1786 in music
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Events
- In Britain, William Parsons succeeds John Stanley as Master of the King's Musick
Classical music
- Der Apotheker und der Doktor, singspiel by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Opera
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) was first performed in Vienna. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.
Symphony
- Symphony no.38 in D 'Prague'. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Births
- November 18 (or December 18) - Carl Maria von Weber
- unknown date - Friedrich Kuhlau
- unknown date - Henry Bishop
Deaths
- January 14 - Michael Arne
- May 19 - John Stanley
- October 6 - Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer