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EVENTS

Johann Sebastian Bach marries his second wife, Anna Magdalena .

Antonio Maria Bononcini becomes maestro di cappella in his native city of Modena.

Georg Philipp Telemann becomes director of music in Hamburg .

CLASSICAL MUSIC

'' Brandenburg Concertos'' - Johann Sebastian Bach

''Concerti grossi (12), Op. 1: no 8 in F minor "Christmas Concerto"'' - Pietro Locatelli

OPERA

Filippo Amadei , Giovanni Bononcini & George Frideric Handel - '' Muzio Scevola ''

Nicola Porpora - ''Eumene''

Georg Philipp Telemann - ''Der Geduldige Socrates''

Antonio Vivaldi - ''La Silvia'''

BIRTHS

''exact date unknown'' - Barbara Campanini , dancer

''exact date unknown'' - Johann Wilhelm Hertel , German Composer

DEATHS

Johann Christoph Bach , organist, elder brother of Johann Sebastian