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1755 in music

See also: 1754 in music, other events of 1755, 1756 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• In Britain, William Boyce is appointed Master of the King's Musick

Classical music

• Der Tod Jedu by Carl Heinrich Graun
• Montezuma by Carl Heinrich Graun (libretto by King Frederick II of Prussia)

Opera

• Artaserse by Johann Christian Bach

Births

• May 12 - Giovanni Battista Viotti
• June 1 - Frederico Fiorillo, violinist and composer

Deaths

• August 13 - Francesco Durante
• October 28 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
• November 25 - Johann Georg Pisendel