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)