1693 in music
# 1693 in music

The year 1693 in music involved some significant events.

## Events

* Georg Philipp Telemann is sent to school in Zellerfeld, in the hope that it will put him off a musical career.
* John Eccles becomes resident composer at Drury Lane theatre.

## Classical music

* Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – Vesperæ longiores ac breviores una cum litaniis Lauretanis
* Antonio Caldara – 12 Trio Sonatas, Op.1
* Marc-Antoine Charpentier
   * Antiennes O de l'Avent, H.36-43
   * Prélude pour Magnificat, H.533
   * Noël sur les instruments, H.534
* Philipp Heinrich Erlebach – 6 Ouvertures
* Johann Jakob Froberger – Diverse curiose partite
* Johann Philipp Krieger – 12 Sonatas, Op. 2
* Carlo Antonio Marino – 12 Sonatas, Op. 3
* Johann Pachelbel
   * Erster Theil etlicher Choräle
   * Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot', P.50a
* Henry Purcell
   * O Give Thanks unto the Lord, Z.33
   * Celebrate this Festival, Z.321 (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday)
* Alessandro Scarlatti – Giuditta, R.500.9
* Giuseppe Torelli – Sinfonia in D major, G.4

## Opera

* Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Médée
* Henri Desmarets – Didon

## Births

* January 28 – Gregor Werner, composer (died 1766)
* August 8 – Laurent Belissen, composer (died 1762)
* October 28 – Šimon Brixi, composer (died 1735)
* date unknown – Lodovico Filippo Laurenti, composer (died 1757)

## Deaths

* August 28 – Johann Christoph Bach, court musician (b. 1645)
* September – Pavel Josef Vejvanovský, composer (b. c.1633)
* date unknown – Johann Caspar Kerll, composer (born 1627)
