- Jan 19 Georg Abraham Schneider, German horn player and composer, dies at 68
- Mar 4 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, Austrian pianist and composer, dies at 72
- Mar 13 Robert Gallenberg, Austrian composer, dies at 55
- Apr 20 Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, dies
- May 3 Ferdinando Paer, Italian opera composer (Agnese), and conductor (Paris Opéra-Italien, 1812-23), dies at 67
- Jun 13 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, French musician and composer, dies at 66
- Jun 15 Hans Skramstad, Norwegian pianist and composer, dies at 41
- Jul 10 Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitarist, and composer (Twelve Studies), dies at 61
- Aug 23 Charles Philippe Lafont, French violinist and composer, dies at 57
- Sep 21 (Jacob) Gottfried Weber, German composer, and writer (Theory of Musical Composition), dies at 60
- Dec 7 Jan August Vitasek, Bohemian composer working in Prague, dies at 69
- Dec 18 Charles-Henri Plantade, French composer, dies at 75
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