- Feb 21 Wojciech Żywny, Polish pianist, composer and Chopin's first piano teacher, dies at 85
- Mar 7 Christian Theodor Weinlig, German composer, dies at 61
- Mar 15 Luigi Cherubini, Italian musical prodigy, composer (Médée; Requiem in D minor), and educator (Conservatoire de Paris, 1822-42), dies at 81
- Jun 20 Michael Umlauf, Austrian violinist, composer and conductor (premiere of Beethoven's 9th), dies at 60
- Aug 25 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian French composer, dies at 80
- Sep 15 Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer, dies at 70
- Oct 2 José Mariano Elízaga, Mexican composer, dies at 56
- Oct 8 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer (Ludlam’s Hule), dies at 68
- Nov 15 Joseph Rastrelli, German composer, dies at 43
- Nov 24 Pehr Frigel, Swedish composer, dies at 92
- Dec 5 Marie-Jean Auguste Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at 82
- Dec 25 Bedrich Divis Weber, Bohemian composer and musicologist, dies at 76
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