- Mar 22 Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), dies at 59
- Aug 9 Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52
- Aug 14 William Croft, English composer and organist, dies at 48
- Oct 10 Alphonse d'Ève, Flemish Baroque composer, dies at 61
- Dec 1 Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German composer, dies at 61