See also: 1769 in music, other events of 1770, 1771 in music, list of years in music.

Contents

1 Events 2 Opera 3 Classical music 4 Published popular music 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• None listed

Opera

• La Pescatrice by Joseph Haydn
• Paride ed Elena by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Classical music

• Symphony no 11 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Published popular music

• The New England Psalm Singer by William Billings, featuring the song Chester.

Births

• February 18 - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer
• February 20 - Ferdinando Carulli, composer
• February 22 - Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
• February 26 - Antoine Reicha, composer
• May 19 - Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer
• June 4 - James Hewitt, composer
• September 19 - Johann G. Repsold, musical instrument maker
• November 8 - Friedrich Witt, composer
• November 29 - Peter Hansel, composer
• December 13 - John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer
• December 17 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer
• December 17 - Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer

Deaths

• February 26 - Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer
• February 26 - Francois Hanot, composer
• April 19 - Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer
• May 4 - Christian Gottfried Krause, composer
• May 9 - Charles Avison, composer
• July 26 - Michael Schevenstuhl, composer
• October 1 - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer