# 1771 in music
## Events

* March 28 – Mozart returns to Salzburg from a tour of Italy but is back in Milan for the premiere of his opera Ascanio in Alba on October 17.
* 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.
* Probable – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf becomes Hoffkomponist (court composer) to Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau, at château Jánský Vrch (Johannesberg) in Javorník.

## Classical music

* Carl Friedrich Abel
** 6 Trio Sonatas, WK 86-91 Op. 9
** 6 Easy Sonatas, WK 141–146
* Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
** 6 Harpsichord Concertos, Wq.43
** Ich will dem Herrn lobsingen
* Luigi Boccherini
** Cello Sonata in A major, G.4
** 6 String Quintets, G.265-270, Op. 10
** 6 String Quintets Op. 11 (with the famous minuet, No. 5 (G 275))
** 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
** Confitebor tibi Domine in G major
** Jephte et Helcana (oratorio)
* 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
* Leopold Mozart – Missa brevis in C major (formerly attributed to W.A. Mozart as K. 115)
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
** Aria for soprano and orchestra, “Non curo l’affetto”, K. 74b
** Symphony No. 12
** Symphony No. 13
** Symphony No. 14
** Symphony in F, “No. 42”, K. 75/75
** Symphony No. 46 in C major, K.96/111b
** Symphony No. 50 in D major, K.161/141a
** 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
* Johann Gottfried Müthel – Keyboard Duet in E-flat major
* Josef Mysliveček – Veni sponsa Christi
* Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau – Harpsichord Concertos No.1-2
* Niccolo Piccinni – Le finte gemelle, intermezzo premiered Jan. 2 in Rome
* Johann Baptist Wanhal
** 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 – Il Ruggiero
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ascanio in Alba
* Josef Mysliveček – Il Gran Tamerlano
* Giovanni Paisiello
** Annibale in Torino
** Artaserse, R.1.30
** Demetrio, R.1.25
** I scherzi di amore e di fortuna, R.1.28
* 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 (d. 1815)
* February 24 – Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist (d. 1858)
* March 19 – Frederik Høegh-Guldberg [da], poet and librettist (died 1852)
* March 21 – Thomas John Dibdin, dramatist and songwriter (d. 1841)
* May 13 – Siegfried August Mahlmann, librettist and poet (died 1826)
* June 1 – Ferdinando Paër, Italian composer (died 1839)
* August 15 – Walter Scott, librettist and novelist (died 1832)
* August 27 – Friedrich Methfessel, composer (died 1807)
* September 17 – Johann August Apel, librettist (d. 1816)
* October 1 – Pierre Baillot, violinist and composer (d. 1842)
* October 3 – Auguste Creuzé de Lesser, librettist and politician (died 1839)
* October 9 – Charles-Augustin Bassompierre (Sewrin), librettist (died 1853)
* October 29 – Anna Leonore König, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (d. 1854)
* November 1 – Stephan Schütze [de], librettist (died 1839)
* November 4 – James Montgomery, librettist and editor (died 1854)
* November 17 – Jonathan Huntington, composer (d. 1838)
* December 26 – Heinrich Joseph von Collin, librettist and poet (died 1811)
date unknown:
* Marie Antoinette Petersén, singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (d. 1855)
* Margareta Sofia Lagerqvist, opera singer (d. 1800)

## Deaths

* January 23 – Martin Berteau, composer and musician (born 1691)
* March 11 – Christoph Birkmann, hymnist and pupil of JS Bach (born 1703)
* March 30 – Anton Joseph Hampel, horn player (b. 1710)
* May 20 – Christopher Smart, poet and hymn-writer (b. 1722; possible liver failure)
* May 29 – Johann Adolph Hass, clavichord and harpsichord maker (b. 1713)
* July 30 – Thomas Gray, librettist and poet (born 1716)
* August 19 – Daniel Schiebeler, librettist and hymnist (born 1741)
* October – René de Galard de Béarn, Marquis de Brassac, composer (born 1699)
* October 14 – František Brixi, composer (b. 1732)
* October 28 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer (b. 1703)
* November 4 – Pierre Nicolas Brunet, librettist and playwright (born 1733)
* November 18 – Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer (born 1697)
* date unknown – Andrea Soldi, copyist and portraitist (born 1703)