- Jan 8 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
- Mar 9 János Fusz, Hungarian-German composer, dies at 41
- Mar 16 Nicolas Séjan, French organist and composer, dies at 73
- May 11 Kaspar Furstenau, German composer, dies at 47
- Jun 26 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, German composer, dies at 71
- Jun 30 Ernst Ludwig Gerber, German organist, composer and musicologist, dies at 72
- Jul 24 Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, dies at 43
- Sep 6 Georg Druschetzky [Jiří Družecký], Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist, dies at 74
- Sep 7 Jean-Louis Duport, French cellist and composer, dies at 69
- Sep 8 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, German composer, dies at 56
- Sep 28 Karl Haack, German composer, dies at 68
- Sep 30 Nicolas Roze, French composer, dies at 74
- Oct 13 Giovanni Battista Gaiani, Italian organist and composer, dies at 61
- Oct 20 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, Belgian composer and singer, dies at 66
- Dec 20 Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, French composer, dies at 50