1771 in music

See also: 1770 in music, other events of 1771, 1772 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Foundation of the Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Opera

• "Annibale in Torino" by Giovanni Paisiello
• "Armida" by Antonio Salieri
• "Ruggiero" by Johann Adolph Hasse

Classical music

• Symphonies no 12, 13 and 14 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Symphony in D major, Op. 12 no 1/G 503, Symphony in E flat major, Op. 12 no 2/G 504 and Symphony in C major, Op. 12 no 3/G 505 by Luigi Boccherini

Births

• February 9 – Daniel Belknap, composer
• February 18 – Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer
• February 24 – Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist
• March 1 – Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer
• April 19 – Giuseppe Cartufo, composer
• April 29 – Matthaus Stegmayer, composer
• May 1 – George Guest, composer
• August 22 – Jan Joseph Rosler, composer
• November 17 – Jonathan Huntington, composer

Deaths

• June 23 – Jean-Claude Trial, composer
• October 14 – Franz Xaver Brixi, composer
• October 18 – Robert Praelisauer, composer
• October 27 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer
• November 18 – Giuseppe de Majo, composer