- Feb 26 Francois Hanot, French composer and violinist, dies at 72
- Feb 26 Giuseppe Tartini, Venetian Baroque composer and violinist (Trillo del Diavolo), dies at 77
- Apr 19 Esprit Antoine Blanchard, French composer, dies at 74
- Apr 28 Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, French dancer, dies at 60
- May 4 Christian Gottfried Krause, German composer, dies at 51
- May 10 Charles Avison, English composer, dies at 61
- Jul 26 Michael Scheuenstühl, German composer, dies at 65
- Oct 1 Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French composer and violinist, dies at 64
- Nov 17 Gian Francesco de Majo, Italian composer, dies at 38
- Dec 9 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, German composer, dies at 80
- Dec 10 Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist and composer, dies at 80
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