1669 in music
The year 1669 in music involved some significant events. Events February 17 – Première of Alessandro Melani's opera L'empio punito at the Teatro di Palazzo Colonna in Rome. The work was commissioned by Marie Mancini. Publications Luigi Battiferri – Ricercari, Op.3 Giovanni Maria Bononcini – Op. 3, a collection of sonatas in canon Henri Dumont – Cinq messes en plain-chant Johann Caspar Kerll – Delectus sacrarum cantionum, 26 motets for 2–5 voices, 2 violins and basso continuo Henry Lawes Select Ayres and Dialogues The Treasury of Musick Samuel Capricornus Continuatio theatri musici Scelta musicale Theatrum musicum Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi – Sonate cioè balletti, sarabande, correnti, passacagli, capricetti e una trombetta... Maurizio Cazzati – Varii, e diversi capricci per camera, Op. 50 Classical music Johann Schmelzer – Sonata a 4, La Carolietta Opera Francesco Cavalli – Coriolano Antonio Cesti – Genserico Antonio Draghi – Achille in Sciro Jean-Baptiste Lully – Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, LWV 41 Births April 6 – Johann Christopf Faber, composer, organist, and organ builder (died 1742) February 2 – Louis Marchand, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1732) August 24 – Alessandro Marcello, composer (died 1747) October 10 – Johann Nicolaus Bach, composer (died 1753) October 13 – Charles Desmazures, composer (died 1736) date unknown Johann Samuel Beyer, composer (died 1744) Miquel López Sebastián, composer (died 1723) Deaths April 6 – Lars Wivallius, librettist (born 1605) April 17 – Antonio Bertali, violinist and composer (born 1605) May? – Étienne Richard, composer, organist and harpsichordist (born c.1621) October 14 – Antonio Cesti, opera composer (born 1623) October 28 – Agustin Moreto y Cavana, poet (born 1618) date unknown Richard Ayleward, musician and composer (born 1626) Christopher Simpson, viola da gamba player and composer (born c.1605) probable – Étienne Moulinié, composer (born c.1600)