Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume. Macmillan. p. 324. Bertil van Boer (5 April 2012). Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical...

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Events from the year 1766 in Russia Monarch – Catherine II Russian Theatre was founded. Assembly of the Nobility was founded. Gorodetsk was renamed to...

publications of 1766. Early – The young Fanny Burney pays one of many visits to Samuel Crisp, a frustrated author and friend of her father living in retirement...

Charleston, South Carolina, named for the traditional patron saint of music, was formed in 1766 as a private subscription concert organization. Over the next...

The year 1766 in science and technology involved some significant events. Lagrange submits a paper on the movements of Jupiter's satellites to the French...

Gerstenberg begins publication of his Briefe über Merkwürdigkeiten der Litteratur in which he formulates the literary principles of Sturm und Drang. Mark Akenside...

Samuel Wesley (24 February 1766 – 11 October 1837) was an English organist and composer in the late Georgian period. Wesley was a contemporary of Mozart...

Women in music perform a variety of roles and make a wide range of contributions. Women shape music movements, events, and genres as composers, songwriters...