- Mar 17 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, Spanish composer, dies at 65
- Apr 24 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75
- Apr 30 Henry Bishop, British composer and conductor, dies at 68
- May 4 Camille Pleyel, Austrian pianist, piano manufacturer, and music publisher, dies at 66
- Jun 28 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, Italian composer, dies at 86
- Aug 27 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, Portuguese composer, dies at 36
- Sep 24 Alexandre StiƩvenard, French violinist, guitarist and composer, dies at 86
- Oct 13 Gottfried Rieger, Czech composer, dies at 91