- Jan 1 Giovanni Furno, Italian composer and music teacher in Naples, born in Capua, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1837)
- Jan 9 Stefan Paluselli, Austrian choirmaster, composer, and monk, born in Kurtatsch, South Tyrol (d. 1805)
- Jan 22 Lewis Edson, early American composer, born in Bridgewater, Colony of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
- Jan 26 Emanuel Aloys Förster, Bohemian composer and music teacher, born in Niederstaina, Kingdom of Prussia (now Ścinawka Dolna, Poland) (d. 1823)
- Feb 2 Christian Gottfried Thomas, German composer, publisher, and musicologist, born in Wehrsdorf, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1806)
- Feb 5 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer, conductor and tutor of Ludwig van Beethoven, born in Shimnitz, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1798)
- Mar 5 William Shield, English violist, violinist, and composer (Master of the King's Music, 1817-29), born in Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England (d. 1829)
- Apr 7 Georg Wenzel Ritter, German bassoonist, composer, and friend of Wolfgang Mozart, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1808)
- Apr 20 Georg Michael Telemann, German composer, born in Plön, Germany (d. 1831)
- Apr 20 Guillaume Albert Teniers, Flemish composer, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1820)
- Apr 28 Lorenz Justinian Ott, German composer, born in Dietfurt, Germany (d. 1805)
- Jul 21 Louis-Henry Paisible, French composer, born in Saint Cloud, Paris (d. 1782)
- Aug 3 Carl Ludwig Junker, German composer, born in Kirchberg an der Jagst, Schwäbisch Hall, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1797)
- Aug 4 Maximilian Stadler, Austrian pianist and composer and Benedictine monk, born in Melk, Austria (d. 1833)
- Aug 6 Bernhard Haltenberger, German composer, born in Schongau, Electorate of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1780)
- Aug 11 Joseph Schuster, German composer, born in DresdenSaxony (now Germany) (d. 1812)
- Aug 31 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, French ballet dancer and composer, born in Paris (d. 1820)
- Sep 14 Johann Paul Schulthesius, German composer, born in Neustadt bei Coburg, Germany (d. 1816)
- Sep 17 Robert Wainwright, English composer and church organist, baptized in Manchester, England (d. 1782)
- Sep 24 Philipp Meissner, German composer, born in Burgpreppach, Bavaria (d. 1816)
- Sep 28 Johann Michael Demmler, German composer, born in Hiltenfingen, Swabia, Germany (d. 1785)
- Oct 8 Franz Seydelmann, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1806)
- Nov 1 Christoph Rheineck, German composer, born in Memmingen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1797)
- Nov 23 Etienne Joseph Floquet, French opera composer, born in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1785)
- Dec 16 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, Flemish harpsichordist, organist and composer, baptized in Brussels (d. 1809)
- Dec 27 William Marshall, Scottish fiddle composer (The Marchioness of Huntly; The Nameless Lassie), music publisher (A Collection of Strathspey Reels), and clockmaker, born in Fochabers, Scotland (d. 1833)
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