- Feb 1 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85
- Feb 7 Lodovico Giustini, Italian composer, dies at 57
- Mar 9 Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, dies at 77
- Jun 25 Václav Matyáš Gurecký, Bohemian composer dies at 37
- Sep 14 Johann Michael Müller, German organist and composer, dies at 59
- Nov 5 Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, German choirmaster and composer, dies at 44