Events

• Joseph Haydn becomes Kapellmeister to the Esterh zys. The orchestra is increased to 22 players.
• Niccol Piccinni is invited to Paris by Queen Marie Antoinette.
• Dom B dos de Celles publishes his influential L'art du facteur d'orgues.

Opera

• Egidio Romualdo Duni La clochette
• Joseph Haydn La Canterina (libretto by an unknown, based on material by Carlo Goldoni)
• Johann Adam Hiller Der lustige Schuster

Classical music

• Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach Pieces (40) for Keyboard, Wq 117: no 2, Solfeggio in C minor, H 220
• Capel Bond Six Concertos in Seven Parts
• Joseph Haydn Great Mass in E flat
• Michael Haydn Symphony in B flat major
• Niccol Jommelli Missa Solemne

Births

• February 24 Samuel Wesley, organist and composer (died 1837)
• March 28 Joseph Weigl, composer and conductor (died 1820)
• July 18 Johann Anton Friedrich Fleischmann, composer (died 1798)
• July 21 Carolina, Baroness Nairne, Scottish songwriter (died 1845)
• August 1 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist and composer (died 1839)
• August 22 Joseph-Denis Doche, composer (died 1825)
• October 9 Bed ich Divi Weber, composer and founding principal of the Prague Conservatory (died 1842)
• November 16 Rodolphe Kreutzer, violinist and composer (died 1831)
• November 20 John Wall Callcott, composer (died 1821)

Deaths

• January 30 Susannah Maria Arne, singer (born 1714)
• February 26 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer (born 1735)
• March 3 Gregor Werner, composer and leader of Prince Paul Esterh zy's orchestra (born 1693)
• March 25 Johannes Ritschel, composer (born 1739)
• October 7 Andr Ch ron, composer (born 1695)
• November 9 Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, composer (born 1692)
• December Carlo Tessarini, violinist and composer (born c. 1690)
• date unknown
  • Fran ois tienne Blanchet II, harpsichord maker (born 1730)
  • Girolamo Giusti, librettist (born 1709)
  • Giovanni Battista Pescetti, organist and composer (born c. 1704)

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