Events

• 1751 is the year commonly given as the beginning of the classical era
• The "War of the Buffoons" (La Querelle des Bouffons), concerning the relative merits of French and Italian opera, divides Paris.
• Francesco Geminiani publishes "The Art of Playing on the Violin" in London.

Classical music

• Antoine Dauvergne Concerts de Simphonies
• Johann Sebastian Bach Kunst der Fuge with appendix of Chorale prelude BWV 668a (posthumously)
• John Francis Wade O Come All Ye Faithful

Opera

• Johann Adolf Hasse Ciro Riconosciuto
• Niccol Jommelli La villana nobile; Ifigenia in Aulide
• Jean-Philippe Rameau Acante et C phise
• Giuseppe Sarti Pompeo in Armenia

Births

• January 18 Ferdinand Kauer, pianist and composer (died 1831)
• March 5 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
• March 29 Supply Belcher, singer, composer and compiler of tune books (died 1836)
• February 4 Blas de Laserna, composer
• February 9 Antoine Bullant, bassoonist and composer (died 1821)

Deaths

• January 17 Tomaso Albinoni (born 1671)
• February 18 Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, composer (born 1685)
• May 20 Dom nech Terradellas, composer (born 1713)
• October 2 - Pierre Dumage, organist (born c. 1674)
• date unknown - Henry Reinhold, singer (born c. 1690)

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