- Feb 16 Johann Gottfried Schict, German composer, dies at 69
- Mar 18 Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 69
- Mar 25 Coelestin Jungbauer, German composer, dies at 75
- May 15 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69
- Sep 20 Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer, dies at 57
- Oct 26 Josef Preindl, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 67
- Nov 12 Emanuel Aloys Förster, Bohemian composer and music teacher, dies at 75
- Dec 3 Joseph Pouteau, French composer and organist, dies at 84
- Dec 7 Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, German bassoonist, dies at 79
- Dec 19 Nicolas-Joseph Hüllmandel, Alsatian composer, dies at 67
- Dec 24 Philipp Christoph Kayser, German pianist and composer, dies at 68