- Feb 5 Coelestin Praelisauer, German organist, composer, and monk, dies at 49
- Feb 18 Nicola Fago, Italian baroque composer, dies at 67
- May 9 Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 82
- Jun 22 Hubert Renotte, Flemish composer and organist, dies at 41
- Aug 30 Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, dies at 57
- Oct 10 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer and organist, dies at 52
- Dec 5 Christoph Förster, German composer, dies at 52
- Dec 22 Jan Dismas Zelenka, Bohemian composer, dies at 66
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