1768 in music
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See also: 1767 in music, other events of 1768, 1769 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family are resident in Vienna until December.
- Antonio Sacchini returns to Venice to become director of the Conservatorio dell'Ospadeletto.
- Giuseppe Tartini suffers a stroke.
- Michael Haydn marries Maria Magdalena Lipp, a singer and the daughter of the court organist.
Popular music
- "The Liberty Song", with words by John Dickinson - considered the first American patriotic song. He used the music to the traditional British song, Hearts of Oak.
Opera
- Bastien und Bastienne by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (his first published opera)
- Fetonte by Niccoló Jomelli
- Lo speziale by Joseph Haydn
- Olimpia by Giovanni Paisiello
Classical music
- Applausus - Joseph Haydn
- Symphonies no 7 and 8 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Cello Concerto in D Major - Luigi Boccherini
- Sonata for Harpsichord in G major - Muzio Clementi
Births
- March 12 - Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer
- April 7 - Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer
- September 1 - Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer
- September 12 - Benjamin Carr, composer
- September 14 - Georg Johann Schinn, composer
- November 24 - Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer
- December 6 - Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer
Deaths
- January 1 - Jean-Laurent Krafft, composer
- January 28 - John Wainwright, composer
- March 3 - Nicola Porpora, composer
- March 14 - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer
- April 7 - Michel Mathieu, composer
- July 6 - Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer
- July 11 - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer
- October 28 - Michel Blavet, flautist and composer
- October 31 - Francesco Maria Veracini, violinist and composer
- November 1 - Pierre van Maldere, composer