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EVENTS

Joseph Benda joins the Prussian royal orchestra.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

'' The Messiah '', an oratorio by George Frideric Handel , was first performed in Dublin

''Peasant Cantata'' by Johann Sebastian Bach

''Kemptener Te Deum'' by Franz Xaver Richter

OPERA

Carl Heinrich Graun - ''Cesare e Cleopatra''

Niccolo Jommelli - ''Don Chichibio''

Gennaro Manna - ''Tito Manlio''

BIRTHS

August 5 - Johann Baptist Krumpholtz , composer

DEATHS

June 28 , Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner , composer

July 12 - Evaristo Felice Dall' Abaco , composer

August 25 - Carlos Seixas , composer