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1 Events
2 Classical music
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

Johann Sebastian Bach is presented to King Frederick II of Prussia in Berlin; the king plays a theme for Bach and challenges the musician to improvise a six-part fugue based on it.

Classical music

"Judas Maccabeus" (oratorio) by George Frideric Handel

Births

date unknown - François Tourte, maker of violin bows

Deaths

June 19 - Alessandro Marcello, composer
July 9 - Giovanni Bononcini, composer

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