September 25 – The Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the "black Mozart", loses his command and is imprisoned at Houdainville.
Niccolò Paganini debuts as a violin virtuoso at age 11
Westminster Quarters first written, for the bells of a new clock at the Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge, by Prof. Joseph Jowett, probably with Prof. John Randall or William Crotch.
George Thomson - A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice
Jan Ladislav Dussek – The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23
Joseph Haydn
String Quartets, Opp. 71 & 74 "Apponyi"
Variations in F minor
Michael Haydn - Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae
Paul Wranitzky
Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 24
Six String Quartets, Op. 23
Felice Alessandri – Virginia
Samuel Arnold – The Mountaineers
Thomas Attwood – Ozmyn and Daraxa
François-Adrien Boïeldieu – La fille coupable
Francesco Gardi – Pirro
Johann Baptist Henneberg – Die Waldmänner
Étienne Méhul – Le jeune sage et le vieux fou
January 18 – William Henry Havergal, hymn-writer and composer (d. 1870)
February 14 – William Crathern, composer of sacred music (d. c.1851)
February 27 – Elisabeth Frösslind, opera singer (d. 1861)
August 21 – Peter Casper Krossing, composer (d. 1838)
September 2 – Caroline Ridderstolpe, composer (d. 1878)
January 24 (bur.) – Marged ferch Ifan, harpist and wrestler (b. 1696)
March 17 – Leopold Hofmann, composer (b. 1738)
May 3 – Martin Gerbert, music writer (b. 1720)
May 7 – Pietro Nardini, composer (b. 1722)
September 10 – Marc-Antoine Désaugiers, opera composer (b. 1742)
September 14 – Benjamin Cooke, organist and composer (b. 1734)
October 21 – Johann Hartmann, composer (b. 1726)
October 25 – Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, composer (b. 1710)
date unknown – Philip Phile, violinist and composer (b. c.1734)
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