Musicians Born in 1778

  • Jan 5 Fortunato Santini, Italian priest and composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1861)
  • Jan 13 Anton Fischer, German composer, born in Ried, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1808)
  • Feb 12 Franz Joseph Volkert, Austrian composer, conductor and organist, born in Vienna (d. 1845)
  • Feb 14 Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitarist, and composer (Twelve Studies), baptized in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1839)
  • Mar 8 Friedrich August Kanne, Austrian-German composer, born in Delitzsch, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1833)
  • Apr 6 Joseph Funk, early American composer, born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1862)
  • May 8 Johann Baptist Gansbacher, Austrian composer, born in Sterzing, Tyrol, Italy (d. 1844)
  • May 28 Friedrich Westenholz, German composer, musicologist, and educator, born in Ludwigslust, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1840)
  • Jul 7 Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, Italian-French composer and music publisher, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1866)
  • Jul 10 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer and royal chaplain master, born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1858)
  • Jul 29 Carl Borromaus Neuner, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1830)
  • Aug 13 George Bridgetower, Polish-African violinist (musical prodigy and friend of Beethoven), born in Eastern Poland (d. 1860) [1]
  • Sep 3 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, French violinist and composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1832)
  • Nov 14 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian piano virtuoso and composer, born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) (d. 1837)