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1725
 
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Vivaldi publishes the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons       
c. 1727
 
    
J.S. Bach conducts the first performance of his St Matthew Passion in the St Thomas's church in Leipzig       
1727
 
     
Handel composes Zadok the Priest for the crowning of George II, and it has been sung at every subsequent British coronation        
1732
 
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With the performance of Esther Handel taps a rich new vein, the English oratorio        
173538
 
    
The Asam brothers build at their own expense the tiny and brilliant baroque church of St John Nepomuk, attached to their own house in Munich       
1744
 
   
J.S. Bach publishes another set of 24 Preludes and Fugues, as an addition to his previous Well-Tempered Clavier      
1746
 
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Frederick the Great begins to build the summer palace of Sans Souci at Potsdam       
1749
 
    
Shortly before his death (in 1750) J.S. Bach completes his Mass in B Minor, worked on over many years       
1751
 
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By the time of his death the prolific output of Domenico Scarlatti includes 555 sonatas, all but a few for his own instrument, the harpsichord