Jan 3 Luca Antonio Predieri, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 78 Apr 7 Franz Sparry, Austrian composer, dies at 51 May 18 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, German composer, dies of a fever at 28 Jun 25 Georg Philipp Telemann, German late baroque composer, dies at 86 Aug 28 Johann Schobert, German-French composer, dies after eating poison mushrooms at about 32 Oct 18 Joseph Paul Ziegler, Austrian composer, dies at 45 1766 Deaths in Music by Year 1768 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers