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| 1711 |
| | | Handel's success in London with his opera Rinaldo prompts him to settle in Britain | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | The symphony begins to develop as a musical form, deriving from the overtures of operas | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | Like the symphony, the string quartet develops during the eighteenth century, moving from simple beginnings to great complexity | |
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| 1720 |
| | | Johann Sebastian Bach compiles the Little Keyboard Book a set of pieces to teach his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | |
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| 1721 |
| | | Johann Sebastian Bach writes the six Brandenburg Concertos for his employer at the court of Köthen | |
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| 1722 |
| | | J.S. Bach publishes The Well-Tempered Clavier, a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues | |
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| 1725 |
| | | Vivaldi publishes the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons | |
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| c. 1727 |
| | | J.S. Bach conducts the first performance of his St Matthew Passion in the St Thomas's church in Leipzig | |
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| 1727 |
| | | Handel composes Zadok the Priest for the crowning of George II, and it has been sung at every subsequent British coronation | |
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| 1730 |
| | | The Italian poet Metastasio produces, in Vienna, opera libretti which are used by almost every composer of the day | |
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