1772 in music
music-related events during 1772
Events
January 1 – "At length the fleeting Year is o'er", a setting by William Boyce of an ode by William Whitehead, receives its first public performance, at St James's Palace in London, England.
January 2 – The funeral of Sigismund von Schrattenbach, Archbishop of Salzburg, is the occasion for the first performance of Michael Haydn's Missa pro defunctis Archespiscopo.
March 13 – Florian Leopold Gassmann replaces Georg Reutter II as Hofkapellmeister to the court of Emperor Joseph II in Vienna.
May 11 – A fire at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels causes performances by Opéra flamand to be cancelled.
June 5 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is ennobled by Empress Maria Theresa.
date unknown
Carl Stamitz is resident composer at Versailles.
Dr Charles Burney visits Johann Baptist Wanhal in Vienna.
Ignaz Pleyel becomes a pupil of Joseph Haydn.
Classical music
Johann Christian Bach – Symphonie Concertante in G C32
Luigi Boccherini
6 String Quintets, G.277-282 (Op.13)
6 String Trios, G.95-100 (Op.14)
6 String Quartets G. 177-182 (Op. 15)
6 Cello Sonatas
Christian Cannabich – Symphony No.
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