tuberculosis)
*[[October 23]] – [[Ludwig Straus]], violinist, 64
*[[October 31]] – [[Hugh Talbot]], singer and actor, 54
*[[November 16]] – [[Vincas Kudirka]], lyricist of the Lithuanian national anthem, 40 (tuberculosis)
*[[November 25]] – [[Robert Lowry (hymn writer)|Robert Lowry]], hymn writer, 73
*[[December 7]] – [[Anton de Kontski]], pianist and composer, 82
*[[December 10]] – [[Hans von Milde]], operatic baritone, 78
*[[December 20]] – [[Romain Bussine]], poet, baritone, and voice teacher, 69
*[[December 21]]
**[[Joseph Dupont (violinist)|Joseph Dupont]], violinist, theatre director and conductor, 61
**[[Charles Lamoureux]], conductor and violinist, 65
*[[December 23]] – [[Marietta Piccolomini]], operatic soprano, 65
*[[December 31]] – [[Carl Millöcker]], conductor and composer, 57