Feb 2 Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (Weihnachtsoratorium), born in Rosenthal, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1785)
Mar 8 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of J. S. Bach, born in Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1788)
Mar 24 Carlo Giovanni Testori, Italian violinist, composer, pedagogue, and musicologist (La musica raggionata), born in Vercelli, Kingdom of Venice (d. 1782)
Jul 2 Christoph Willibald Gluck, Austrian composer (Il re pastore), born in Weidenwang, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1787)
Sep 10 Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer, born in Aversa, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1774)
Dec 23 Johann Siebenkas, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1781)
Dec 24 Rainieri de' Calzabigi, Italian poet and librettist, born in Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1795)