1645 in music
# 1645 in music

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)
