See also: 1757 in music, other events of 1758, 1759 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• The first manual on the guitar is published in the English language
• William Boyce becomes organist of the Chapel Royal

Popular music

• None listed

Opera

• L'île de Merlin - Christoph Willibald Gluck

Classical music

• None listed

Births

• August 25 - Franz Teyber , composer
• October 7 - Paul Anton Wineberger , composer
• December 11 - Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer
• unknown date - Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey , composer
• unknown date - Francesco Galeazzi , composer
• unknown date - Constantine Bellermann , composer

Deaths

• March 22 - Richard Leveridge, opera singer
• April 24 - Florian Wrastill , composer
• December 5 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
• unknown date - Johann Hemlich Roman , composer