1764 in music
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See also: 1763 in music, other events of 1764, 1765 in music, list of years in music.
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[edit] Events
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach leaves his post as organist at Halle.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart becomes a pupil of Johann Christian Bach.
[edit] Popular music
- None listed
[edit] Opera
- La rencontre imprévue - Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Siroe re di Persia - Pietro Guglielmi
- Gli stravaganti - Niccolò Piccinni
[edit] Classical music
- Symphony no 22 ("Philosopher") by Joseph Haydn
- Trumpet Concerto - Michael Haydn
- Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe by Ignacio de Jerusalem
[edit] Births
- February 8 - Joseph Leopold Eybler, composer (died 1846)
- May 15 - Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer (died 1827)
- July 1 - Georg Christoph Grosheim, composer (died 1841)
- September 11 - Valentino Fioravanti, composer (died 1837)
- September 15 - Friedrich Heine (died 1821) and Paolo Francesco Parenti, composers (died 1822)
- October 14 - Charles-Henri Plantade, composer (died 1839)
- November 30 - Franz Xaver Gerl, composer (died 1827)
- December 10 - Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer
- unknown date - Vincenzo Fabrizi, composer
[edit] Deaths
- March 30 - Pietro Locatelli, violinist and composer (born 1695)
- April 17 - Johann Mattheson, German musicologist (born 1681)
- June 11 - Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer (born 1690)
- September 12 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (born 1683)
- October 22 - Jean-Marie Leclair, composer (born 1697)
- November 30 - Dieudonne Raick, composer (born 1703)
- unknown date - Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, organist and composer, son of Johann Pachelbel (born c.1685)
