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September 14, 1752 Pursuant to the British Calendar Act of 1751, the
September 25, 1752 Antonio Soler (22) joins the Hieronymite order at El Escorial and becomes permanent organist.
October 5, 1752
October 18, 1752 As part of the Querelle des Bouffons, Le Devin du village, an intermède by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is performed for the first time, at
November 3, 1752 William Bromfield, surgeon to the Princess of Wales, operates on the eyes of George Frideric Handel (67), perhaps to remove a cataract. The procedure brings temporary relief to the patient but does not last. In August, theGeneral Advertiser reported that the composer suffered a “paralytic Disorder in his Head which has deprived him of sight.”
November 4, 1752 La clemenza di Tito, a dramma per musica by Christoph Willibald Gluck (38) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Carlo,
November 25, 1752 Johann Friedrich Reichardt is born in Königsberg (
December 1, 1752 A new law goes into effect requiring all places of public entertainment within 20 miles (32 km) of the City of
December 8, 1752 The Drummer, or The Haunted House, a play by Thomas Augustine Arne (42) to words of Addison, is performed for the first time, at Covent Garden,
December 11, 1752 Adolf Friedrich IV replaces Adolf Friedrich III as Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
December 26, 1752 La calamità de’ cuori, a dramma giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (46) to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Samuele,
Antigono, a pasticcio arranged by Chiesa, with ballet music by Giovanni Battista Sammartini (51), is performed for the first time, in the
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