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.
• 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.

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

Opera

• Thomas Arne – Artaxerxes
• Johann Christian Bach – Alessandro nell'Indie, W.G 3
• Domenico Cimarosa – La Cleopatra
• Baldassare Galuppi – Antigono
• Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice
• Johann Adolf Hasse – Il Trionfo di Clelia
• Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny – Le Roi et le Fermier
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann – Il tesoro insidiato
• Niccolò Piccinni – Il Finto Turco
• Giuseppe Sarti – Didone Abbandonata

Methods and theory writings

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – ', Part II
• François Clément – '
• William Riley – Parochial Music Corrected
• Antonio Soler – ' (Madrid: Joachin Ibarra)