Musical events of the year 1646 in music:
Events Luigi Rossi is invited to Paris by Cardinal Mazarin.
Classical music Giovanni Battista Granata – , a collection of music for the treble guitar, published in Bologna. Andreas Hammerschmidt – Part IV of the Musicalische AndachtenSnyder, Kerala J. (2007). . Boydell & Brewer. p. 18. .
Opera Francesco Cavalli – (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 1 April) (b. 1605)
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