The year 1645 in music involved some significant events.
Events Juan Hidalgo de Polanco becomes leader of the chamber musicians at Spain's royal court.
Publications Giovanni Battista Abatessa – Intessatura di varii fiori..., a collection of guitar music, published in Naples
Classical music Girolamo Frescobaldi – Canzoni alla francese, a posthumous print Cornelis Thymanszoon Padbrué - 't Lof Jubals, Op. 4, a collection of madrigals and motets
Opera Giovanni Faustini – Doriclea
Births February 9 – Johann Aegidus Bach, organist and conductor (died 1716) February 22 (twins) Johann Ambrosius Bach, musician (died 1695) Johann Christoph Bach, musician (died 1693) November 30 – Andreas Werckmeister, organist and composer (died 1706)
Deaths April 16 – Tobias Hume, soldier, viol player and composer (born c.1569) September 24 – William Lawes, English composer (born 1602) date unknown – William Smith, composer (born 1603)
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