- Jan 18 Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer, dies at 62
- Feb 14 François Colin de Blamont, French composer, dies at 69
- Mar 14 Anton Filtz [Fils], German composer, dies at 26
- Apr 12 Ernst Gottlieb Baron, German baroque composer, dies at 64
- May 10 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, dies at 77