- Feb 15 Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, German organist, kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 69
- Mar 11 Johann George Reutter, composer, dies at 63
- Apr 19 Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer, dies at 66
- Jun 15 Louis-Claude Daquin [d'Acquin], French organist and composer (La Rose), dies at 77
- Aug 21 Alessandro Felici, Italian composer, dies at 29
- Aug 21 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, German composer (Canticum Zacharia), and priest dies at 48
- Oct 8 Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, French composer and violinist, dies at 60
- Nov 5 Johannes Schmidlin, Swiss composer, dies at 50
- Dec 12 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, German composer and violinist, dies at 41