1646 in music
# 1646 in music

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 1 April) (b. 1605)
