1753 in music

List of years in music (Table)
… 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 …
Related time period or subjects
… 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 … … 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s … … 17th century 18th century 19th century …
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more

Events

• Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach publishes his treatise, Versuch, including instructions for improvisation.

Classical music

• Joseph Haydn – Der Krumme Teufel (singspiel)

Opera

• Maria Agnesi – Ciro in Armenia
• Antoine Dauvergne – Les troqueurs
• Jean-Philippe Rameau – Daphnis et Eglé

Births

• August 22 – Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer
• November 6 – Jean-Baptiste Breval, cellist and composer (died 1823)
• November 20 – Johann Schenk, composer

Deaths

• February 16 – Giacomo Facco, violinist, conductor and composer (b. 1676)
• May 19 – Jacques Aubert, composer
• August 4 – Gottfried Silbermann, German constructor of keyboard instruments (b. 1683)
• September 24 – Georg Gebel (the younger), composer (b. 1709)
• unknown date
  • Johann Nicolaus Bach, organist and composer, eldest son of Johann Christoph Bach (b. 1669)
  • John Holt, bell-ringer and composer (b. 1726)