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c. 1720
 
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Like the symphony, the string quartet develops during the eighteenth century, moving from simple beginnings to great complexity       
1720
 
     
Johann Sebastian Bach compiles the Little Keyboard Book a set of pieces to teach his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach        
1721
 
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Johann Sebastian Bach writes the six Brandenburg Concertos for his employer at the court of Köthen       
1722
 
    
J.S. Bach publishes The Well-Tempered Clavier, a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues       
1725
 
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Vivaldi publishes the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons       
c. 1727
 
    
J.S. Bach conducts the first performance of his St Matthew Passion in the St Thomas's church in Leipzig       
1727
 
     
Handel composes Zadok the Priest for the crowning of George II, and it has been sung at every subsequent British coronation        
1730
 
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The Italian poet Metastasio produces, in Vienna, opera libretti which are used by almost every composer of the day      
1732
 
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With the performance of Esther Handel taps a rich new vein, the English oratorio        
1741
 
    
J.S. Bach publishes his set of Goldberg Variations, supposedly written for performance by the young harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg