- Jan 5 Johann Gottfried Krebs, German composer, dies at 72
- Feb 3 Jan Antonín Koželuh, Czech composer, dies at 75
- Feb 13 Georg Augustin Holler, German composer, dies at 69
- Apr 12 Charles Burney, English music historian, dies at 88
- May 6 George Joseph Vogler, German composer, dies at 64
- May 7 Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, dies at 79
- Jun 8 Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, German composer, dies at 48
- Jun 27 Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer, dies at 61
- Jul 25 Charles Dibdin, British composer, author (Sea Songs), and actor, dies at 69
- Sep 1 Erik Tulindberg, Finland's first known classical composer, dies at 53
- Oct 16 Juan Jose Landaeta, Venezuelan composer, killed at 34
- Dec 9 Jose Angel Lamas, Venezuelan composer, dies at 39
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