1691 in music
# 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)
