1758 in music

Classical music

Charles Avison – Twelve Concertos, Op. 6 (London and Newcastle)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Fugue in D minor, H.99
- Sechs Sonaten für Clavier mit veränderten Reprisen, Wq.50 (H. 126, 136–140) (begun, completed 1759, published 1760)
- Keyboard Sonata in A major, H.133
- 12 Kleine Stücke, H. 600, Wq. 81
- Geistliche Oden und Lieder I (Leipzig), H.686 (composed 1757)
Franz Ignaz Beck – 6 Symphonies, Op. 1
William Boyce – Overture No.7
Giacomo Cervetto – 6 Trio Sonatas
Baldassare Galuppi – L'oracolo del Vaticano
Francesco Geminiani – The Harmonical Miscellany (periodical, in two volumes, London)
Michael Haydn
- Symphony No. 1 in C major
- Divertimento in C major, MH 27
Pieter Hellendaal – 6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
Johann Philipp Kirnberger – 8 Fugues (written for Prussian Princess Anna Amalia)
Johann Adolph Scheibe – 3 Flute Sonatas, Op. 1
Georg Philipp Telemann – Laudate Jehovam, TWV 7:25

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February 1 – Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten, librettist and poet (died 1818)
February 4 – Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, choreographer and ballet dancer (died 1840)
February 7 – Benedikt Schack, operatic tenor and composer (d. 1826)
February 12 – Christian Ignatius Latrobe, music collector and composer (died 1836)
April 23 – Matthieu Frédéric Blasius, composer and violinist (died 1829)
May 25 – Matthew Camidge, composer and organist (died 1844)
June 4 – Joseph Dacre Carlyle, librettist and orientalist (died 1804)
June 30 – António Leal Moreira, composer (died 1819)
July – Nicolas-Julien Forgeot, French librettist (died 1798)
August 25 – Franz Teyber, composer
September 25
- Maria Anna Thekla Mozart, cousin and correspondent of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1841)
- Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, pianist and composer
October 5
- Thomas Greatorex, music collector and organist (died 1831)
- August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine, librettist and novelist (died 1831)
October 7 – Paul Anton Wineberger, composer
November 16 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, librettist and author (died 1841)
December 3
- Louis Adam, French composer (died 1848)
- Joseph Gelinek, composer and pianist (died 1825)
December 11 – Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer and editor (died 1832)
December 31 – Sophie Hagman, ballerina (d. 1826)
Date unknown
- Harriett Abrams, composer and musician (died 1821)
- Glafira Alymova, harpsichordist (d. 1826)
- Josep Gallés, composer and organist (died 1836)
- Bernardo Porta, Italian composer (died 1829)
- John Sale, composer and bass singer (died 1827)

January 28 – Johann Paul Schiffelholz, composer for the mandora (born 1685)
March 22 – Richard Leveridge, opera singer (born 1670)
April 2 – Johann Balthasar König, German composer (born 1691)
April 24 – Florian Wrastill, composer
April 30 – François d'Agincourt, organist, harpsichordist and composer (born 1684)
June – John Travers, organist and composer (born 1703)
July 15 – Ambrosius Stub, librettist and poet (born 1705)
October 4 – Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Italian composer and violinist (born c. 1690)
October 14 – Wilhelmine Von Bayreuth, composer and princess (born 1709)
November 20 – Johan Helmich Roman, composer (born 1694)
November 27 – Senesino, castrato singer (born 1686)
December 5 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer (born 1688)
December 26 – François-Joseph de La Grange-Chancel, librettist and dramatist (born 1677)
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- Sanctus Seraphin, violin-maker (born 1699)
- Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio, Italian composer (born 1699)

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