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EVENTS

Arcangelo Corelli begins his friendship with Cristiano Farinelli .

Antonio Stradivari sets up his own business in Cremona.

John Blow is forced out of his job as organist at Westminster Abbey , to make room for Henry Purcell .

Georg Muffat goes to Italy to study organ with Bernardo Pasquini .

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

CLASSICAL MUSIC

OPERA

Antonio Sartorio - ''La Flora''

Alessandro Scarlatti - ''L’Honestà negli amori''

BIRTHS

''date unknown'' - François Campion , guitarist and composer

DEATHS

September 10 - Baldassare Ferri , ''castrato'' singer

''date unknown'' - Johann Heinrich Schmelzer , violinist