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

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)