1646 in music

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Musical events of the year 1646 in music:

Events

• Luigi Rossi is invited to Paris by Cardinal Mazarin.

Classical music

• Giovanni Battista Granata – Caprici armonici sopra la chittarriglia spagnuola..., a collection of music for the treble guitar, published in Bologna.
• Andreas Hammerschmidt – Part IV of the Musicalische Andachten

Opera

• Francesco Cavalli - La prosperità infelice di Giulio Cesare dittatore (lost), with libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello
• Giacinto Andrea Cicognini - Il Celio

Births

• July 29 – Johann Theile, composer (died 1724)
• date unknown - Juan de Araujo, musician and composer (died 1712)

Deaths

• September 11 - Johann Stobäus, composer (born 1580)
• September 24 – Duarte Lobo, composer (born c. 1545)
• October 3 - Virgilio Mazzocchi, Italian composer of sacred vocal music (born 1597)
• date unknown - Wojciech Dębołęcki, writer and composer (born 1585)
  • Manuel Machado, Portuguese harpist and composer of cantigas and romances
  • Johann Vierdanck, German composer, violinist and cornetist (buried in April) (b. 1605)