(died 1796) October 1 – Anton Adlgasser, composer (died 1777) October 16 – Pierre van Maldere, violinist and composer (died 1768) October 17 – Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer (died 1817) December 1 – Giuseppe Sarti, opera composer (died 1802) December 3 – Antonio Soler, composer (died 1783) Date Unknown Antoine Albanèse, composer (died 1800) John Cunningham, librettist and playwright (died 1773) Pietro Pompeo Sales, composer (died 1797) Ignatius Sancho, composer (died 1780) Deaths January 19 – William Congreve, librettist (born 1670) July 16 – Johann David Heinichen, German composer (born 1683) June 27 – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist and composer (b. 1665) July 31 – Nicola Francesco Haym, Roman opera librettist, composer and bibliographer working in London (born 1678) September 17 – Giovanni Antonio Guido, composer (born 1680) November 22 – Pieter Bustijn, composer (born 1648) date unknown Attilio Ariosti, Bolognese composer working in London (born 1666) Liebhold, composer (born c. 1670) Vaughan Richardson, composer and organist References 18th century in music Music by year