1765 in music
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Events
- The Bach-Abel concerts are founded.
- The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra ("Harmonien") is founded.
- First flamenco school established in Spain.
Popular music
- James Hook – "I wish you all good night" (song)
Opera
- Samuel Arnold
- Daphne and Amintor
- The Summer's Tale
- Georg Benda – Xindo riconnosciuto
- Christoph Willibald Gluck – Alexandre; Semiramis
- Josef Mysliveček – Il Bellerofonte
- Antonio Sacchini – Creso
Classical music
- Joseph Haydn – Symphony no 28, Cello Concerto No. 1
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no 1
Births
- February 8 – Joseph Leopold Eybler, composer (died 1846)
- June 13 – Anton Eberl, composer (died 1807)
- September 18 – Oliver Holden, composer (died 1844)
- October 22 – Daniel Steibelt, pianist and composer (died 1823)
- October 26 – Jakub Jan Ryba, composer (died 1815)
- November 20 – Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer (died 1814)
- November 23 – Thomas Attwood, composer (died 1838)
- Date unknown – Sofia Liljegren Finnish soprano (died 1795)
Deaths
- January 12 – Johann Melchior Molter, German composer and violinist (born 1696)
- January 15 – Carlmann Kolb, composer (born 1703)
- January 19 – Johan Agrell, composer (born 1701)
- February 9 – Elisabetta de Gambarini, singer, composer and conductor (born 1731)
- March 20 – Paolo Antonio Rolli, librettist (born 1637)
- December 30 – Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, organist and composer (born c. 1691)
- date unknown
- John Hebden, bassoonist, cellist and composer (born 1712)
- Edward Henry Purcell, organist and music publisher
- probable – Louis-Antoine Dornel, harpsichordist, violinist and composer (born c.1685)