Overview of the events of 1646 in music
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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)
References
- Snyder, Kerala J. (2007). Dieterich Buxtehude: Organist in Lübeck at Google Books. Boydell & Brewer. p. 18. ISBN 1-58046-253-7.