Overview of the events of 1761 in music
- Mme Papavoine – '"Reviens, aimable Thémire" (Paris)
- John Parry – A collection of Welsh, English & Scotch airs with new variations, also four new lessons for the harp or harpsichord... to which are added twelve airs for the guitar (London: John Johnson)
- Thomas Arne – Judith (oratorio) (first published; first performed 1744)[1]
- Charles Avison – 6 Sonatas for Harpsichord, 2 Violins and Cello, Op. 8
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- La Philippine, H.96
- La Gabriel, H.97
- La Caroline, H.98
- La Complaisante, H.109
- La Louise, H.114
- La Xénophon et la Sybille, H.123
- L'Ernestine, H.124
- Christoph Willibald Gluck – Don Juan (ballet)
- François Joseph Gossec – Sei sinfonie a più stromenti, Op. 5
- Joseph Haydn
- Michael Haydn – Symphony in C major
- Gottfried August Homilius – 32 Praeludia zu geistlichen Liedern vor zwey Claviere und Pedal
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart –
- Andante in C major for harpsichord, K. 1a
- Allegro in C major for harpsichord, K. 1b
- Allegro in F major for harpsichord, K. 1c
- Minuet in F major for harpsichord, K. 1d
- Simon Simon – Pièces de clavecin, Op. 1
- Ludwig Zoschinger – Concors digitorum discordia seu 4 Partiæ
- Johann Adolph Hasse
Methods and theory writings
[edit]- January 20 – Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer (died 1825)
- January 22 – Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, biographer of Mozart (died 1826)
- January 23 – Friedrich von Matthisson, librettist (died 1831)
- January 26 – Jens Zetlitz, songwriter (died 1821)
- February 15 – Jacob Kimball, Jr., composer (died 1826)
- February 20 – Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille, pianist and composer
- February 22 – Erik Tulindberg, composer (died 1814)
- April 20 – Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
- May 3 – August von Kotzebue, librettist (died 1819)
- June 13 – Antonín Vranický or Wranitzky, violinist and composer (died 1820)
- June 15 – Charles Henry Wilton, British musician (died 1832)
- July 20 – Joseph Lefebvre, composer
- September 24 – F.L.Æ. Kunzen, composer
- October 9 – Pierre Gaveaux, composer and operatic tenor (died 1825)
- date unknown
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