- Feb 6 Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and librettist (Belisario, Servant of Two Masters), dies at 85
- Mar 21 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer and theologian, dies at 51
- Apr 9 Ernestus Weinrauch, German composer, dies at 62
- Apr 30 Lorenzo Fago, Italian composer and teacher, dies at 88
- May 7 Pietro Nardini, Italian composer, dies at 71
- May 13 Martin Gerbert, German composer, music historian and abbot, dies at 72
- Oct 19 Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, dies at 62
- Oct 21 Johann Ernst Hartmann, Danish violinist and composer, dies at 66
- Dec 20 Joseph Legros, French singer and composer who was the most prominent haute-contres (operatic tenor) of his generation, dies at 54
- Dec 23 Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (Antonio e Cleopatra), dies at 74
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