- Jan 13 Frans Krafft, Belgian composer and organist (Ghent Cathedral), dies at 73
- Jan 19 Maria Teresa Agnesi, Italian harpsichodist, singer, and composer, dies at 74
- Jan 26 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer and 5th son of Johann Sebastian Bach, dies at 62
- Feb 1 Giacomo Insanguine, Italian organist and composer, dies at 66
- Mar 5 Josef Reicha, Czech composer, dies at 42
- Apr 12 Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian librettist and poet, dies at 80
- Jul 6 Georg Gottfried Petri, German composer, dies at 79
- Aug 19 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, German composer, dies at 67
- Aug 31 François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess champion, dies at 68
- Nov 6 Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 73
- Nov 19 Thomas Linley the elder, English musician and tenor, dies at 62
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