Jan 3 Friedrich Witt, German cellist and composer (Jena Symphony; The Suffering Saviour), dies at 65
Feb 22 John Clarke-Whitfeld, English organist and composer, dies at 65
May 6 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, English clergyman and composer (Selection of Sacred Music), dies at 78
May 7 Norbert Burgmuller, German composer, drowns during an epileptic seizure at 26
May 28 Anton Reicha, Czech-French composer, and pedagogue, dies at 66
Jun 9 Supply Belcher, American composer and singer (The Harmony of Maine), dies at 85
Jun 26 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French author and composer (Marseillaise), dies at 76
Jul 26 José Melchor Gomis, Spanish Romantic composer, dies of tuberculosis at 45 [some source date death as 4 August]
Sep 14 Vincenzo Lavigna, Italian composer, dies at 60
Sep 19 Carl Friedrich Ebers, German composer and conductor, dies at 66
Sep 21 John Stafford Smith, British organist, and composer ("The Anacreontic Song", later used for the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner"), dies at 86
Sep 23 María Malibran (née García) Spanish operatic contralto and soprano, dies from head injuries several months after falling from a horse at 28
Oct 10 Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, Flemish composer, dies at 61
Oct 16 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33