1777 in music
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See also: 1776 in music, other events of 1777, 1778 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives in Vienna.
- Samuel Arnold becomes musical director of the Haymarket Theatre in London.
- Über die Theorie der Musik by Johann Nikolaus Forkel is published in Göttingen.
- Thomas Arne and his wife are reconciled after a separation of over twenty years.
Opera
- Armide by Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Il Mondo della Luna by Joseph Haydn
- The Beggar's Opera by Thomas Linley
Classical music
- Michael Haydn - Missa S Hieronymi
- Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 ("Jeunehomme")
Births
- January 1 - Micah Hawkins, composer
- January 3 - Louis Poinsot, instrument maker
- January 8 - Filippo Traetta, musicologist
- April 18 - Ignac Ruzitska, composer
- May 28 - Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer
- May 4 - Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer
- June 2 - Christian Traugott Tag, composer
- September 30 - Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer
- December 16 - János Fusz, composer
- William Russell, organist and composer
Deaths
- January 1 - Emanuele Barbella, composer
- March 1 - Georg Christoph Wagenseil
- July 27 - William Hayes, composer
- August 17 - Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer
- August 23 - Giuseppe Sellitto, composer
- September 1 - Johann Ernst Bach
- November 30 - Jean-Marie Leclair, composer
- December 21 - Anton Cajetan Adlgasser