- Feb 3 Joseph Weigl, German-Austrian composer (La Principessa d’Amalfi; Emmeline), and conductor, dies at 79
- Feb 18 Giovanni Liverati, Italian composer, dies at 73
- Feb 22 Carolus Antonius Fodor [Carel Anton Fodor], Dutch pianist, conductor and prominent composer, dies at 77
- Apr 16 Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer and double bass player, dies at 83
- May 8 Giacomo Cordella, Italian composer, dies at 59
- Jul 24 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and choir master, dies at 81
- Aug 1 Peter Ritter, German cellist and composer, dies at 83
- Aug 7 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, German composer, dies at 76
- Aug 27 Franciszek Ścigalski, Polish composer, dies at 64
- Aug 27 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, German composer, dies at 63
- Sep 17 Francesco Giuseppe Pollini, Italian composer, singer, and pupil of Mozart, dies at 84