1775 in music
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Events
- February 23 – Première of Pierre Beaumarchais's play, The Barber of Seville, which will later provide material for more than one opera.
- Wilhelm Hauser becomes organist at the monastery of Lavaldieu and the teacher of Étienne Méhul.
Classical music
- Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Concerto for Oboe in D major
- Joseph Martin Kraus – Requiem
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5
Opera
- Johann André – Erwin und Elmire
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Josef Mysliveček – Il Demofoonte
Births
- January 21 – Manuel del Pópulo Vicente García, singer and composer (d. 1832)
- June 4 – Francesco Molino, guitarist and composer (d. 1847)
- June 13 – Antoni Radziwiłł, politician and musician (d. 1833)
- July 5 – William Crotch, composer (d. 1847)
- August 2 – José Ángel Lamas, composer (d. 1814)
- August 31 – François de Fossa, guitarist and composer (d. 1849)
- October 15 – Bernhard Henrik Crusell, clarinettist and composer (d. 1838)
- October 21 – Giuseppe Baini, composer and music critic (d. 1844)
- October 30 – Catterino Cavos, organist, conductor and composer (d. 1840)
- December 16 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, composer (d. 1834)
- December 25 – Antun Sorkočević, writer, composer and diplomat (d. 1841)
- September 17 – Margrethe Schall, ballerina (d. 1852)
- date unknown
- Joseph Antonio Emidy, violinist and composer (d. 1835)
- Andrea Nozzari, operatic tenor (d. 1832)
Deaths
- January 15 – Giovanni Battista Sammartini, organist and composer (b. c. 1700)
- May 1–4? — Francesco Barsanti, composer; recorder & oboe virtuoso (b. 1690)
- May 7 – Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel, organist and composer (b. 1697)
- May 9 – Vittoria Tesi, operatic contralto (b. 1700)
- June 11 – Egidio Duni, composer (b. 1708)
- July 26 – Alessandro Besozzi, oboist and composer (b. 1702)
- November 7 – François Rebel, composer (b. 1701)
- December 9 – Pietro Gnocchi, composer (b. 1689)
- date unknown - Rosa Scarlatti, opera singer (b. 1727)