1770 in music
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Events
- The "Concert des Amateurs" is founded by François-Joseph Gossec.
- Ballet is performed the first time in Oslo by Madame Stuart.
Classical music
- Michael Haydn – Symphony in G major
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no 11
- Pietro Nardini – Sonatas for 2 Flutes/Violins and Basso Continuo
Published popular music
- William Billings – The New England Psalm Singer, featuring the song Chester.
Births
- February 18 – Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer
- February 20 – Ferdinando Carulli, composer
- February 22 – Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
- February 26 – Antoine Reicha, composer
- May 19 – Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer
- June 4 – James Hewitt, composer
- November 8 – Friedrich Witt, composer
- November 29 – Peter Hänsel, composer
- December 13 – John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer
- December 15 or December 16 – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer
- December 17 – Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
Deaths
- February 26 - Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer, 77
- April 19 – Esprit Antoine Blanchard, composer, 74
- May 9 – Charles Avison, composer, 61
- October 1 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, 64
- December 9 - Gottlieb Muffat, organist and composer, 80
- December 13 - Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, organ-builder, 61
- date unknown - Francesco Barsanti, Italian flautist, oboist and composer (born 1690)