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Contents 1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• Georg Philipp Telemann visits Eisenach, resulting in an appointment as visiting Kapellmeister.
• Jonathan Swift conceives the idea for the Beggar's Opera.
• Giuseppe Tartini hears Francesco Maria Veracini play the violin, and is inspired.

Classical music

• Musette (Les festes de l'été) - Michel Montéclair
• Ombre tacite e sole - Alessandro Scarlatti
• Concerto for 3 Trumpets, 2 Oboes, Timpani and Strings in D major - Telemann
• Overture no 5 in B flat major - Veracini
• 6 Violin Sonatas (Opus 5) - Antonio Vivaldi

Opera

• Antonio Maria Bononcini - Sesostri re d'Egitto
• Johann Christoph Pepusch - Apollo and Daphne
• Antonio Vivaldi - Arsilda Regina di Ponto and La Constanza

Births

• February 9 - Johann Trier, composer
• April 12 - Felice de Giardini, violinist and composer

Deaths

• exact date unknown - Johann Aegidus Bach, organist and uncle of Johann Sebastian