- Jan 6 Rodolphe Kreutzer, French composer (La mort d'Abel) and virtuoso violinist, dies at 64
- Jan 8 Franz Krommer, Czech composer, dies at 71
- Mar 4 Georg Michael Telemann, German composer, dies at 82
- Mar 12 Johann Franz Volkert, Austrian composer, dies at 64
- Apr 13 Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian composer, dies at 80
- May 5 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65
- May 24 Benjamin Carr, American organist, composer, choirmaster, teacher, music publisher, and co-founder of Philadelphia's Music Fund Society dies at 62
- Jun 16 Josef Schnabel, German composer, dies at 64
- Jul 18 Thomas Greatorex, English composer, dies at 72
- Aug 16 Eduard Brendler, Swedish composer, dies at 30
- Aug 22 John White, English organist and violinist, dies at 52
- Sep 6 Friedrich Wollank, German composer, dies at 49
- Sep 8 John Aitken, Scottish-born American music publisher, dies at 85 or 86
- Sep 10 George Guest, English organist and composer, dies at 60
- Sep 18 Peter Hansel, German Austrian composer and violinist, dies at 60
- Nov 14 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder, dies at 74
- Nov 15 Vincenc MaĊĦek, Bohemian composer, dies at 76
- Dec 2 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, German composer, dies at 56
- Dec 11 George Schetky, Scottish-American cellist, music teacher, and composer, dies at 55
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