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)