1760 in music
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See also: 1759 in music, other events of 1760, 1761 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- Joseph Haydn marries, but will live apart from his wife for most of their lives.
- John Newton leaves his job for the church, and begins composing hymns.
- Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Frederic Handel, by John Mainwaring, is published anonymously.
- John Alcock is forced to resign as organist and choirmaster of Lichfield Cathedral.
- William Boyce's Eight Symphonies are published by John Walsh (Handel's publisher), having been composed over the previous 21 years as either odes to vocal or stage works or as overtures.
- Johann Christian Bach becomes organist of Milan Cathedral.
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
- Grande Messe des Morts by François Joseph Gossec
- Concerto for Violin in B flat major - Michael Haydn
Births
- January 10 - Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer
- January 15 - Jean François Lesueur, composer
- January 19 - Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer
- January 30 - Franz Xaver Partsch, composer
- March 27 - Ishmail Spicer, composer
- April 12 - Juan Manuel Olivares, composer
- May 10 - Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of La Marseillaise
- June 14 - Candido Jose Ruano, composer
- September 21 - Gaetano Valeri, composer
- September 14 - Luigi Cherubini, composer
- October 1 - William Beckford, composer and author
- November 9 - Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer
- December 2 - Joseph Graetz, composer
Deaths
- January 18 - Claudio Casciolini, composer
- February 14 - Francois Collin de Blamont, composer
- March 14 - Anton Filtz, composer
- April 12 - Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
- May 10 - Christoph Graupner, composer