1762 in music

Events

6-year-old Mozart and his older sister Nannerl perform before Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, in Munich and the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in Vienna.^[1]
Johann Christian Bach begins composing for the King's Theatre in London; here he meets Carl Friedrich Abel for the first time. He will spend the remaining 20 years of his life in the city.
Michael Haydn moves to Salzburg to become Konzertmeister to the Archbishop.
Death of Le Riche de La Pouplinière, patron of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Stamitz and François-Joseph Gossec.
The first public concert with a glass harmonica is performed by Marianne Davies.

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Classical music

Carl Friedrich Abel – Six Overtures in 8 Parts, Op. 4 (London)
Johann Albrechtsberger – Passione Domini
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- L'Aly Rupalich, H.95
- Harpsichord Concerto in C minor, H.448
- Sonatina in D major, H.449
- Solo für die Harfe H.563 Wq.139
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Trio in B-flat major, F.50
Franz Ignaz Beck – 6 Symphonies, Op. 3
Michel Corrette – 6 Symphonies en Quatuor sur les Noëls
Francesco Geminiani – The Second Collection of Pieces for the Harpsichord (London, arrangements by the composer from Opp.1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and treatises on the violin and the guitar)
Joseph Haydn
- Horn Concerto No.1 in D major, Hob.VIId:3
- Baryton Trio in G major, Hob.XI:116
- Symphony No. 9 in C major, Hob.I:9
Louis Antoine Lefebvre – Andromède (secular cantata)
Leopold Mozart – Sacrament Litany in D
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Minuet in F for Piano, K. 2
- Allegro in B♭ for Piano, K. 3
- Minuet in F for Piano, K. 4
- Minuet in F for Piano, K. 5
Georg Philipp Telemann – Christmas Oratorio

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Births

January 20 – Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, composer (died 1842)
January 21 – Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer
February 2 – Girolamo Crescentini, composer and castrato (died 1846)
February 19 – Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer
March 13 – Anine Frölich, ballet dancer (d. 1784)
March 24 – Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer
March 25 – Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer
April 4 – Stephen Storace, composer (died 1796)
April 13 – Karl Friedrich Horn, composer
April 26 – Shyama Shastri, composer (died 1827)
June 24 – Johann Paul Wessely, composer
July 4 – Marco Santucci, composer
July 20 – Jakob Haibel, composer
August 10 – Santiago Ferrer, composer
October 15 – Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer (died 1820)
December 25 – Michael Kelly, editor and tenor (died 1826)
December 26 – Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer
unknown date
- Giovanna Bassi, ballet dancer
- Michel Dieulafoy, French librettist (died 1823)
- Christina Fredenheim, singer and member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music (died 1841)

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Events