The Bach-Abel concerts are founded.
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra ("Harmonien") is founded.
First flamenco school established in Spain.
James Hook – "I wish you all good night" (song)
Samuel Arnold
Daphne and Amintor
The Summer's Tale
Georg Benda – Xindo riconnosciuto
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Alexandre; Semiramis
Josef Mysliveček – Il Bellerofonte
Antonio Sacchini – Creso
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 28,
Cello Concerto No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 1
February 8 – Joseph Leopold Eybler, composer (died 1846)
June 13 – Anton Eberl, composer (died 1807)
September 18 – Oliver Holden, composer (died 1844)
October 22 – Daniel Steibelt, pianist and composer (died 1823)
October 26 – Jakub Jan Ryba, composer (died 1815)
November 20 – Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer (died 1814)
November 23 – Thomas Attwood, composer (died 1838)
Date unknown – Sofia Liljegren Finnish soprano (died 1795)
January 12 – Johann Melchior Molter, German composer and violinist (born 1696)
January 15 – Carlmann Kolb, composer (born 1703)
January 19 – Johan Agrell, composer (born 1701)
February 9 – Elisabetta de Gambarini, singer, composer and conductor (born 1731)
March 20 – Paolo Antonio Rolli, librettist (born 1687)
December 30 – Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, organist and composer (born c. 1691)
date unknown
John Hebden, bassoonist, cellist and composer (born 1712)
Edward Henry Purcell, organist and music publisher
probable – Louis-Antoine Dornel, harpsichordist, violinist and composer (born c.1685)
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