1669 in music
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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.
Classical music
- Giovanni Maria Bononcini – Op. 3, a collection of sonatas in canon
- Johann Caspar Kerll – Delectus sacrarum cantionum, 26 motets for 2-5 voices, 2 violins and basso continuo
Opera
- Francesco Cavalli – Coriolano
- Antonio Cesti – Genserico
- Antonio Draghi – Achille in Sciro
Births
- 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)
Deaths
- 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)
- 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)