1770 in music
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See also: 1769 in music, other events of 1770, 1771 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- The "Concert des Amateurs" is founded by François-Joseph Gossec.
Classical music
- Symphony in G major by Michael Haydn
- Symphony no 11 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Sonatas for 2 Flutes/Violins and Basso Continuo by Pietro Nardini
Opera
- La Pescatrice by Joseph Haydn
- Paride ed Elena by Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Piramo e Tisbe by Johann Adolf Hasse
Published popular music
- The New England Psalm Singer by William Billings, featuring the song Chester.
Births
- February 18 - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer
- February 20 - Ferdinando Carulli, composer
- February 22 - Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
- February 26 - Antoine Reicha, composer
- May 19 - Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer
- June 4 - James Hewitt, composer
- September 19 - Johann G. Repsold, musical instrument maker
- November 8 - Friedrich Witt, composer
- November 29 - Peter Hansel, composer
- December 13 - John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer
- December 17 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer
- December 17 - Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
Deaths
- February 26 - Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer
- February 26 - Francois Hanot, composer
- April 19 - Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer
- May 4 - Christian Gottfried Krause, composer
- May 9 - Charles Avison, composer
- July 26 - Michael Schevenstuhl, composer
- October 1 - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer