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EVENTS

Johann Friedrich Agricola arrives in Berlin to study musical composition under Johann Joachim Quantz .

Antonio Vivaldi leaves Venice for Vienna, but dies shortly after his arrival.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

''Goldberg Variations'' by Johann Sebastian Bach

''The Messiah'' composed by George Frideric Handel

OPERA

Christoph Willibald Gluck - ''Artaserse''

Giovanni Battista Lampugnani - ''Arsace''

BIRTHS

February 8 - André Grétry , composer

May 9 - Giovanni Paisiello , composer

May 23 - Andrea Luchesi , composer

Anton Zimmermann , composer

DEATHS

February 13 - Johann Joseph Fux , composer

July 28 , Antonio Vivaldi , composer