1691 in music

The year 1691 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• July – Johann Heinrich Buttstett succeeds Nicolaus Vetter as organist of the Predigerkirche in Erfurt.

Published popular music

• "The Bachelor's Answer to the Helpless Maiden"
• "The Charming Regent's Wish"

Classical music

• Giovanni Battista Alveri – Mia Vita
• John Blow – Ode for St Cecilia's Day
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Marche de triomphe et air, H.547
• Gottfried Finger – A Collection of Musick in Two Parts
• Domenico Galli – Trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello
• Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Jeux à l’honneur de la Victoire
• Bianca Maria Meda – Cari Musici (motet)
• Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou – Airs sérieux
• Henry Purcell
• The Gordion Knot Untied, Z.597
• The Old Bachelor, Z.607 (pub. 1697)

Publications

• Andreas Werckmeister – Musicalische Temperatur

Opera

The following operas were composed:

• Henry Purcell – King Arthur (with libretto by John Dryden)
• Bernardo Sabadini – Diomede punito da Alcide
• Agostino Steffani – Orlando generoso

Births

• June 14 – Jan Francisci, organist and composer (died 1758)
• December – Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, organist and composer (died 1765)
• date unknown – Francesco Feo, opera composer (died 1761)

Deaths

• April 23 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, composer (born 1629)
• unknown date – Adriano Morsell, librettist (birth year unknown)

References