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Events
- George Frideric Handel is operated on for an eye condition, at Guy's Hospital in London.
- Christoph Willibald Gluck becomes Konzertmeister at Vienna.
- Artist Thomas Gainsborough joins the Ipswich Musical Society; he later paints the portrait of English composer Joseph Gibbs
- Nicola Porpora leaves Dresden for Vienna.
- Johann Wilhelm Hertel replaces his father, Johann Christian Hertel, as Kapellmeister at the court of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Publications
- Johann Joachim Quantz - Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen
Classical music
- Jephtha (oratorio) by Handel
Opera
- Jean-Baptiste Cardonne - Amaryllis
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Le Devin du Village (part of Rousseau's response in the Querelle des Bouffons)
Publications
- Charles Avison - Essay on Musical Expression
- Johann Joachim Quantz - Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversière zu spielen, a treatise on the flute
Births
- January 23 - Muzio Clementi, composer and pianist (died 1832)
- April 5 - Sébastien Érard, piano-maker (died 1831)
- May 2 - Ludwig August Lebrun, composer (died 1790)
- September 8 - Carl Stenborg
- September 18 - Johann Anton Sulzer, composer
- unknown date - Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer
Deaths
- June 19 - Hieronymus Albrecht Hass, harpsichord and clavichord maker
- July 20 - Johann Christoph Pepusch, composer
- July 24 - Michael Festing (composer), violinist and composer
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