January 2 - The funeral of Sigismund von Schrattenbach, Archbishop of Salzburg, is the occasion for the first performance of Michael Haydn's Missa pro defunctis Archespiscopo.
March 13 - Florian Leopold Gassmann replaces Georg Reutter II as Hofkapellmeister to the court of Emperor Joseph II in Vienna.
June 5 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is ennobled by Empress Maria Theresa.
Carl Stamitz is resident composer at Versailles.
Dr Charles Burney visits Johann Baptist Wanhal in Vienna.
Ignaz Pleyel becomes a pupil of Joseph Haydn.
Johann Christian Bach - Symphonie Concertante in G C32
Christian Cannabich - Symphony No. 50 in D minor
Florian Leopold Gassmann - La Betulia Liberata (oratorio)
Joseph Haydn
Symphonies 44 "Trauer" and 45 "Farewell"
String Quartets, Op. 20
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimenti K. 136-138 "Salzburg Symphonies"
Andrea Luchesi – 6 Sonatas for harpsichord and violin Op.1
Giovanni Paisiello – Requiem for Gennara di Borbone
Pasquale Anfossi – Alessandro nelle Indie
Johann Christian Bach
Endimione
Temistocle
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Il sogno di Scipione
Lucio Silla
Rev. William Leeves & Lady Anne Barnard – "Auld Robin Gray"
March 30 – Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer (died 1847)
April 25 – Louis Deland, actor, singer and dancer (died 1823)
May 1 – Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare, cellist (died 1823)
June 10 – Greta Naterberg, folk singer (d. 1818)
September 3 – Nicola Tacchinardi, cellist and operatic tenor (died 1859)
October 4 – Francois-Louis Perne, composer (died 1832)
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Franz Cramer, violinist (died 1848)
Cyrill Demian, piano and organ maker (died 1847)
February 13 – Pierre-Claude Foucquet, organist and harpsichordist (born 1694)
March – Francesco Carattoli, operatic bass (born c.1705)
March 11 – Georg Reutter II, composer (born 1708)
April 19 – Johann Peter Kellner, organist and composer (born 1705)
April 22 – Marie Favart, opera singer, actress and dancer (born 1727)
May 6 – Edmund Pascha, organist and composer (born 1714)
June 15 – Claude Daquin, composer and organist (born 1694)
October 8 – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, violinist and composer (born 1711)
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