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Georg Philipp Telemann matriculates in law at the University Of Leipzig . In the same year, he meets George Frideric Handel for the first time.

Founding of the Slovenian Philharmonic Society (orchestra)

In a competition held in Dorset Gardens, London, for the best musical setting of the masque 'The Judgement of Paris' by William Congreve , John Weldon emerges victorious, with John Eccles second and Daniel Purcell third.

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

CLASSICAL MUSIC

''XII Suonate a tre, due violini et violoncello col basso per l'organo'' - Giovanni Henrico Albicastro

''12 Baletti de Camera'' - Tomaso Albinoni

OPERA

Daniel Eccles - ''Acis and Galantea''

Reinhard Keiser - ''Störtebecker und Jödge Michaels''

BIRTHS

January 10 - Johann Caspar Simon , organist and composer

September 22 - Anna Magdalena Bach , second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach , to whom he dedicated several of his works

DEATHS

October 13 - Andreas Anton Schmelzer , composer