1807 in music

This is a list of music-related events in 1807.

Events

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

Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Piano Concerto No.4, Op.58 (Premiered in March in Vienna at a private concert)
  • Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 61a
  • Coriolan, Op.62
  • Symphony No.5, Op. 67 (composition begins)
  • 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 (ballet)
• Franz Krommer – Harmonie in F major, Op.57
• Wenzel Thomas Matiegka – Serenade for Flute, Viola and Guitar, Op. 26
• Antoine Reicha
  • Grand Quintet, Op. 106
  • Trio for 3 Cellos
• Ferdinand Ries – Cello Sonata in A major, Op. 21
• 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
• Daniel Steibelt – Harp Concerto
• Carl Maria von Weber – Symphony No. 1

Published popular music

• Thomas Moore – Irish melodies (music by John Andrew Stevenson)

Opera

• Etienne-Nicolas Méhul – Joseph (Premiered December 15 in Paris)
• Gaspare Spontini – La Vestale (The Vestal Virgin) (first performed in Paris, Libretto by Etienne Jouy.)

Births

• January 6 – Ludwig Erk, music teacher and composer (died 1883)
• January 11 – Charles Jefferys, music publisher and lyricist (died 1865)
• January 23 – Joseph Casavant, manufacturer of pipe organs (d. 1874)
• February 14 – Ernest Legouvé, librettist and dramatist (died 1903)
• February 15 – Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Polish symphonist (d. 1867)
• February 27 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, lyricist and poet (died 1882)^[1]
• March 7 – Adolph Methfessel, German composer (d. 1878)
• March 30 – Henrik Rung, composer (d. 1871)
• June 6 – Adrien-François Servais, cellist (d. 1866)
• September 11 – Ignaz Lachner (d. 1895)
• October 15 – Jan van Boom, composer (died 1872)
• October 21 – Hilarión Eslava, composer (died 1878)
• October 22 – Nikolay Bakhmetev, composer (died 1891)
• date unknown
  • James P. Clarke, composer (d. 1877)
  • Henriette von Schorn, lyricist and poet (died 1869)

Deaths

• February 25 – Jeanne-Marie Marsan, actress and singer (b. 1746)
• March 1 – Niel Gow, fiddler (b. 1727)
• March 11 – Anton Eberl, pianist, composer and music teacher (b. 1765)
• March 27 – Michele Mortellari, composer (born c. 1750)
• June 15 – Charles Bernardy, dancer and choreographer (b. 1724)
• June 16 – John Skinner, songwriter (b. 1721)
• December 21 – John Newton, author of the hymn, Amazing Grace (b. 1725)

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