- Jan 7 Ceslav Vanura, composer, dies at 41
- Mar 16 Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26
- Mar 26 Georg Balthasar Schott, German composer, dies at 49
- Apr 8 Pedro Vaz Rego, Portuguese composer, dies at 63
- May 7 John Weldon, English composer, dies at 60
- Dec 26 Antonio Caldara, composer, dies