- Jan 17 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806)
- Mar 11 Gervais-François Couperin, French organist and composer, dies at 66
- Mar 27 Jakob Haibel, Austrian composer, dies at 63
- Apr 3 Reginald Heber, English bishop & hymn writer, dies at 42
- Apr 13 Franz Danzi, German composer and cellist, dies at 62
- May 10 Giuseppe Sigismondo, Italian historian and composer, dies at 86
- May 24 Friedrich Fesca, German violinist and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 37
- May 25 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, German-Dutch composer, brother of Friedrich Christian Ruppe, dies at 72
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Jun 5 German pianist, romantic composer (Der Freischutz; Oberon), and lithographer, dies of tuberculosis at 39
- Jul 7 Friedrich Dülon, German flautist and composer, dies at 56
- Jul 11 Karl Bernhard Wessely, German composer (Sulamith und Eusebia), dies at 57
- Jul 17 Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and music educator, dies at 65
- Jul 24 Jacob Kimball, American pioneering composer and musician, dies at 65
- Jul 26 Friedrich Wilhelm Weis, German physician and composer, dies at 82
- Aug 30 Theodor Zwetler, Austrian composer, dies at 67
- Nov 17 Louise Reichardt, German composer of lieder and scared songs, educator, and choral conductor, dies at 47
- Nov 22 Pavel Lambert Mašek, Czech composer, dies at 65
- Dec 10 Benedikt Schack, Bohemian-Austrian singer, composer, and friend of Wolfgang Mozart (originated role of Tamino in Die Zauberflöte), dies at 68
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