- Feb 12 František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer, dies at 67
- Feb 18 Maurus Haberhauer, Czech composer, dies at 52
- Mar 18 John Randall, British composer, dies at 82
- Mar 25 Constantin Reindl, German composer, dies at 60
- Mar 28 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, Danish organist and composer, dies at 83
- Apr 1 Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52
- Apr 19 Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist, organist (Pembroke College & Chapel of Peterhouse, both in Cambridge, England), teacher, and composer (Glees), dies at 78
- Apr 28 François Giroust, French composer, dies at 62
- May 2 Henri-Joseph Rigel, German composer, dies at 58
- May 9 Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, French organist, harpsichordist, and composer, dies at 74
- Jun 18 Johann Andre, German composer, dies at 58
- Jun 19 Joseph Bologne, French violinist, conductor, composer, and champion fencer, dies at 51
- Aug 6 Joseph Friebert, Austrian composer, dies at 74
- Aug 16 Vincenzo Manfredini, Italian harpsichordist, composer, and music theorist, dies at 61
- Aug 20 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, German composer, dies at 37
- Oct 16 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, Belgian composer, dies at 44
- Oct 24 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 59
- Dec 5 Robert Kimmerling, Austrian composer, dies at 61
- Dec 20 David Traugott Nicolai, German composer, dies at 66
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