1771 in music

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Events

Foundation of the Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Chevalier de Saint-Georges is appointed maestro of the Concert des Amateurs in Paris.
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf becomes Hoffkomponist (court composer) to Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau, at château Jánský Vrch (Johannesberg) in Javorník.

Luigi Boccherini
- String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275) (with the famous minuet)
- Symphony in D major, Op. 12 no 1/G 503
- Symphony in E flat major, Op. 12 no 2/G 504
- Symphony in C major, Op. 12 no 3/G 505
Joseph Haydn – Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No. 12
- Symphony No. 13
- Symphony No. 14
- Divertimento No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 113
- Regina Coeli for soprano, chorus and orchestra in C major, K. 108/74d
- Litaniae Lauretanae in B-flat major, K. 109/74e
- Betulia liberata, oratorio K. 118/74c
Josef Mysliveček – Veni sponsa Christi

February 9 – Daniel Belknap, composer (d. 1815)
February 24 – Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist (d. 1858)
March 21 – Thomas John Dibdin, dramatist and songwriter (d. 1841)
September 17 – Johann August Apel, librettist (d. 1816)
October 1 – Pierre Baillot, violinist and composer (d. 1842)
October 29 – Anna Leonore König, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (d. 1854)
November 17 – Jonathan Huntington, composer (d. 1838)
date unknown – Marie Antoinette Petersén, singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (d. 1855)