1770 in music
Events
Classical music
Methods and theory writings
- Johann Caspar Heck â The Art of Playing the Harpsichord
- John Holden â An Essay Towards a Rational System of Music
Operas
Published popular music
Births
- February 18 â Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer (died 1846)
- February 20 â Ferdinando Carulli, composer (died 1841)
- February 22 â Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer (died 1839)
- February 26 â Antoine Reicha, composer (died 1836)
- May 19 â Antoine-Charles Glachant, violinist and composer (died 1851)
- June 4 â James Hewitt, composer (died 1827)
- November 8 â Friedrich Witt, composer (died 1836)
- November 29 â Peter Hänsel, composer
- December 13 â John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer (died 1836)
- December 15 or December 16 (baptized on December 17) â Ludwig van Beethoven, composer and pianist (died 1827)
- December 17 â Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
Deaths
- February 26 â Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer, 77
- April 19 â Esprit Antoine Blanchard, composer, 74
- May 9 â Charles Avison, composer, 61
- October 1 â Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, 64
- December 9 â Gottlieb Muffat, organist and composer, 80
- December 13 â Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, organ-builder, 61
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