1758 in music

none August 2026 1758 music Events Publication of the first English-language manual on the guitar.August 2017 William Boyce becomes organist of the Chapel Royal. Giovanni Battista Locatelli takes his opera productions to Russia. Among the members of the troupe are the brothers Giuseppe and Vincenzo Manfredini. Popular music None listed Opera Baldassare Galuppi – Il Mondo alla Roversa Florian Leopold Gassmann – Issipile Christoph Willibald Gluck – 'L'île de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville – Les fêtes de Paphos, Op.10 Davide Perez – Solimano Jean-Philippe Rameau – La Lyre enchantée Tommaso Traetta – Buovo d'Antona Johann Adolph Hasse Il Sogno di Scipione Demofoonte Classical music Charles Avison – Twelve Concertos, Op. 6 (London and Newcastle) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Fugue in D minor, H.99 Sechs Sonaten für Clavier mit veränderten Reprisen, Wq.50 (H. 126, 136–140) (begun, completed 1759, published 1760) Keyboard Sonata in A major, H.133 12 Kleine Stücke, H. 600, Wq. 81 Geistliche Oden und Lieder I (Leipzig), H.686 (composed 1757) Franz Ignaz Beck – 6 Symphonies, Op. 1 William Boyce – Overture No.7 Giacomo Cervetto – 6 Trio Sonatas Baldassare Galuppi – L'oracolo del Vaticano Francesco Geminiani – The Harmonical Miscellany (periodical, in two volumes, London) Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 37 Michael Haydn Symphony No. 1 in C major Divertimento in C major, MH 27 Pieter Hellendaal – 6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 Johann Philipp Kirnberger – 8 Fugues (written for Prussian Princess Anna Amalia) Johann Adolph Scheibe – 3 Flute Sonatas, Op. 1 Georg Philipp Telemann – Laudate Jehovam, TWV 7:25 Methods and theory writings Jakob Adlung – Anleitung zu der musikalischen Gelahrtheit François Clément – Essai sur l'accompagnement du clavecin Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg – Anleitung zur Singcomposition Births February 1 – Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten, librettist and poet (died 1818) February 4 – Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, choreographer and ballet dancer (died 1840) February 7 – Benedikt Schack, operatic tenor and composer (d. 1826) February 12 – Christian Ignatius Latrobe, music collector and composer (died 1836) April 23 – Matthieu Frédéric Blasius, composer and violinist (died 1829) May 25 – Matthew Camidge, composer and organist (died 1844) June 4 – Joseph Dacre Carlyle, librettist and orientalist (died 1804) June 30 – António Leal Moreira, composer (died 1819) July – Nicolas-Julien Forgeot, French librettist (died 1798) August 25 – Franz Teyber, composer September 25 Maria Anna Thekla Mozart, cousin and correspondent of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1841) Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, pianist and composer October 5 Thomas Greatorex, music collector and organist (died 1831) August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine, librettist and novelist (died 1831) October 7 – Paul Anton Wineberger, composer November 16 – Peter Andreas Heiberg,Peter Andreas Heiberg Romantic Poet, Novelist, Playwright Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Andreas-Heiberg 2026-08-01 Britannica.com en librettist and author (died 1841) December 3 Louis Adam, French composer (died 1848) Joseph Gelinek, composer and pianist (died 1825) December 11 – Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer and editor (died 1832) December 31 – Sophie Hagman, ballerina (d. 1826) Date unknown Harriett Abrams, composer and musician (died 1821) Glafira Alymova, harpsichordist (d. 1826) Josep Gallés, composer and organist (died 1836) Bernardo Porta, Italian composer (died 1829) John Sale, composer and bass singer (died 1827) Deaths January 28 – Johann Paul Schiffelholz, composer for the mandora (born 1685) March 22 – Richard Leveridge, opera singer (born 1670) April 2 – Johann Balthasar König, German composer (born 1691) April 24 – Florian Wrastill, composer April 30 – François d'Agincourt, organist, harpsichordist and composer (born 1684) June – John Travers, organist and composer (born 1703) July 15 – Ambrosius Stub, librettist and poet (born 1705) October 4 – Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Italian composer and violinist (born c. 1690) October 14 – Wilhelmine Von Bayreuth, composer and princess (born 1709) November 20 – Johan Helmich Roman, composer (born 1694) November 27 – Senesino, castrato singer (born 1686) December 5 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer (born 1688) December 26 – François-Joseph de La Grange-Chancel, librettist and dramatist (born 1677) probable Sanctus Seraphin, violin-maker (born 1699) Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio, Italian composer (born 1699) References Category:18th century in music Category:Music by year