Jan 22 Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39 Feb 3 Diogo Dias Melgás, Portuguese composer of sacred polyphonic music, dies at 61 Jul 19 Hieronymus Gradenthaler, German composer, dies at 62 Aug 8 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, Danish scholar and composer, dies at 40 Sep 23 Nicolaus Adam Strungk, German composer, dies at 59 1699 Deaths in Music by Year 1701 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers