- Jan 1 Christleib Siegmund Binder, German composer, dies at 65
- Jan 2 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer of Schauensee, Swiss composer and organist, dies at 68
- Jan 20 Johann Christoph Oley, German composer, dies at 50
- Feb 2 Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer and organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
- May 10 Guillaume-Gommaire Kennis, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 72
- Jun 7 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, Czech composer and organist, dies at 81
- Jun 14 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, German composer, dies at 61
- Jul 15 Jacques Duphly, French composer and harpsichordist, dies at 74
- Sep 11 Luca Sorkočević, Croatian nobleman and composer (composed 1st Croatian symphony), commits suicide at 55
- Sep 12 Franz Xaver Richter, Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theorist, dies at 79
- Oct 10 Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer, dies at 34
- Oct 24 Joaquín Martínez de Oxinagas, composer, dies at 69
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