1741 in music
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Events
- Johann Friedrich Agricola arrives in Berlin to study musical composition under Johann Joachim Quantz.
- Antonio Vivaldi leaves Venice for Vienna, but dies shortly after his arrival.
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Classical music
- Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach
- The Messiah composed by George Frideric Handel
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Opera
- Christoph Willibald Gluck - Artaserse
- Giovanni Battista Lampugnani - Arsace
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Births
- February 8 - André Grétry, composer
- May 9 - Giovanni Paisiello, composer
- May 23 - Andrea Luchesi, composer
- Anton Zimmermann, composer
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Deaths
- February 13 - Johann Joseph Fux, composer
- July 28, Antonio Vivaldi, composer