See also: 1778 in music, other events of 1779, 1780 in music, list of years in music.
Events
Opera
Classical music
Births
- January 8 - John White, composer
- January 15 - Jean Coralli, ballet producer and choreographer
- January 22 - Stefano Pavesi, composer
- February 5 - Frans van Campenhout, singer and composer
- February 22 - Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer
- March 1 - Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer
- March 6 - Philippe Roth, composer
- March 13 - Oliver Shaw, composer
- March 21 - Alexis Garaude, composer
- March 28 - Angelo Maria Benincori, composer
- April 11 - Louise Reichardt
- April 21 - William Knyvett, composer
- May 28 - Thomas Moore, poet and lyricist
- July 10 - Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer
- July 20 - Ignaz Schuster, composer
- July 21 - Gottlob Wiedebein, composer
- August 1 - Francis Scott Key, songwriter
- August 17 - Franz de Paula Roser, composer
- September 8 - Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer
- September 10 - Louis Alexandre Piccinni
- October 15 - Johan O. Wallin, songwriting bishop
- November 6 - Michal Bogdanowicz, composer
- December 1 - Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer
- December 14 - Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer
- December 15 - Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer
Deaths
