Jan 1 Fedele Fenaroli, Italian composer, dies at 87 Feb 1 Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer, dies at 74 Mar 20 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist (1st biography of Johann Sebastian Bach), dies at 69 Mar 23 Nicolas Isouard, French composer, dies at 42 Mar 28 Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 62 May 7 Leopold Koželuch, Czech composer, dies at 70 May 8 Franz Ignaz Kaa, German composer, dies at 78 Dec 31 Jean-Pierre Duport, French composer and cellist, dies at 77 1817 Deaths in Music by Year 1819 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers