- Mar 30 Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 68
- Apr 17 Johann Balthasar Freisslich, German organist, composer, Kapellmeister (Marienkirche (Danzig), 1731-64), dies at 77
- Apr 17 Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82
- Apr 27 Jaime de Casellas, Spanish composer, dies at 73
- Jun 11 Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74
- Sep 12 Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80
- Oct 22 Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (the elder), French violinist and Baroque composer, dies at 67
- Nov 30 Dieudonne Raick, composer, dies at 61
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