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EVENTS

George Frideric Handel becomes musical director of the Royal Academy Of Music . Giovanni Bononcini is brought to London to compose for the Academy.

Alessandro Scarlatti arrives in Rome.

Domenico Scarlatti becomes kapellmeister to João V Of Portugal .

Johann Mattheson becomes kapellmeister to the Duke of Holstein.

Giuseppe Pitoni becomes choirmaster of St Peter's in Rome.

Francesco Veracini performs at the palace of Moritzburg for the wedding of the Crown Prince to Maria Josepha.

Antonio Stradivarius makes the "Duke of Marlborough" cello.

In Japan , the Kumiodori dance form is created by Chokun Tamagusuku .

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

''Mother Goose's Melodies For Children'' - Thomas Fleet

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Brandenburg Concerto no 4''

OPERA

Alessandro Scarlatti - ''Marco Attilio Regolò''

Antonio Vivaldi - ''Il Teuzzone''; ''Tito Manlio'' -

BIRTHS

January 17 - Jean-Joseph Vade , composer

April 17 - Christian Gottfried Krause , composer

September 3 - Ferdinand Zellbell , composer

October 26 - Joaquin De Oxinaga , composer

November 10 - Georg Philipp Kress , composer

November 14 Leopold Mozart , Baroque Composer

December 24 - Johann Christoph Altnikol , composer

DEATHS

February 25 - Giovanni Maria Casini , composer

April 15 - Johann Friedrich Treiber , composer

July 26 - Johann Georg Christian Storl , composer