- 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
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