- Jan 27 Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker - considered the inventor of the piano, dies at 75
- Feb 20 Friederich Karl Erbach, German composer, dies at 50
- Feb 27 Angelo Predieri, Italian composer, dies at about 76
- Apr 10 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, German organist, composer, and Kapellmeister (Marienkirche (Danzig), 1715-31), dies at 58
- May 1 Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer, dies at 54
- Aug 17 Johann Augustin Kobelius, German Baroque composer, and kapellmeister, dies at 57
- Sep 1 Pierre Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 50
- Nov 2 Johann Matthias Leffloth, German composer, dies at 26
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