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 – Vous fuyez sans vouloir m'entendre (Paris)
Classical music
- Johann Friedrich Agricola – 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 – 6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 1
- Michel Corrette
- Troisième Livre d’Orgue
- 6 Organ Concertos, Op. 26
- Baldassare Galuppi – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas, Op. 1
- Joseph Haydn – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in C, Hob. XVIII/1
- Marianus Königsperger – Præambulum cum fuga octavi toni
- Julien-Amable Mathieu – 6 Trios, Op. 2
- Leopold Mozart – Sinfonia di caccia
- Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli - Ariae pro organo et cembalo
- Giuseppe Sammartini – 8 Overtures in 7 Parts, Op. 10
- Elizabeth Turner – A Collection of Songs[1]
Opera
- Pasquale Cafaro – La disfatta di Dario
- Baldassare Galuppi – Idomeneo
- Pierre van Maldere – Le Déguisement pastorale
- Jean-Philippe Rameau – Zoroastre
- Antonio Sacchini – Fra Donato
- John Christopher Smith – The Tempest
Publications
- Johann Friedrich Daube – General-Bass in drey Accorden
- Jacob Wilhelm Lustig – Samenspraaken over muzikaale Beginselen
- Leopold Mozart – Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule ("A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing")
- Jean-Philippe Rameau – Suite des Erreurs sur la musique dans l'Encyclopédie
Births
- January 27 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (died 1791)
- February 9 - Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (died 1785)
- March 21 – Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann, German composer (died 1829)
- March 24 – Franziska Lebrun, composer and vocalist (died 1791)
- May 7 – Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (died 1778)
- June 20 – Joseph Martin Kraus, German-born composer (died 1792)
- September 8 – Anton Teyber, composer and organist (died 1822)
- September 27 – Christoffer Christian Karsten, Swedish operatic tenor (died 1827)
- December 30 – Paul Wranitzky, Moravian-Austrian composer (died 1808)
- date unknown – Joséphine-Rosalie de Walckiers, Dutch-Austrian composer (died 1836)
Deaths
- January 25 – Christian Vater, German organ and harpsichord builder (born 1679)
- April 10 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, Bolognese composer (born 1661)
- April 13 – Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, German keyboard virtuoso (born 1727)
- August 18 – Erdmann Neumeister, German hymnologist (born 1671)
- September 19 – Josef Antonín Sehling, Bohemian composter (born 1710)
- date unknown – Riccardo Broschi, Italian-born composer (born c. 1698)
References
- ^ "A Collection of Songs (Turner, Elizabeth) – IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-04-13.