Overview of the events of 1770 in music
Events
Classical music
Methods and theory writings
Johann Caspar Heck – The Art of Playing the Harpsichord John Holden – An Essay Towards a Rational System of Music
Operas
Published popular music
Births
February 18 – Christian Heinrich Rinck , composer (died 1846 )February 20 – Ferdinando Carulli , composer (died 1841 )[ 4] February 22 – Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek , composer[ 5] 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[ 6] 1836 )November 29 – Peter Hänsel , composer[ 7] December 13 – John Clarke-Whitfeld , composer (died 1836 )[ 8] December 15 or December 16 (baptized on December 17) – Ludwig van Beethoven , composer and pianist (died 1827 )[ 9] December 17 – Johann Friedrich Schubert , composer
Deaths
February 26 – Giuseppe Tartini , violinist and composer, 77April 19 – Esprit Antoine Blanchard , composer, 74May 9 – Charles Avison , composer, 61[ 10] October 1 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain , composer, 64December 9 – Gottlieb Muffat , organist and composer, 80[ 11] December 13 – Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz , organ-builder, 61
References
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