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

Events

• September - Leopold Mozart is expelled from the Benedictine University of Salzburg for poor attendance.

Classical music

• Johann Sebastian Bach - Clavier Übung, book 3, a collection of organ music
• George Frederic Handel - Israel in Egypt, an oratorio, premièred in London

Opera

• Domenico Alberti - Olimpiade
• Leonardo Leo - La Finta Frascatana
• Giovanni Battista Pescetti - Angelica e Medoro
• Pietro Pulli - Il carnevale e la pazzia
• Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Dardanus
  • Les Fêtes d'Hébé

Births

• November 2 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer (died 1799)

Deaths

• April - Giovanni Antonio Canuti, composer
• July 24 - Benedetto Marcello, composer (born 1686)
• September 12 - Reinhard Keiser, composer (born 1674)
• date unknown
  • Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, organist, son of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1715)
  • Jean-Adam Guilain, organist and harpsichordist (born c. 1680)