1783 in music
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See also: 1782 in music, other events of 1783, 1784 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- John Broadwood patents a piano pedal in England
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Three Sonatas ('Kurfuerstensonaten') in E-flat, F, and D
- Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto in D
- Michael Haydn - Symphony in E flat major
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C Minor
- Giovanni Battista Viotti - Concerto for Piano no 7 in G major
- Samuel Wesley - Magnificat
Opera
- La Caravane du Caire by André Grétry
- La finta ammalata by Pasquale Anfossi
- The Poor Soldier by William Shield
Published popular music
- "I had a horse, I had nae mair", "The Rigs o' Barley", and other songs by Robert Burns
Births
- February 15 - Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer
- March 8 - Gottfied Wilhelm Fink
- March 26 - Johann Baptist Weigl, composer
- May 10 - Niccola Benvenuti, composer
- May 22 - Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer
- June 29 - August Alexander Klengel, composer
- October 13 - Frantiszek Soltyk, composer
- December 14 - Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer
- December 28 - Robert Gallenberg, composer
Deaths
- January 5 - Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer
- March 23 - Gaspard Fritz, composer
- April 7 - Ignaz Holzbauer
- July 27 - Johann Philipp Kimberger, music theorist/violist
- unknown date - James Nares
- December 20 - Antonio Soler
- December 23 - Johann Adolph Hasse