See also: 1764 in music, other events of 1765, 1766 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• The Bach-Abel concerts are founded.
• The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra ("Harmonien") is founded

Popular music

• "I wish you all good night", song by James Hook

Opera

• Samuel Arnold
  • Daphne and Amintor
  • The Summer's Tale
• Georg Benda - Xindo riconnosciuto
• Christoph Willibald Gluck - Alexandre; Semiramis
• Josef Mysliveček - Il Bellerofonte
• Antonio Sacchini - Creso

Classical music

• Joseph Haydn - Symphony no 28
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no 1

Births

• February 8 - Joseph Leopold Eybler, composer (died 1846)
• May 28 - Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer
• June 1 - Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer
• June 13 - Anton Eberl, composer
• September 18 - Oliver Holden, composer (died 1844)
• October 16 - Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer
• October 22 - Daniel Steibelt, pianist and composer (died 1823)
• October 26 - Jakub Jan Ryba, composer (died 1815)
• November 20 - Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer (died 1814)
• November 23 - Thomas Attwood, composer (died 1838)
• December 15 - Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer
• December 25 - Joseph Mazzinghi, composer

Deaths

• January 4 - Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer
• January 12 - Johann Melchior Molter, German composer and violinist (born 1696)
• January 15 - Carlmann Kolb, composer
• January 19 - Johan Agrell, composer (born 1701)
• February 9 - Elisabetta de Gambarini, singer, composer and conductor (born 1731)
• May 25 - Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer
• July 6 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
• December 25 - Antonio Tonelli, composer
• date unknown - John Hebden, bassoonist, cellist and composer (born 1712)
• probable - Louis-Antoine Dornel, harpsichordist, violinist and composer (born c.1685)