1783 in music
Events
Classical music
- Johann Adolph Hasse - Missa Ultima in g minor
- Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 Symphonies, Op. 17
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger – Mass in D major
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – 2 Sonaten, 2 Fantasien und 3 Rondos für Kenner und Liebhaber, Wq.58
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Three Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 ("Kurfuerstensonaten") in E-flat, F, and D
- Muzio Clementi
- *3 Piano Sonatas, Op.9
- *3 Piano Sonatas, Op.10
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Six Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphoses
- Jane Mary Guest – 6 Sonatas, Op. 1
- Joseph Haydn
- *Baryton Trio Hob. XI:101, 103, and 108
- *Cello Concerto in D
- Michael Haydn – Symphony in E-flat major
- Anton Kraft – 3 Cello Sonatas, Op. 2
- Joseph Martin Kraus – String Quartets, Op.1
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- *Luci care, luci belle, K.346/439a
- *Mia speranza adorata, K.416
- *Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio, K.418
- *Duo for Violin and Viola, K.423
- *Duo for Violin and Viola, K.424
- *Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425
- *Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
- *Così dunque tradisci, K.432/421a
- *Ecco quel fiero istante, K.436
- *Mi lagnerò tacendo, K.437
- *Due pupille amabili, K.439
- *Country Dance in G major, K.610
- Giovanni Paisiello – La passione di Gesù Cristo
- Antonio Rosetti – Sextet in D major, M.B24/II:19
- Daniel Gottlob Türk – 12 Leichte Klaviersonaten
- Giovanni Battista Viotti
- *Concerto for Piano No. 7 in G
- *Violin Concerto No.10 in B-flat major
- Samuel Wesley – ''Magnificat''
Opera
- "I had a horse, I had nae mair", "The Rigs o' Barley", and other songs by Robert Burns
Methods and theory writings
- Anton Bemetzrieder
- * Abstract of the Talents and Knowledge of a Musician
- * New Lessons for the Harpsichord
- Johann Michael Weissbeck – Protestationschrift oder Exemplarische Widerlegung
- Georg Friedrich Wolf – Kurzer aber deutlicher Unterricht im Klavierspielen
Births
- January 12 – Erik Gustaf Geijer, writer and composer
- January 20 – Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer
- January 26 – Helmina von Chézy, librettist
- February 9 – Vasily Zhukovsky, librettist and poet
- February 15 – Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer
- March 8 – Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, German composer
- March 26 – Johann Baptist Weigl, composer
- April 21 – Reginald Heber, librettist and clergyman
- May 10 – Niccola Benvenuti, composer
- May 14 – Jacques Jules Bouffil, composer and musician
- May 22 – Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer
- June 29 – August Alexander Klengel, pianist, organist and composer
- September 23 – Jane Taylor, librettist and poet
- October 13 – Frantiszek Soltyk, composer
- December 14 – Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer
- December 28 – Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg, composer
- date unknown – Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau, French librettist
Deaths
- January 5 – Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt, flautist, music theorist and composer
- January 10 – Phanuel Bacon, librettist and writer
- January 14 – Giacobbe Cervetto, cellist and composer
- January 31 – Caffarelli, castrato singer
- February 10 – James Nares, composer
- February 21 – Richard Duke, violin maker
- March 1 – Thomas Lowe, tenor
- March 23 – Gaspard Fritz, composer
- April 7 – Franz Johann Habermann, composer
- April 7 – Ignaz Holzbauer, composer
- May 11 – Juliane Reichardt, composer and pianist
- May 18 – Lucrezia Aguiari, coloratura soprano
- July 27 – Johann Kirnberger, music theorist/violist
- October 7 – William Tans'ur, composer, teacher and arranger of hymn tunes
- October 29 – Jean le Rond d'Alembert, music theorist and philosopher
- November 3 – Charles Collé, songwriter
- December 16 – Johann Adolph Hasse, singer, composer and music teacher
- December 20 – Antonio Soler, composer