- Jan 5 Franz Joseph Fröhlich, German composer, dies at 81
- Feb 7 František Jan Škroup, Czech composer (Kde domov můj? - Czech national anthem), dies at 61
- Mar 8 Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56
- Mar 17 Fromental Halévy, French composer, dies at 62
- Apr 7 Sydney Nelson, English song composer, dies at 62
- May 25 Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor, singer and playwright (Judith und Holofernes), dies at 60
- May 29 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue, dies at 71
- Aug 31 Ignaz Assmayer, Austrian organist and liturgical composer, dies at 72
- Nov 17 Alexey Verstovsky, Russian composer, dies at 63
- Dec 24 Joseph Funk, early American composer, dies at 84
- Dec 28 Joaquim Casimiro Jr., Portuguese composer, dies at 54
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