1770 in music

Events

January 20 – The new Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), the first purpose-built opera house in Paris, designed by Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux, is inaugurated with a performance of Rameau's Zoroastre.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 16 – The new Opéra royal de Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, is inaugurated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Ballet is performed in Oslo for the first time, by Madame Stuart.
Musikalisches Vielerley is published; a collection of pieces from various composers, edited by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Hamburg: Michael Christian Bock).

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Fantasia in D minor, H.224
Johann Christian Bach
- 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 7
- 6 Quartets, Op. 8
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in D major, G.479
Joseph Haydn – Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:2
Gabriele Leone – Six sonatas for mandolin and bass marked with signs according to the new method, Op. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony 11
Pietro Nardini – Sonatas for 2 Flutes/Violins and Basso Continuo

William Billings – The New England Psalm Singer, featuring the song Chester.

February 18 – Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer (died 1846)
February 20 – Ferdinando Carulli, composer (died 1841)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 22 – Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer<ref>Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, Harvard, 1996, p. 952.</ref> (died 1839)
February 26 – Antoine Reicha, composer (died 1836)
May 19 – Antoine-Charles Glachant, violinist and composer (died 1851)
June 4 – James Hewitt, composer (died 1827)
November 8 – Friedrich Witt, composer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (died 1836)
November 29 – Peter Hänsel, composer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 13 – John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer (died 1836)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 15 or December 16 (baptized on December 17) – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer and pianist (died 1827)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
December 17 – Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer