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| 1725 |
| | | Vivaldi publishes the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons | |
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| c. 1727 |
| | | J.S. Bach conducts the first performance of his St Matthew Passion in the St Thomas's church in Leipzig | |
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| 1727 |
| | | Handel composes Zadok the Priest for the crowning of George II, and it has been sung at every subsequent British coronation | |
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| 1730 |
| | | The Italian poet Metastasio produces, in Vienna, opera libretti which are used by almost every composer of the day | |
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| 1731 |
| | | The Flemish-born sculptor Michael Rysbrack creates a momument to Newton in Westminster Abbey | |
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| 1732 |
| | | With the performance of Esther Handel taps a rich new vein, the English oratorio | |
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| c. 1740 |
| | | Italian dramatist Carlo Goldoni makes a success of plays in the ancient commedia dell'arte tradition | |
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| 1741 |
| | | J.S. Bach publishes his set of Goldberg Variations, supposedly written for performance by the young harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg | |
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| 1741 |
| | | Venice's new theatre, the Teatro Novissimo, has machinery which can change the scenes in the blink of an eye | |
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| 1744 |
| | | J.S. Bach publishes another set of 24 Preludes and Fugues, as an addition to his previous Well-Tempered Clavier | |
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