- Jan 11 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto), dies at 51
- Feb 8 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, German composer, dies at 43
- Mar 14 Christian Friedrich Penzel, German musician and composer, dies at 63
- Mar 17 Juan de Sesé y Balaguer, Aragonese composer, dies at 64
- Mar 21 Andrea Lucchesi, Italian composer, dies at 59
- May 14 Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66
- May 22 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, German composer, and translator, dies at 58
- Jun 23 [Benedikt] Bendix Friedrich Zinck, Danish violinist, keyboardist, and composer, dies at 58
- Jul 3 Johann Nepomuk Went, Bohemian composer, dies at 56
- Jul 26 Daniel Dal Barba, Italian composer, dies at 86
- Oct 23 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60
- Nov 6 Christian Friedrich Gregor, Moravian composer and bishop, dies at 78
- Nov 9 Carl Philipp Stamitz, German composer, dies at 56