1774 in music
Events
Opera
- Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 11
- Johann Christian Bach – Symphony in B-flat major, W.B 17
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major, F.9
- Josse-François-Joseph Benaut – Mass in C major
- Ernst Eichner – 2 Harpsichord Concertos, Op. 5
- Joseph Haydn
- *Baryton Trio in D major, Hob.XI:34
- *Great Organ Mass
- Niccolò Jommelli – Pietà Signore, H.Anh.42
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- *Concertone in C major, K.190/186E
- *March in D major, K.237/189c
- *Symphony No. 29 in A
- *Symphony No. 30
- Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges
- *2 Violin Concertos, Op. 3
- *2 Violin Concertos, Op. 4
- Carl Stamitz
- *Concerto for Viola No. 1 in D major
- *6 Quartets, Op. 4
- Johann Adolph Hasse – Il Ciclope
Methods and theory writings
Births
- February 16 – Pierre Rode, violinist, composer,
- March 5 – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
- April 17 – Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek, organist and composer
- October 7 – Ferdinando Orlandi, composer
- October 23 – René de Chazet, librettist and writer
- November 14 – Gaspare Spontini, composer
- November 18 – William Horsley, composer
- December 20 – Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer
Deaths
- January 20 – Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, 44
- January 30
- *Jean-Pierre Guignon, French composer
- *Frantisek Tuma, composer, 69
- July 1 – Wenceslaus Wodiczka, violinist and composer
- July 7 – Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer
- August 25 – Niccolò Jommelli, composer, 59
- December 2 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer, 54