# 1775 in music
## Events

* February 23 – Première of Pierre Beaumarchais's play, The Barber of Seville, which will later provide material for more than one opera.
* Wilhelm Hauser becomes organist at the monastery of Lavaldieu and the teacher of Étienne Méhul.

## Classical music

* Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 String Quartets, Op. 12
* John Alcock Jr. – 8 Easy Organ Voluntaries
* Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
** Symphony in D major, H.663
** Symphony in F major, H.665
* Johann Christian Bach – Sinfonia concertante, W.C 34
* Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Keyboard Sonata in G major, F.7
* Giovanni Battista Cirri – 6 String Quartets, Op. 13
* Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Concerto for Oboe in D major
* Tommaso Giordani – 6 Flute Trios, Op. 12
* Joseph Haydn
** Baryton Trio in D major, Hob.XI:114
** Il Ritorno di Tobia, Hob.XXI:1 (sacred oratorio)
** Mass in B-flat major, Hob.XXII:7
* Joseph Martin Kraus – Requiem
* Georg Anton Kreusser – 6 Flute Quintets, Op. 10
* Franz Lamotte – Violin Concerto No. 2
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
** Violin Concertos No. 3, No. 4 & No. 5
** Symphony in C major, K.102/213c
** Serenade in D major, K.204/213a
** Church Sonata in B-flat major, K.212
** Misericordias Domini, K.222/205a
* Friedrich Wilhelm Rust – Sonata in A major, CzaR 110
* Friedrich Schwindl – 6 Quartets, Op. 7
* Maddalena Laura Sirmen – 6 Duets, Op. 5
* Johann Matthias Sperger – Quartet in D major, for flute, viola, cello, and contrabass, M.C III:23a
* Carl Stamitz – 3 Quintets, Op. 11
* John Stanley – Six Concertos for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Forte Piano, with Accompanyments [sic] for Two Violins and a Bass, Op. 10 (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Mr Welcker)
* Johann Adolph Hasse – La Danza

## Opera

* Johann André – Erwin und Elmire
* Pasquale Anfossi – L'Avaro
* André Ernest Modeste Grétry – La fausse Magie
* Joseph Haydn – L'incontro improvviso, Hob.XXVIII:6
* Gaetano Latilla – Antigono
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
** La finta giardiniera, K. 196 (premiered January 13)
** Il re pastore, K. 208
* Josef Mysliveček – Il Demofoonte (second version, first premiered in 1769)
* Giovanni Paisiello
** Socrate immaginario, R.1.48
** Il gran Cid, R.1.49

## Methods and theory writings

* Andrea Basili – Musica universale armonico pratica
* Marie-Dominique-Joseph Engramelle – La Tonotechnie
* Fedele Fenaroli – Regole musicali per i principianti di cembalo
* Johann Caspar Heck – Short and Fundamental Instructions for Learning Thorough Bass
* Jacob Schuback – Von der musikalischen Declamation

## Births

* January 21 – Manuel del Pópulo Vicente García, singer and composer (d. 1832)
* March 24 – Muthuswami Dikshitar, poet and composer (d. 1835)
* May 1 – Sophia Dussek, composer and musician (died 1831)
* June 4 – Francesco Molino, guitarist and composer (d. 1847)
* June 13 – Antoni Radziwiłł, politician and musician (d. 1833)
* July 5 – William Crotch, composer (d. 1847)
* July 9 – Matthew Lewis, librettist and writer (died 1818)
* August 2 – José Ángel Lamas, composer (d. 1814)
* August 31 – François de Fossa, guitarist and composer (d. 1849)
* September 17 – Margrethe Schall, ballerina (d. 1852)
* October 6 – Johann Anton André, German composer (died 1842)
* October 15 – Bernhard Henrik Crusell, clarinettist and composer (d. 1838)
* October 21 – Giuseppe Baini, composer and music critic (d. 1844)
* October 30 – Catterino Cavos, organist, conductor and composer (d. 1840)
* December 6 – Nicolo Isouard, Maltese composer (died 1818)
* December 16 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, composer (d. 1834)
* December 25 – Antun Sorkočević, writer, composer and diplomat (d. 1841)
* date unknown
** Joseph Antonio Emidy, violinist and composer (d. 1835)
** Andrea Nozzari, operatic tenor (d. 1832)
** Giovanni Schmidt, Italian librettist (died c. 1839)

## Deaths

* January 15 – Giovanni Battista Sammartini, organist and composer (b. c. 1700)
* May 1–4? — Francesco Barsanti, composer; recorder & oboe virtuoso (b. 1690)
* May 7 – Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel, organist and composer (b. 1697)
* May 9 – Vittoria Tesi, operatic contralto (b. 1700)
* June 11 – Egidio Duni, composer (b. 1708)
* July 26 – Alessandro Besozzi, oboist and composer (b. 1702)
* November 1 – Pierre-Joseph-Justin Bernard, librettist and writer (born 1708)
* November 7 – François Rebel, composer (b. 1701)
* December 9 – Pietro Gnocchi, composer (b. 1689)
* date unknown – Rosa Scarlatti, opera singer (b. 1727)