1691 in music

The year 1691 in music involved some significant events.

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 (motet)
 * Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou – Airs sérieux
 * Henry Purcell
 * The Gordion Knot Untied, Z.597
 * The Old Bachelor, Z.607 (pub. 1697)

Publications

 * Andreas Werckmeister – Musicalische Temperatur

Opera
The following operas were composed:
 * Henry Purcell – King Arthur (with libretto by John Dryden)
 * Bernardo Sabadini – Diomede punito da Alcide
 * Agostino Steffani – Orlando generoso

Births

 * June 14 – Jan Francisci, organist and composer (died 1758)
 * December – Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, organist and composer (died 1765)
 * date unknown – Francesco Feo, opera composer (died 1761)

Deaths

 * April 23 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, composer (born 1629)
 * unknown date – Adriano Morsell, librettist (birth year unknown)