Birthdays in Music
- May 2 Vicente Martín y Soler, Valencian composer, born in Valencia, Spain (d. 1806)
- May 12 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer, born in Rottenburg am Neckar, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1812)
- May 15 Pierre Dutillieu, composer
- May 20 Hans Gram, Danish-born American composer (d. 1804)
- May 24 Giacomo Conti, Italian composer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 1805)
Deaths in Music
- May 16 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian composer, dies at 76