Overview of the events of 1647 in music
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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 – Compieta intiera concertata 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)