1753 in music

Events

• Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach publishes his treatise, Versuch, including instructions for improvisation.

Classical music

• Der Krumme Teufel (singspiel) by Joseph Haydn

Opera

• Ciro in Armenia by Maria Agnesi
• Daphne et Eglé by Jean-Philippe Rameau
• Les Troqueurs by Antoine Dauvergne

Births

• January 23 - Muzio Clementi, composer (died 1832)
• August 22 - Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer
• November 6 - Jean-Baptiste Breval, cellist and composer (died 1823)
• November 20 - Johann Schenk, composer

Deaths

• May 19 - Jacques Aubert, composer
• August 4 - Gottfried Silbermann, German constructor of keyboard instruments (b. 1683)
• unknown date - Johann Nicolaus Bach, organist and composer, eldest son of Johann Christoph Bach (b. 1669)