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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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| 1732 |
| | | With the performance of Esther Handel taps a rich new vein, the English oratorio | |
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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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| 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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| 1749 |
| | | Shortly before his death (in 1750) J.S. Bach completes his Mass in B Minor, worked on over many years | |
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| 1751 |
| | | 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 | |
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| 1761 |
| | | Joseph Haydn enters the service of the Esterházy family, and stays with them for twenty-nine years | |
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| 1762 |
| | | Johann Sebastian Bach's youngest son, Johann Christian, moves to London and becomes known as the English Bach | |
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