1669 in music
The year 1669 in music involved some significant events.
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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
- 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
- Henry Lawes – Select Ayres and Dialogues
- Samuel Capricornus – Scelta musicale
- 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
- Henri Dumont – Cinq messes en plain-chant
- Jean-Baptiste Lully – Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, LWV 41
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)
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