The year 1647 in music involved some significant events.
Events Soprano Anne Chabanceau de La Barre makes her operatic debut.
Publications Constantin Huygens – Pathodia sacra et profana, a collection of psalms and songs, published in Paris Carlo Milanuzzi – for one, two, three, and four voices, Op. 23 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
Classical music
Opera Luigi Rossi – Orfeo, premiered in Rome
Births December 4 – Daniel Eberlin, composer and Kapellmeister (died c. 1715) date unknown – Pelham Humfrey, English composer and singer (died 1674)
Deaths February 17 – Johann Heermann, hymn-writer (b. 1585) March 15 (bur.) – John Milton, amateur composer (b. 1562) December 31 – Giovanni Maria Trabaci, organist and composer (b. c. 1575) date unknown Giovanni Battista Doni, musicologist (b. c. 1593) Mateo Romero, composer (born 1575)
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