1751 in music
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Events
- 1751 is the year commonly given as the beginning of the classical era
- The "War of the Buffoons" (La Querelle des Bouffons), concerning the relative merits of French and Italian opera, divides Paris.
- Francesco Geminiani publishes "The Art of Playing on the Violin" in London.
Classical music
- Antoine Dauvergne – Concerts de Simphonies
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Kunst der Fuge with appendix of Chorale prelude BWV 668a (posthumously)
- John Francis Wade – Cantus Diversi including Adeste Fideles ("O Come All Ye Faithful")
Opera
- Johann Adolf Hasse – Ciro Riconosciuto
- Joseph Haydn – Der Krumme Teufel (singspiel)
- Niccolò Jommelli – La villana nobile; Ifigenia in Aulide
- Jean-Philippe Rameau – Acante et Céphise
- Giuseppe Sarti – Pompeo in Armenia
Births
- January 18 – Ferdinand Kauer, pianist and composer (died 1831)
- February 9 – Antoine Bullant, bassoonist and composer (died 1821)
- March 5 – Jan Křtitel Kuchař, composer
- March 29 – Supply Belcher, singer, composer and compiler of tune books (died 1836)
- date unknown – Blas de Laserna, composer
Deaths
- January 17 – Tomaso Albinoni (born 1671)
- February 18 – Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, composer (born 1685)
- May 20 – Domènec Terradellas, composer (born 1713)
- October 2 – Pierre Dumage, organist (born c. 1674)
- date unknown – Henry Reinhold, singer (born c. 1690)
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