Editing 1906 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Giovanni D'Anzi]], Italian songwriter (died [[1974 in music|1974]])
*[[January 4]] – [[Frankie Newton]], American trumpeter (died [[1954 in music|1954]])
*[[January 15]] – [[Alessandro Cicognini]], film composer (died 1995)
*[[January 21]] – [[Gunnar Johansen]], Danish composer and pianist (died 1991)
*[[January 21]] – [[Igor Moiseyev]], Russian dancer, choreographer and ballet director (died 2007)
*[[January 27]] – [[Radamés Gnattali]], Brazilian composer (died 1988)
*[[January 31]]
**<!--January 31-->[[Benjamin Frankel]], composer (died 1973)
**<!--January 31-->[[Roosevelt Sykes]], blues musician (died 1983)
*[[February 1]] – [[Hildegarde]], actress and cabaret singer (died [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[February 1]] – [[Pierre Capdevielle (musician)|Pierre Capdevielle]], French pianist and composer (died 1969)
*[[February 5]] – [[Zara Levina]], pianist and composer (died 1976)
*[[February 8]] – [[Artur Balsam]], Polish pianist (died 1994)
*[[February 19]] – [[Grace Williams]], Welsh composer (died 1977)
*[[February 21]] – [[Jeanne Aubert]], singer and actress (died 1988)
*[[March 3]] – [[Barney Bigard]], jazz musician (died 1980)
*[[March 13]]
**<!--March 13-->[[Dave Kaye]], British pianist (died 1996)
**<!--March 13-->[[Frank Teschemacher]], jazz musician (died 1932)
*[[March 20]] – [[Ozzie Nelson]], actor, band leader (died 1975)
*[[March 25]] – [[Jean Sablon]], French singer (died 1994)
*[[March 27]] – [[Pee Wee Russell]], jazz musician (died 1969)
*[[March 29]] – [[E. Power Biggs]], English organist (died 1977)
*[[April 8]] – [[Raoul Jobin]], French-Canadian tenor (died 1974)
*[[April 9]] – [[Antal Doráti]], conductor (died 1988)
*[[April 18]] – [[Little Brother Montgomery]], jazz musician (died 1985)
*[[May 5]] – [[Maria Caniglia]], Italian soprano (died 1979)
*[[May 17]] – [[Zinka Milanov]], Croatian soprano (died 1989)
*[[May 23]] – [[Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer)|Lucha Reyes]], singer (d. 1944)
*[[June 1]] – [[Walter Legge]], record producer (died 1979)
*[[June 3]] – [[Josephine Baker]], US singer, dancer and toast of Paris (died 1975)
*[[June 26]] – [[Alberto Rabagliati]], Italian singer and actor (died 1974)
*[[June 28]] – [[Safford Cape]], American conductor and musicologist (died 1973)
*[[July 7]] – [[Anton Karas]], Austrian zither player and composer (died 1985)
*[[July 9]] – [[Elisabeth Lutyens]], English composer (died 1983)
*[[July 19]] – [[Klaus Egge]], Norwegian composer (died 1979)
*[[July 24]] – [[Pierre Fournier]], French cellist (died 1986)
*[[July 25]] – [[Arthur Kreutz]], American composer (died 1991)
*[[July 30]] – [[Ľudovít Rajter]], Slovak composer (died 2000)
*[[August 6]] – [[Cátulo Castillo]], Argentine tango composer (died 1975)
*[[September 1]] - [[Aksel Schiøtz]], Danish tenor and later baritone (died 1975)
*[[September 4]] – [[Alexander Moyzes]], Slovak composer and conductor (died 1984)
*[[September 25]] - [[Alfred Frankenstein]], American music critic (died 1981) 
**[[Jaroslav Ježek (composer)|Jaroslav Ježek]], Czech composer (died 1942)
**[[Dmitri Shostakovich]], composer (died [[1975 in music|1975]])
*[[September 30]] – [[Mireille Hartuch]], French singer (died 1996)
*[[October 9]] – [[Janis Ivanovs]], [[Latvia]]n composer (died 1983)
*[[October 10]] – [[Paul Creston]], (born as Joseph Guttoveggio), American composer (died 1985)
*[[October 15]] – [[Victoria Spivey]], US singer, pianist and composer (died 1976)
*[[October 22]] – [[Charles Lynch (pianist)|Charles Lynch]], Irish concert pianist (died 1984)
*[[October 31]] – [[Louise Talma]], composer (died 1996)
*[[November 3]] – [[Alma Rosé]], violinist (died 1944)
*[[November 9]] – [[Pete Brown (jazz musician)|Pete Brown]], jazz musician (died 1963)
*[[December 5]]
**[[Ahn Eak-tai]], Korean-born conductor and composer (died 1965)
**[[Elisabeth Höngen]], German soprano (died 1997)
*[[December 10]] – [[Harold Adamson]], US lyricist (died 1980)
*[[December 23]] - [[Ross Lee Finney]] - American composer (died 1997)
*[[December 25]] - [[Peter Carl Goldmark]] - Hungarian electronic and recording engineer (died 1997)
*[[December 26]] – [[Morgan Lewis (songwriter)|Morgan Lewis]], songwriter (died [[1968 in music|1968]])
*[[December 27]] – [[Oscar Levant]], pianist and actor (died 1972)
*[[Billie Maxwell]], country guitarist/vocalist (died 1954)