1786 in music

See also: 1785 in music, other events of 1786, 1787 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• In Britain, William Parsons succeeds John Stanley as Master of the King's Musick

Classical music

• Der Apotheker und der Doktor, singspiel by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf

Opera

• Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) was first performed in Vienna. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

Symphony

• Symphony no.38 in D 'Prague'. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Births

• November 18 (or December 18) - Carl Maria von Weber
• unknown date - Friedrich Kuhlau
• unknown date - Henry Bishop

Deaths

• January 14 - Michael Arne
• May 19 - John Stanley
• October 6 - Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer