Musicians Born in 1734

  • Jan 13 Luca Sorkočević, Croatian nobleman and composer (composed 1st Croatian symphony), born in Dubrovnik, Republic of Rugosa (now Croatia) (d. 1789)
  • Jan 17 François-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs; Mirza), born in Vergnies, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1829)
  • Jan 31 Julien-Amable Mathieu, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1811)
  • Feb 20 Franz Ignaz Beck, German violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1809)
  • Mar 18 Joseph Schmitt, German-Dutch composer, born in Gernsheim, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1791)
  • Jun 15 Johann Ernst Altenburg, German composer, organist and trumpeter, born in Weißenfels (d. 1801)
  • Jun 28 Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, French composer, born in Abbeville, Hauts-de-France, France (d. 1794)
  • Jul 27 Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer, born in Prevoje pri Šentvidu, Venetian Slovenia (d. 1810)
  • Sep 5 Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1794)
  • Nov 25 Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, German composer, born in Niedergebra, Nordhausen, Germany (d. 1792)
  • Dec 17 Georg Peter Weimar, German cantor and composer, born in Stotternheim (d. 1800)
  • Dec 18 Jean-Baptiste Rey, French conductor (Paris Opera) and composer, born in Lauzerte, France (d. 1810)