| 13 May 2004 | David Thompson | We note with sadness the death in April 2004 of one of our contributors, age 59 |
| 31 Mar 2004 | Paraschiv Oprea | The award-winning Romanian folk music conductor and composer died in March 2004 |
| 31 Mar 2004 | Vilem Tausky | The Moravian-born conductor died in March 2004 |
| 31 Jan 2004 | Trevor Hold | The English composer died at the end of January 2004 |
| 9 Jan 2004 | Renata Babak | Ukrainian-born mezzo Renata Babak died in December 2003, aged 69. |
| 22 Dec 2003 | Hans Hotter | The German-born bass-baritone died in December 2003 |
| 22 Dec 2003 | John Bingham | The English pianist died in December 2003 |
| 22 Dec 2003 | Meyer Kupferman | the American composer died in November 2003, aged 77 |
| 9 Nov 2003 | Kent Kennan | the American composer died in November 2003 |
| 25 Sep 2003 | Catharine Crozier | the American organist and teacher died in September 2003 |
| 25 Sep 2003 | Reginald Smith Brindle | the British composer died in September 2003 |
| 16 Sep 2003 | Jack Brymer | The British clarinettist died in September 2003 |
| 11 Sep 2003 | Susan Chilcott | the English soprano died in September 2003 |
| 11 Sep 2003 | Tibor Varga | The Hungarian violinist died in September 2003 |
| 28 Aug 2003 | Theodore Lettvin | the American pianist died on 24 August 2003, aged 76 |
