1771 in music

Events

• Foundation of the Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• The Chevalier de Saint-Georges is appointed maestro of the Concert des Amateurs in Paris.
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf becomes Hoffkomponist to Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau, at château Jánský Vrch in Javorník.

  Classical music

• Carl Friedrich Abel
• *6 Trio Sonatas, WK 86-91 Op. 9
• *6 Easy Sonatas, WK 141-146
• Luigi Boccherini
• *Cello Sonata in A major, G.4
• *6 String Quintets, G.265-270, Op. 10
• *6 String Quintets Op. 11
• *Symphony in D major, Op. 12 no 1/G 503
• *Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 12 no 2/G 504
• *Symphony in C major, Op. 12 no 3/G 505
• František Xaver Brixi – Pastorella in C major for organ
• Muzio Clementi – 6 Piano Sonatas, Op. 1
• Ernst Eichner
• * 3 Harpsichord Trios, Op. 3
• * Harp Concerto in D major, Op. 9
• Baldassare Galuppi – Jephte et Helcana
• Tommaso Giordani – 6 Harpsichord Quintets, Op. 1
• Joseph Haydn
• *Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:7
• *Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:9
• *Baryton Trio in B minor, Hob.XI:96
• *Piano Sonata in C minor Hob. XVI:20
• *Keyboard Concerto in C major, Hob.XVIII:10
• *Symphony No. 42
• *Symphony No. 43
• James Hook – 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 1
• Thomas Linley Jr – Violin Concerto in F major
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• *Symphony No. 12
• *Symphony No. 13
• *Symphony No. 14
• *Divertimento No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 113
• *Regina Coeli for soprano, chorus and orchestra in C major, K. 108/74d
• *Litaniae Lauretanae in B-flat major, K. 109/74e
• *Betulia liberata, oratorio K. 118/74c
• Josef Mysliveček – Veni sponsa Christi
• Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau – Harpsichord Concertos No.1-2
• Johann Baptist Vanhal
• *6 String Quartets, Op. 6
• *6 Oboe Quartets, Op. 7

  Opera

• Pasquale Anfossi
• *Lucio Papirio
• *Quinto Fabio
• *I visionari
• Thomas Arne – The Fairy Prince
• André Grétry
• *L'ami de la maison
• *Zémire et Azor
• Johann Adolph Hasse – Ruggiero
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ascanio in Alba
• Josef Mysliveček – Il Gran Tamerlano
• Giovanni Paisiello
• *Annibale in Torino
• *Artaserse, R.1.30
• Antonio Salieri – Armida

  Methods and theory writings

• Anselm Bayly – A Practical Treatise on Singing and Playing
• Anton Bemetzrieder – Leçons de clavecin, et principes d’harmonie
• Charles Burney – The Present State of Music in France and Italy
• Johann Kirnberger – Die Kunst des reinen Satzes in der Musik

  Births

• February 9 – Daniel Belknap, composer
• February 24 – Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist
• March 21 – Thomas John Dibdin, dramatist and songwriter
• May 13 – Siegfried August Mahlmann, librettist and poet
• June 1 – Ferdinando Paër, Italian composer
• August 15 – Walter Scott, librettist and novelist
• August 27 – Friedrich Methfessel, composer
• September 17 – Johann August Apel, librettist
• October 1 – Pierre Baillot, violinist and composer
• October 3 – Auguste Creuzé de Lesser, librettist and politician
• October 29 – Anna Leonore König, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
• November 4 – James Montgomery, librettist and editor
• November 17 – Jonathan Huntington, composer
• December 26 – Heinrich Joseph von Collin, librettist and poet
• date unknown – Marie Antoinette Petersén, singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
• *Margareta Sofia Lagerqvist, opera singer

  Deaths

• January 23 – Martin Berteau, composer and musician
• March 30 – Anton Joseph Hampel, horn player
• May 20 – Christopher Smart, poet and hymn-writer
• May 29 – Johann Adolph Hass, clavichord and harpsichord maker
• July 30 – Thomas Gray, librettist and poet
• October 14 – František Brixi, composer
• October 28 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer
• November 4 – Pierre Nicolas Brunet, librettist and playwright
• November 18 – Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer
• date unknown – Andrea Soldi, copyist and portraitist