1691 in music

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
• Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou – Airs sérieux
• Henry Purcell
• *The Gordion Knot Untied, Z.597
• *The Old Bachelor, Z.607

Publications

• Andreas Werckmeister – ''Musicalische Temperatur''

Opera

• Henry Purcell – King Arthur
• Bernardo Sabadini – Diomede punito da Alcide
• Agostino Steffani – ''Orlando generoso''

Births

• June 14 – Jan Francisci, organist and composer
• December – Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, organist and composer
• date unknown – Francesco Feo, opera composer

Deaths

• April 23 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, composer
• unknown date – Adriano Morsell, librettist