1760 in music explained
Events
Opera
Classical music
Methods and theory writings
Births
- January 10 – Johan Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer (died 1802)
- January 19 – Melchor Lopez Jimenez, Spanish composer (died 1822)
- January 30 – Franz Xaver Partsch, Bohemian composer (died 1822)
- February 12 – Jan Ladislav Dussek, composer (died 1812)
- February 15 – Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer (died 1837)
- March 2 – Charlotta Cederström, born Christina Charlotta Mörner af Morlanda, Swedish patron of the arts (died 1832)
- March 27 – Ishmail Spicer, American composer (died 1832)
- April 4 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer (died 1797)
- May 29 – Charlotte Slottsberg, Swedish ballerina (died 1800)
- July 11 – François-Benoît Hoffman, librettist and playwright (died 1828)
- June 12 – Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, librettist and novelist (died 1797)
- June 14 – Cándido José Ruano, Spanish composer (died 1803)
- July 12 – Giuseppe Foppa, Italian librettist (died 1845)
- September 12 – Gaetano Valeri, Paduan organist and composer (died 1822)
- September 14 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian-born composer (died 1842)
- September 29 – Maria Hester Park, British composer (died 1813)
- October 1 – William Beckford, English novelist, patron of the arts and composer (died 1844)
- November 9 – Henri-Philippe Gérard, Liègeois composer
- November 14 – Johann Evangelist Brandl, composer (died 1837)
- November 30 – Catharine Frydendahl, opera singer (d. 1831)
- December 2 – Joseph Graetz, German composer (died 1826)
Deaths
- January 18 – Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer (born 1697)
- February 14 – François Colin de Blamont, French composer (born 1690)
- February 22 – Anna Magdalena Bach, German singer, second wife and assistant of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1701)
- March 2 – François Bouvard, French composer (born 1760)
- March 14 – Anton Fils, German composer (born 1733)
- April 12 – Ernst Gottlieb Baron, German lutenist and composer (born 1696)
- April 24 – Michele Mascitti, music editor and violinist (born c. 1664)
- May – Girolamo Abos, Italian composer (born 1715)
- May 10 – Christoph Graupner, German composer (born 1683)
- October 24 – Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (born 1676)
- November 5 – Pierre Février, French organist, harpsichordist and composer (born 1696)
- Date unknown – Roque Ceruti, Italian composer (born c. 1683)
Notes and References
- http://www.haydnfestival.at/haydn_en/netautor/napro4/appl/na_professional/parse.php3?mlay_id=10130&xmlval_ID_KEY%5B%5D=2608&xmlval_ID_DOC%5B%5D=1033766&mdoc_id=1034862 Haydn Festspiele.
- Simon D. I.. Fleming. John Garth: The Life of a Durham Musician. Durham County Local History Society Journal. 78. September 2013. 5–18.