1759 in music

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Events

• Johann Friedrich Agricola was appointed by Frederick II to the Prussian court music.
• Tommaso is Traetta court composer in Parma.

Opera

• Johann Ernst Eberlin - Il Demofoonte
• Florian Leopold Gassmann - Gli uccellatori
• Christoph Willibald Gluck - L' Arbre enchantée; Cythère Assiégée
• Tommaso Traetta - Ippolito ed Aricia

Instrumental music

• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - 18 pieces for musical clock, F. 207
• François Joseph Gossec - Be a symphony più stromenti, op.4
• Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 1 in D Major

Born

• January 25 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet († 1796)
• 31 January - François Devienne, French composer and flautist († 1803)
• March 2 - Friedrich Haeffner, Swedish composer († 1833)
• April 18 - Jacques Widerkehr, French composer and cellist († 1823)
• May 24 - Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, German composer († 1845)
• July 19 - Marianne Auenbrugger, Austrian pianist and composer († 1782 )
• November 3 - Giuseppe Gherardeschi, Italian conductor, organist and composer († 1815)
• November 27 - Franz Krommer, Czech violinist and composer († 1831)

Died

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