Overview of the events of 1841 in music
- January 15 – Thorvald Lammers, singer, conductor and composer (died 1922)[1]
- January 18 – Emmanuel Chabrier, composer (died 1894)
- January 23 – Sigismund Bachrich, violinist and composer (died 1913)
- January 28 – Viktor Nessler, composer (died 1890)
- January 31 – Michael Maybrick, composer and singer, better known as "Stephen Adams" (died 1913)
- February 10 – Sir Walter Parratt, organist and composer (died 1924)
- February 19
- March 1 – Romualdo Marenco, composer for ballet (died 1907)
- May 15 – Giovanni Bolzoni, violinist and composer (died 1919)
- May 21 – Joseph Parry, composer (died 1903)
- May 28 – Giovanni Sgambati, Italian composer, pianist, and conductor
- June 16 – David Popper, cellist (died 1913)
- July 9 – Carl Christian Lumbye, Danish composer, son of Hans Christian Lumbye
- July 11 – Daniël de Lange, composer (died 1918)
- July 18 – Hedvig Willman, Swedish opera singer (died 1887)
- September 8 – Antonín Dvořák, composer (died 1904)
- September 26 – Signor Brocolini, opera singer (died 1906)
- October 11 – Friedrich Hegar, violinist, conductor and composer (died 1927)
- November 4 – Karl Tausig, pianist and composer (died 1871)
- November 29 – Joe Wilson, singer and songwriter (died 1875)
- December 14 – Louise Héritte-Viardot, singer (died 1918)
- January 25 – Maria Anna Thekla Mozart, "Marianne", cousin and correspondent of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born 1758)
- February 14 – Antun Sorkočević, diplomat, writer and composer (born 1775)
- February 17 – Ferdinando Carulli, composer for guitar (born 1770)
- May 18 – John Thomson, composer (born 1805)
- June 12 – Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, archaeologist and composer (born 1786)
- July 3 – Rosemond Mountain, actress and singer (born 1780s?)
- August 13 – Bernhard Romberg, cellist and composer (born 1767)
- August 24
- August 27 – Ignaz von Seyfried, conductor and composer (born 1776)
- September 15 – Alessandro Rolla, violinist, composer and music teacher (born 1757)
- September 16 – Thomas John Dibdin, songwriter (born 1771)
- October 16 – Domenico Barbaia, impresario (born 1778)
- October 28 – Francesco Morlacchi, composer (born 1784)
- December 22 – Daniil Kashin, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1769)
- date unknown – Justina Casagli, opera singer (born 1794) (suicide)