- Jan 3 Baldassare Galuppi, Venetian composer (opera buffa), dies at 68
- Feb 19 Johann Christoph Richter, German composer, dies at 84
- Apr 26 Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, German composer, dies at 40
- May 9 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, German composer, dies at 44
- May 10 Etienne Joseph Floquet, French opera composer, dies at 36
- May 15 Karel Blazej Kopriva, Czech organist and composer, dies at 29
- Jun 5 Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (Weihnachtsoratorium), dies at 71
- Jun 6 Johann Michael Demmler, German composer, dies at 36
- Jun 25 Pierre Talon, French composer and cellist, dies at 63
- Oct 24 Jean-Jacques Robson, Flemish composer, dies at 64
- Nov 19 Bernard de Bury, French musician and composer, dies at 65
- Dec 8 Antonio Maria Mazzoni, Italian opera composer, dies at 68
- Dec 29 Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69
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