See also: 1759 in music, other events of 1760, 1761 in music, list of years in music.

Contents

1 Events 2 Popular music 3 Opera 4 Classical music 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• Joseph Haydn marries, but will live apart from his wife for most of their lives.

Popular music

Opera

• Les Surprises de l'amour - Jean-Philippe Rameau
• Thomas and Sally - Thomas Arne
• Alcide al Bivio - Johann Adolph Hasse

Classical music

• Eight Symphonies by William Boyce

Births

• January 10 - Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg , composer
• January 15 - Jean François Lesueur, composer
• September 14 - Luigi Cherubini, composer
• October 1 - William Beckford, composer and author

Deaths

• May 10 - Christoph Graupner , composer