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)