- Jan 4 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court) composer and organist, born in Dobitschen, Thuringia (d. 1774)
- Jan 17 Jean-Joseph Vadé, French songwriter, poet, and playwright, born in Ham, France (d. 1757)
- May 21 Antonio Corbisiero, Italian Baroque composer, born in Marzano di Nola, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1790)
- Aug 10 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer of Schauensee, Swiss composer and organist, born in Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 1789)
- Aug 11 Martin Gerbert, German composer, music historian and Benedictine abbot, born in Horb am Neckar, Duchy of Württemberg (now Germany) (d. 1793)
- Aug 20 Bernard de Bury, French musician and composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1785)
- Sep 22 Adolph Carl Kunzen, German composer, born in Wittenberg (d. 1781)
- Oct 17 Maria Teresa Agnesi, Italian harpsichodist, singer, and composer, born in Milan, Habsburg Empire (now Italy) (d. 1795)
- Nov 16 Charles-Antoine Campion, Italian composer, born in Lunéville, Lorraine, France (d. 1788)
- Dec 4 Jean-Jacques Robson, Flemish composer, born in Dendermonde, Belgium (d. 1785)
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