1768 in music - Definition and Overview

See also: 1767 in music, other events of 1768, 1769 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family are resident in Vienna until December.
• Antonio Sacchini returns to Venice to become director of the Conservatorio dell'Ospadeletto.
• Giuseppe Tartini suffers a stroke.

Popular music

• "The Liberty Song", with words by John Dickinson - considered the first American patriotic song. He used the music to the traditional British song, Hearts of Oak.

Opera

• Bastien und Bastienne by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (his first published opera)
• Fetonte by Niccoló Jomelli
• Lo speziale by Joseph Haydn
• Olimpia by Giovanni Paisiello

Classical music

• Symphonies no 7 and 8 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Births

• September 12 - Benjamin Carr, composer
• December 6 - Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer

Deaths

• March 3 - Nicola Porpora, composer
• March 14 - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer
• October 28 - Michel Blavet, flautist and composer
• October 31 - Francesco Maria Veracini, violinist and composer