- Apr 1 Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano, dies at 67
- Apr 8 John Park, composer, dies at 61
- Apr 26 Charles J Sax, Belgium musician and father of Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone, dies at 74
- Jun 15 Jakob Zeugheer, composer, dies at 61
- Jul 24 Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30
- Aug 17 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
- Aug 27 Jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64
- Sep 24 Frantiszek Soltyk, composer, dies at 81
- Oct 8 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51
- Oct 12 William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53
- Nov 6 Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer, dies at 51
- Nov 23 Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41
- Dec 6 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56
- Dec 18 Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70