1752 in music
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See also: 1751 in music, other events of 1752, 1753 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- George Frideric Handel is operated on for an eye condition, at Guy's Hospital in London.
- Publication of Essay on Musical Expression by Charles Avison.
- Publication of Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversière zu spielen, a treatise on the flute, by Johann Joachim Quantz
- Christoph Willibald Gluck becomes Konzertmeister at Vienna.
- Artist Thomas Gainsborough joins the Ipswich Musical Society; he later paints the portrait of English composer Joseph Gibbs
- Nicola Porpora leaves Dresden for Vienna.
- Johann Wilhelm Hertel replaces his father, Johann Christian Hertel, as Kapellmeister at the court of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Classical music
- Jephtha (oratorio) by Handel
Opera
- Le Devin du Village by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Births
- April 5 - Sebastien Erard, piano-maker
- May 2 - Ludwig August Lebrun, composer
- September 18 - Johann Anton Sulzer, composer
- unknown date - Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer
Deaths
- July 24 - Michael Festing, violinist and composer