- Feb 23 George Thomas Smart, English composer and conductor (Covent Garden), dies at 90
- Mar 16 Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33
- Mar 18 Wiktor Każyński, Polish composer, dies at 54
- Mar 22 Ferdinando Giorgetti, Italian composer, dies at 70
- Aug 14 Nicola Benvenuti, Italian composer, dies at 84
- Sep 1 Edward Hodges, English organist and composer, dies at 71
- Sep 10 Simon Sechter, Austrian composer and music theorist, dies at 78
- Oct 5 Thomas Täglichsbeck, German violinist and composer, dies at 67
- Oct 10 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60
- Oct 26 John Fawcett, English composer, dies at 77
- Dec 6 Giovanni Pacini, Italian opera composer (Saffo), and educator, dies at 71
- Dec 7 Rudolf Viole, German pianist and composer, dies at 42
- Dec 19 Jean-Georges Kastner, French composer, dies at 57
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