The year 1693 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Georg Philipp Telemann is sent to school in Zellerfeld, in the hope that it will put him off a musical career.

Published popular music

Classical music

Opera

• Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Médée
• Henri Desmarets - Didon

Births

• August 8 - Laurent Belissen, composer (died 1762)
• date unknown
• Šimon Brixi, composer (died 1735)
• Lodovico Fillipo Laurenti, composer (died 1757)

Deaths

• date unknown - Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer (born 1627)