1766 in music
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See also: 1765 in music, other events of 1766, 1767 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- Joseph Haydn becomes Kapellmeister to the Esterházys. The orchestra is increased to 22 players.
- Niccola Piccinni is invited to Paris by Queen Marie Antoinette.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composes the first act of an oratorio, Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, to be completed by Michael Haydn and Anton Cajetan Adlgasser.
Popular music
- None Listed
Opera
- La Canterina, with music by Domenico Scarlatti and libretto by Girolamo Gigli (not to be confused with La Canterina by Joseph Haydn)
Classical music
- Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach - Pieces (40) for Keyboard, Wq 117: no 2, Solfeggio in C minor, H 220
- Capel Bond - Six Concertos in Seven Parts
- Joseph Haydn - Great Mass in E flat
- Michael Haydn - Symphony in B flat major
- Niccolò Jommelli - Missa Solemne
Births
- January 10 - Louis Massonneau, composer
- February 24 - Samuel Wesley, organist and composer
- March 28 - Joseph Weigl, composer and conductor
- June 19 - Edmund Weber, composer
- July 18 - Friedrich Fleischmann, composer
- July 21 - Carolina Nairne, Scottish songwriter
- August 1 - Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist and composer
- August 22 - Joseph-Denis Doche, composer
- October 9 - Bedrich Divis Weber, composer
- November 16 - Rudolphe Kreutzer, violinist and composer
- November 20 - John Wall Calcott, composer
Deaths
- February 26 - August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer
- March 3 - Gregor Joseph Werner, composer and leader of Prince Paul Esterhazy's orchestra
- March 25 - Johannes Ritschel, composer
- October 7 - Andre Cheron, composer
- unknown date - Wilhelm van Wassenaer , composer