- Jan 1 Emanuele Barbella, Neapolitan composer, dies at 58
- Mar 1 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court) composer and pianist, dies at 62
- Jul 27 William Hayes, English composer and organist, dies at 69
- Aug 17 Giuseppe Scarlatti, Italian composer, dies at 54
- Aug 23 Giuseppe Sellitto, Italian opera composer (Nitocri), dies at 77
- Sep 1 Johann Ernst Bach, German kapellmeister and composer, dies at 55
- Oct 13 Dismas Hatas, Czech composer, dies at 52
- Nov 30 Jean-Marie Leclair le cadet (the younger), French composer, dies at 74
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