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Events

January 2 - The funeral of Sigismund von Schrattenbach, Archbishop of Salzburg, is the occasion for the first performance of Michael Haydn's Missa pro defunctis Archespiscopo.^[1]
March 13 - Florian Leopold Gassmann replaces Georg Reutter II as Hofkapellmeister to the court of Emperor Joseph II in Vienna.^[1]
June 5 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is ennobled by Empress Maria Theresa.^[2]
Carl Stamitz is resident composer at Versailles.
Dr Charles Burney visits Johann Baptist Wanhal in Vienna.
Ignaz Pleyel becomes a pupil of Joseph Haydn.

Johann Christian Bach - Symphonie Concertante in G C32
Joseph Haydn
- Symphonies 44 "Trauer" and 45 "Farewell"
- String Quartets, Op. 20
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimenti K. 136-138 "Salzburg Symphonies"
Andrea Luchesi – 6 Sonatas for harpsichord and violin Op.1
Giovanni Paisiello – Requiem for Gennara di Borbone

March 30 – Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer (died 1847)
April 25 – Louis Deland, actor, singer and dancer (died 1823)
May 1 – Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare, cellist (died 1823)
September 3 – Nicola Tacchinardi, cellist and operatic tenor (died 1859)
October 4 – Francois-Louis Perne, composer (died 1832)
unknown date
- Franz Cramer, violinist (died 1848)
- Cyrill Demian, piano and organ maker (died 1847)