1756 in music
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See also: 1755 in music, other events of 1756, 1757 in music, list of years in music.
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[edit] Events
- Christoph Willibald Gluck is knighted by Pope Benedict XIV
[edit] Classical music
[edit] Opera
- Baldassare Galuppi - Idomeneo
- Pierre van Maldere - Le Déguisement pastorale
- Jean-Philippe Rameau - Zoroastre
- Antonio Sacchini - Fra Donato
[edit] Births
- January 27 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (died 1791)
- May 7 - Thomas Linley, the Younger (died 1778)
- June 20 - Joseph Martin Kraus (died 1792)
[edit] Deaths
- April 10 - Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer (born 1661)
- September 19 - Josef Antonin Sehling
- April 15 - Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (born 1727)
