- Jan 7 Gallus Zeiler, German composer, dies at 49
- Jan 15 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, Italian organist, harpsichordist, composer (Six Sonatas for Harpsichord), and organ builder, dies at 83
- Mar 24 Theodor Christlieb Reinhold, German composer, dies at 72
- Jul 9 Gottlob Harrer, German composer, dies at 52
- Sep 30 Francesco Durante, Neapolitan composer,and teacher dies at 71
- Oct 28 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65
- Nov 25 Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76
- Dec 1 Maurice Greene, English composer, dies at 59
- Dec 21 Caspar Ruetz, German composer, dies at 47
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