- 1758 in music
Events
* The first manual on the
guitar is published in theEnglish language
*William Boyce becomes organist of the Chapel RoyalPopular music
* "None listed"
Opera
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Florian Leopold Gassmann - "Issipile"
*Christoph Willibald Gluck - "L'île de Merlin"Classical music
* "None listed"
Births
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February 7 -Benedikt Schack , operatic tenor and composer (d. 1826)
*August 25 -Franz Teyber , composer
*September 25 -Maria Anna Thekla Mozart , cousin and correspondent ofWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1841)
*October 7 -Paul Anton Wineberger , composer
*December 11 -Carl Friedrich Zelter , composer (died1832 )
*December 31 -Sophie Hagman , ballerina (d. 1826)Deaths
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March 22 -Richard Leveridge , opera singer (born1670 )
*April 24 -Florian Wrastill , composer
*April 30 -François d'Agincourt , organist, harpsichordist and composer (born1684 )
*November 20 -Johan Helmich Roman , composer (born1694 )
*December 5 -Johann Friedrich Fasch , composer (born1688 )
*"probable" -Sanctus Seraphin , violin-maker (born1699 )
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