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EVENTS

Johann Sebastian Bach examines the organ at the Johanniskirche, Leipzig

March 23 - English premiere of Handel's ''Messiah'' in London

CLASSICAL MUSIC

''Samson'' (oratorio) by George Frideric Handel

OPERA

''Enrico'' by Baldassare Galuppi

BIRTHS

February 19 - Luigi Boccherini , composer

October 5 - Giuseppe Gazzaniga , composer

DEATHS

February 1 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni

February 7 , Lodovico Giustini , composer

May 11 (probable) - Francesco Stradivari , violin-maker