Events April 10 – The Mozart family set out for London, where the 8-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart meets Johann Christian Bach and writes his First Symphony. Autumn – Following the death of his patron Keyserlingk, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach leaves his post as organist at Halle. date unknown – The castrato Domenico Annibali retires from the stage. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf becomes Kapellmeister at the court of Adam Patachich in Großwardein, replacing Michael Haydn and restructuring the orchestra of the bishop's palace.
Popular music The Temple of Comus or Every Gentleman and Lady's Beard, Brent and Lowe: Being Songs for the Year 1764
Classical music Johann Christian Bach – 6 Keyboard Trios, Op. 2 Michel Corrette – Carillon, ajouté à la Messe des Morts de Gilles Joseph Haydn Symphony No.14 in A major Symphony No.15 in D major Symphony No.21 in A major Symphony no 22 ("Philosopher") Symphony No.23 in G major Symphony No.24 in D major Divertimento in C major Hob. XIV:4 Qual dubbio o(r)mai Michael Haydn – Trumpet Concerto Ignacio de Jerusalem – Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe Joseph Kelway – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K.8 Violin Sonata in C major, K.14 Symphony No.1 in E-flat major, K.16 Johann Baptist Georg Neruda – 6 Trio Sonatas Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli - Six sonates d'un goût agréable..., published posthumously Johann Schobert – 3 Harpsichord Quartets, Op. 7
Opera Florian Leopold Gassmann – L'Olimpiade Christoph Willibald Gluck – La rencontre imprévue Pietro Guglielmi – Siroe re di Persia Andrea Luchesi – L'Isola della Fortuna Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny – Rose et Colas Niccolò Piccinni – Gli stravaganti Johann Adolph Hasse – Egeria
Methods and theory writings
Daniel Bayley – A New and Compleat Introduction to the Grounds and Rules of Musick L'Abbé Duval – Principes de la musique pratique Jean-Philippe Rameau – Traité des accords et de leur succession selon le système de la Basse-fondamentale Valentin Roeser – Essai d'instruction à l'usage de ceux qui composent pour la clarinette et le cor Francisco Inácio Solano –
Births January 13 – Franz Lauska, Moravian pianist, composer and teacher (died 1825) March 1 – Jeremiah Ingalls, composer of the First New England School (died 1838) March 2 – Hélène de Montgeroult, composer and pianist (died 1836) May 15 – Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer (died 1827) September 11 – Valentino Fioravanti, composer (died 1837) October 21 – János Bihari, Hungarian Romani violinist (died 1827) November 30 – Franz Xaver Gerl, composer (died 1827) unknown date Alexander Campbell, musician and writer (died 1824) Vincenzo Fabrizi, composer probable Bernard Lorenziti, French composer (died after 1815) Jan Šťastný, cellist and composer (died c.1830)
Deaths March 30 – Pietro Locatelli, violinist and composer (born 1695) April 17 Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich, composer (born 1687) Johann Mattheson, German musicologist (born 1681) buried June 6 – Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, German composer, son of Johann Pachelbel (born c.1686) September 10 – Giovanni Antonio Giay, composer (born 1690) September 12 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (born 1683) October 22 – Jean-Marie Leclair, composer (born 1697; murdered) October 23 – Pierre-Charles Roy, librettist and poet (born 1683) date unknown Josep Mir i Llussà, Catalan composer and maestro de capilla (born 1700)Enciclopèdia Espasa Vol. 35, page 766 () Lorenzo Zavateri, violinist and composer (born 1690)
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