See also: 1764 in music, other events of 1765, 1766 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- The Bach-Abel concerts are founded.
- The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra ("Harmonien") is founded
Popular music
- James Hook - "I wish you all good night" (song)
Opera
- Samuel Arnold
- Daphne and Amintor
- The Summer's Tale
- Georg Benda - Xindo riconnosciuto
- Christoph Willibald Gluck - Alexandre; Semiramis
- Josef Mysliveček - Il Bellerofonte
- Antonio Sacchini - Creso
Classical music
- Joseph Haydn - Symphony no 28
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no 1
Births
- February 8 - Joseph Leopold Eybler, composer (died 1846)
- June 13 - Anton Eberl, composer
- September 18 - Oliver Holden, composer (died 1844)
- October 22 - Daniel Steibelt, pianist and composer (died 1823)
- October 26 - Jakub Jan Ryba, composer (died 1815)
- November 20 - Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer (died 1814)
- November 23 - Thomas Attwood, composer (died 1838)
- Date unknown- Sofia Liljegren Finnish soprano (died 1795)
Deaths
- January 12 - Johann Melchior Molter, German composer and violinist (born 1696)
- January 15 - Carlmann Kolb, composer
- January 19 - Johan Agrell, composer (born 1701)
- February 9 - Elisabetta de Gambarini, singer, composer and conductor (born 1731)
- March 20 - Paolo Antonio Rolli, librettist (born 1637)
- December 17 - Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, organist and composer (born c. 1691)
- date unknown
- John Hebden, bassoonist, cellist and composer (born 1712)
- Edward Henry Purcell, organist and music publisher
- probable - Louis-Antoine Dornel, harpsichordist, violinist and composer (born c.1685)
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