1645 in music
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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
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)