- Jan 30 František Tůma, Czech composer, dies at 69
- Jan 30 Jean-Pierre Guignon [Giovanni Pietro Ghignone], Italian-French violinist and composer, dies at 71
- Feb 10 Florian Leopold Gassmann, Bohemian composer, dies at 44
- Jul 7 Giuseppe Maria Carretti, Italian composer, dies at 83
- Aug 25 Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer, dies at 59
- Dec 2 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court) composer and organist, dies at 54