1764 in music

Events

April 10 – The Mozart family set out for London, where the 8-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart meets Johann Christian Bach and writes his First Symphony.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Autumn – Following the death of his patron Keyserlingk, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach leaves his post as organist at Halle.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
date unknown – The castrato Domenico Annibali retires from the stage.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf becomes Kapellmeister at the court of Adam Patachich in Großwardein, replacing Michael Haydn and restructuring the orchestra of the bishop's palace.

The Temple of Comus or Every Gentleman and Lady's Beard, Brent and Lowe: Being Songs for the Year 1764<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Johann Christian Bach – 6 Keyboard Trios, Op. 2
Michel Corrette – Carillon, ajouté à la Messe des Morts de Gilles
Joseph Haydn
- Symphony No.14 in A major
- Symphony No.15 in D major
- Symphony No.21 in A major
- Symphony no 22 ("Philosopher")<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Symphony No.23 in G major
- Symphony No.24 in D major
- Divertimento in C major Hob. XIV:4
- Qual dubbio o(r)mai
Michael Haydn – Trumpet Concerto<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ignacio de Jerusalem – Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe<ref name="Publishing1998">Template:Cite book</ref>
Joseph Kelway – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K.8
- Violin Sonata in C major, K.14
- Symphony No.1 in E-flat major, K.16
Johann Baptist Georg Neruda – 6 Trio Sonatas
Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli - Six sonates d'un goût agréable..., published posthumously
Johann Schobert – 3 Harpsichord Quartets, Op. 7

Daniel Bayley – A New and Compleat Introduction to the Grounds and Rules of Musick<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
L'Abbé Duval – Principes de la musique pratique
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Traité des accords et de leur succession selon le système de la Basse-fondamentale
Valentin Roeser – Essai d'instruction à l'usage de ceux qui composent pour la clarinette et le cor
Francisco Inácio Solano – Template:Lang

January 13 – Franz Lauska, Moravian pianist, composer and teacher (died 1825)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 1 – Jeremiah Ingalls, composer of the First New England School (died 1838)
March 2 – Hélène de Montgeroult, composer and pianist (died 1836)
May 15 – Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer (died 1827)
September 11 – Valentino Fioravanti, composer (died 1837)
October 21 – János Bihari, Hungarian Romani violinist (died 1827)
November 30 – Franz Xaver Gerl, composer (died 1827)
unknown date
- Alexander Campbell, musician and writer (died 1824)
- Vincenzo Fabrizi, composer
probable
- Bernard Lorenziti, French composer (died after 1815)
- Jan Šťastný, cellist and composer (died c.1830)

March 30 – Pietro Locatelli, violinist and composer (born 1695)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 17
- Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich, composer (born 1687)
- Johann Mattheson, German musicologist (born 1681)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
buried June 6 – Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, German composer, son of Johann Pachelbel (born c.1686)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 10 – Giovanni Antonio Giay, composer (born 1690)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 12 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (born 1683)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 22 – Jean-Marie Leclair, composer (born 1697; murdered)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 23 – Pierre-Charles Roy, librettist and poet (born 1683)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
date unknown
- Josep Mir i Llussà, Catalan composer and maestro de capilla (born 1700)<ref>Enciclopèdia Espasa Vol. 35, page 766 (Template:ISBN)</ref>
- Lorenzo Zavateri, violinist and composer (born 1690) <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>