1758 in music
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Events
- The first manual on the guitar is published in the English language
- William Boyce becomes organist of the Chapel Royal
Popular music
- None listed
Opera
- L'île de Merlin - Christoph Willibald Gluck
Classical music
- None listed
Births
- August 25 - Franz Teyber, composer
- October 7 - Paul Anton Wineberger, composer
- December 11 - Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer
- unknown date - Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer
- unknown date - Francesco Galeazzi, composer
- unknown date - Constantine Bellermann, composer
Deaths
- March 22 - Richard Leveridge, opera singer
- April 24 - Florian Wrastill, composer
- December 5 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
- unknown date - Johann Hemlich Roman, composer
