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, with libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello
- Giacinto Andrea Cicognini – ''Il Celio''
Births
- July 29 – Johann Theile, composer
- date unknown – Juan de Araujo, musician and composer
Deaths
- September 11 – Johann Stobäus, composer
- September 24 – Duarte Lobo, composer
- October 3 – Virgilio Mazzocchi, Italian composer of sacred vocal music
- date unknown – Wojciech Dębołęcki, writer and composer
- *Manuel Machado, Portuguese harpist and composer of cantigas and romances
- *Johann Vierdanck, German composer, violinist and cornetist