- Jun 9 Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-born virginalist composer, dies at 83 or 84
- Jul 7 Michelangelo Rossi, Italian Baroque organist, violinist, and opera composer, dies at about 55
- Oct 2 Stephan Otto, German composer, dies at 53
- Nov 6 John IV (also known as João, o Restaurador), King of Portugal (1640-56), composer, and musicologist, dies at 52
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