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EVENTS

George Frideric Handel re-locates to London.

Johann Georg Pisendel joins the court orchestra at Dresden .

CLASSICAL MUSIC

"The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare" (hymn) by Joseph Addison with music by Henry Carey

''Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo'' by Benedetto Marcello

''Il trionfo della innocenza patrocinata da S. NiccoI'' (oratorio) - Francesco Maria Veracini

"1712 Overture" by P.D.Q. Bach

OPERA

André Campra - ''Idomenée''

George Frideric Handel - '' Il Pastor Fido ''

Antonio Lotti - ''Porsenna''

BIRTHS

January 17 - John Stanley

January 24 - Frederick II Of Prussia , enthusiastic amateur musician

March 13 - Isfrid Kayser , composer

June 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau , polymath

July - John Hebden , musician and composer

December 1 - Bernhard Christian Weber

DEATHS

April 29 - Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles , composer

August 4 - Johann Jacob De Neufville , composer

August 7 - Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau , organist at Halle

August 24 - Thomas Bullis , composer

August 26 - Sebastian Anton Scherer , composer

September 30 - Johann Michael Zacher , composer

November 6 - Johann Bernhard Staudt , composer

''date unknown'' - Carlo Alessandro Guidi , poet and songwriter