Quick Facts List of years in music (table) ... List of years in music (table) … 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science +... vte Close Events The "Concert des Amateurs" was founded by François-Joseph Gossec. Ballet is performed the first time in Oslo by Madame Stuart. Musikalisches Vielerley is published; a collection of pieces from various composers, edited by CPE Bach. (Hamburg: Michael Christian Bock) Classical music Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Fantasia in D minor, H.224 Johann Christian Bach 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 7 6 Quartets, Op. 8 Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in D major, G.479 Joseph Haydn – Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:2 Gabriele Leone – Six sonatas for mandolin and bass marked with signs according to the new method, Op. 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony 11 Pietro Nardini – Sonatas for 2 Flutes/Violins and Basso Continuo Methods and theory writings Johann Caspar Heck – The Art of Playing the Harpsichord John Holden – An Essay Towards a Rational System of Music Operas Christoph Willibald Gluck – Paride ed Elena, Wq.39 Published popular music William Billings – The New England Psalm Singer, featuring the song Chester. Births February 18 – Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer (died 1846) February 20 – Ferdinando Carulli, composer (died 1841)[1] February 22 – Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer[2] (died 1839) February 26 – Antoine Reicha, composer (died 1836) May 19 – Antoine-Charles Glachant, violinist and composer (died 1851) June 4 – James Hewitt, composer (died 1827) November 8 – Friedrich Witt, composer[3] (died 1836) November 29 – Peter Hänsel, composer[4] December 13 – John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer (died 1836)[5] December 15 or December 16 (baptized on December 17) – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer and pianist (died 1827)[6] December 17 – Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer Deaths February 26 – Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer, 77 April 19 – Esprit Antoine Blanchard, composer, 74 May 9 – Charles Avison, composer, 61[7] October 1 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, 64 December 9 – Gottlieb Muffat, organist and composer, 80[8] December 13 – Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, organ-builder, 61 References [1]Aaron Shearer (March 1985). Classic Guitar Technique. Alfred Music Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-89898-572-6. [2]Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, Harvard, 1996, p. 952. [3]David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers. Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-385-14278-6. [4]Eduard Bernsdorf (1857). Neues Universal-Lexikon der Tonkunst ... Unter Mitwirkung von Frz. Liszt, H. Marschner ... Robert Schäfer. p. 298. [5]Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2. [6]"When is Beethoven's birthday?". Classic FM. Retrieved 2022-03-22. [7]Philip H. Highfill, Jr.; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (December 1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800: Abaco to Belfille. SIU Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8093-0517-9. [8]Maunder, Richard (1998). Keyboard Instruments in Eighteenth-century Vienna. Clarendon Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-19-816637-5. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.