Jan 20 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, English composer, dies at 32
Feb 9 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem, dies at 58
Feb 14 Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56
Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (Kamarinskaya; Ruslan and Ludmilla), dies at 53
Feb 26 Ole Andreas Lindeman, Norwegian organist (Trondheim Vor Frelsers Kirke, 1799-57), composer, and educator, dies at 88
Mar 17 Adolph Trube, German composer and organist, dies at 42
Jun 28 Joseph Fischhof, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer, dies at 53
Jul 15 Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), student of Ludwig van Beethoven, and teacher of Franz Liszt, dies at 66
Sep 18 Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer (Pygmalion; Kalmora, or The Paternal Right of the Americans), conductor (Warsaw Opera, 1810-40), and pedagogue, dies at 72
Oct 14 Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, Polish composer, dies of tuberculosis at 33
Nov 7 Charles Zeuner, German-American composer and organist, dies at 62
Dec 11 Castil-Blaze [Francois Henri Joseph Blaze], French composer and music critic, dies at 73