1756 in music
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Events
- Christoph Willibald Gluck is knighted by Pope Benedict XIV
- Johann Christian Bach settles in Italy.
Published Popular Music
- Mme Papavoine â Vous fuyez sans vouloir m'entendre (Paris)
Classical music
- Johann Friedrich Agricola â 6 Canzonette
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- La Bergius, H.90
- La Borchward, H.79
- La Gleim, H.89
- La Pott, H.80
- La Prinzette, H.91
- Anna Bon â 6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 1
- Michel Corrette
- Troisième Livre dâOrgue
- 6 Organ Concertos, Op. 26
- Baldassare Galuppi â 6 Harpsichord Sonatas, Op. 1
- Joseph Haydn â Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in C, Hob. XVIII/1
- Marianus Königsperger â Præambulum cum fuga octavi toni
- Julien-Amable Mathieu â 6 Trios, Op. 2
- Leopold Mozart â Sinfonia di caccia
- Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli - Ariae pro organo et cembalo
- Giuseppe Sammartini â 8 Overtures in 7 Parts, Op. 10
- Elizabeth Turner â A Collection of Songs[1]
Opera
- Pasquale Cafaro â La disfatta di Dario
- Baldassare Galuppi â Idomeneo
- Pierre van Maldere â Le Déguisement pastorale
- Jean-Philippe Rameau â Zoroastre
- Antonio Sacchini â Fra Donato
- John Christopher Smith â The Tempest
Publications
- Johann Friedrich Daube â General-Bass in drey Accorden
- Jacob Wilhelm Lustig â Samenspraaken over muzikaale Beginselen
- Leopold Mozart â Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule ("A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing")
- Jean-Philippe Rameau â Suite des Erreurs sur la musique dans l'Encyclopédie
Births
- January 27 â Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (died 1791)
- February 9 - Karel Blažej KopÅiva, Czech composer (died 1785)
- March 21 â Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann, German composer (died 1829)
- March 24 â Franziska Lebrun, composer and vocalist (died 1791)
- May 7 â Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (died 1778)
- June 20 â Joseph Martin Kraus, German-born composer (died 1792)
- September 8 â Anton Teyber, composer and organist (died 1822)
- September 27 â Christoffer Christian Karsten, Swedish operatic tenor (died 1827)
- December 30 â Paul Wranitzky, Moravian-Austrian composer (died 1808)
- date unknown â Joséphine-Rosalie de Walckiers, Dutch-Austrian composer (died 1836)
Deaths
- January 25 â Christian Vater, German organ and harpsichord builder (born 1679)
- April 10 â Giacomo Antonio Perti, Bolognese composer (born 1661)
- April 13 â Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, German keyboard virtuoso (born 1727)
- August 18 â Erdmann Neumeister, German hymnologist (born 1671)
- September 19 â Josef AntonÃn Sehling, Bohemian composer (born 1710)
- date unknown â Riccardo Broschi, Italian-born composer (born c. 1698)