1762 in music

• 6-year-old Mozart and his older sister Nannerl perform before Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, in Munich and the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in Vienna. • Johann Christian Bach begins composing for the King's Theatre in London; here he meets Carl Friedrich Abel for the first time. He will spend the remaining 20 years of his life in the city. • Michael Haydn moves to Salzburg to become Konzertmeister to the Archbishop. • Death of Le Riche de La Pouplinière, patron of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Stamitz and François-Joseph Gossec. • The first public concert with a glass harmonica is performed by Marianne Davies. == Classical music ==

• Carl Friedrich Abel – Six Overtures in 8 Parts, Op. 4 (London) • Johann Albrechtsberger – Passione Domini • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach • ''L'Aly Rupalich'', H.95 • Harpsichord Concerto in C minor, H.448 • Sonatina in D major, H.449 • Solo für die Harfe H.563 Wq.139 • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Trio in B-flat major, F.50 • Franz Ignaz Beck – 6 Symphonies, Op. 3 • Michel Corrette – 6 Symphonies en Quatuor sur les Noëls • Francesco Geminiani – The Second Collection of Pieces for the Harpsichord (London, arrangements by the composer from Opp.1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and treatises on the violin and the guitar) • Joseph Haydn • Horn Concerto No.1 in D major, Hob.VIId:3 • Baryton Trio in G major, Hob.XI:116 • Symphony No. 9 in C major, Hob.I:9 • Louis Antoine Lefebvre – Andromède (secular cantata) • Leopold Mozart – Sacrament Litany in D • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Minuet in F for Piano, K. 2 • Allegro in B♭ for Piano, K. 3 • Minuet in F for Piano, K. 4 • Minuet in F for Piano, K. 5 • Georg Philipp Telemann – Christmas Oratorio == Opera ==

• Thomas Arne – Artaxerxes • Johann Christian Bach – ''Alessandro nell'Indie'', W.G 3 • Domenico Cimarosa – La Cleopatra • Baldassare Galuppi – Antigono • Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice • Johann Adolf Hasse – Il Trionfo di Clelia • Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny – Le Roi et le Fermier • Johann Gottlieb Naumann – Il tesoro insidiato • Niccolò Piccinni – Il Finto Turco • Giuseppe Sarti – Didone Abbandonata == Methods and theory writings ==

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – '''', Part II • François Clément – '''' • William Riley – Parochial Music Corrected • Antonio Soler – '''' (Madrid: Joachin Ibarra) == Births ==

• January 20 – Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, composer (died 1842) • January 21 – Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer • February 2 – Girolamo Crescentini, composer and castrato (died 1846) • February 19 – Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer • March 13 – Anine Frölich, ballet dancer (d. 1784) • March 24 – Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer • March 25 – Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer • April 4 – Stephen Storace, composer (died 1796) • April 13 – Karl Friedrich Horn, composer • April 26 – Shyama Shastri, composer (died 1827) • June 24 – Johann Paul Wessely, composer • July 4 – Marco Santucci, composer • July 20 – Jakob Haibel, composer • August 10 – Santiago Ferrer, composer • October 15 – Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer (died 1820) • December 25 – Michael Kelly, editor and tenor (died 1826) • December 26 – Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer • unknown date • Giovanna Bassi, ballet dancer • Michel Dieulafoy, French librettist (died 1823) • Christina Fredenheim, singer and member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music (died 1841) == Deaths ==

• January 13 – Leonhard Trautsch, composer • February 11 – Johann Tobias Krebs, composer (born 1690) • February 12 – Laurent Belissen, composer (born 1693) • c. March 25 – Johann Christian Schickhardt, German composer (born c. 1682) • April 2 – Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi, Italian composer (born 1719) • April 23 – Johann Samuel Endler, composer (born 1694) • May 16 – Ernst Christian Hesse, composer (born 1676) • May 24 – Joseph Umstatt, composer (born 1711) • June 19 – Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer (born 1702) • July 5 – Jakob Adlung, organist, instrument maker, music theorist and historian (born 1699) • July 16 – Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, composer (born 1674) • July 20 – Christoph Nichelmann, harpsichordist and composer (born 1717) • July 30 – Johann Valentin Görner, German composer (born 1702) • September 17 – Francesco Geminiani, violinist and composer (born 1687) • October 6 – Francesco Manfredini, composer (born 1684) • November 25 – Jacques-Christophe Naudot, flautist and composer (born c.1690) ==References==