1807 in music

Events

• Muzio Clementi begins negotiating for British publication rights to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven

  Classical Music

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• *Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 61a
• *Coriolan, Op.62
• *Symphony No.5, Op. 67
• *Mass in C, Op. 86
• *6 Ecossaises, WoO 83
• Johann Baptist Cramer
• *Piano Concerto No.5, Op. 48
• *Studio per il pianoforte, Op. 50, Book 2
• Anton Eberl – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 41
• Joseph Eybler – Omnes de Saba venient
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Hélène and Paris
• Wenzel Thomas Matiegka – Serenade for Flute, Viola and Guitar, Op. 26
• Antoine Reicha
• *Grand Quintet, Op. 106
• *Trio for 3 Cellos
• Louis Spohr
• *Violin Concerto No.5, Op. 17
• *Potpourri No.2, Op. 22
• *Fantasia for Harp, Op. 35
• *Variations sur 'Je suis encore dans mon printemps', Op. 36
• Carl Maria Von Weber – Symphony No. 1

  Published popular music

• Thomas Moore – Irish melodies

  [Opera]

• Joseph – Etienne-Nicolas Méhul
• La Vestale first performed in Paris. Music by Gaspare Spontini and libretto by Etienne Jouy.

  Births

• January 23 – Joseph Casavant, manufacturer of pipe organs
• February 14 – Ernest Legouvé, librettist and dramatist
• February 15 – Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Polish symphonist
• March 7 –, German composer
• March 30 – Henrik Rung, composer
• June 6 – Adrien-François Servais, cellist
• September 11 – Ignaz Lachner
• date unknown
• *James P. Clarke, composer
• *:De: Henriette von Schorn|Henriette von Schorn, lyricist and poet

  Deaths

• February 25 – Jeanne-Marie Marsan, actress and singer
• March 1 – Niel Gow, fiddler
• March 11 – Anton Eberl, pianist, composer and music teacher
• June 15 – Charles Bernardy, dancer and choreographer
• June 16 – John Skinner, songwriter
• December 21 – John Newton, author of the hymn, Amazing Grace