1807 in music
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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 – Mass in C
- Joseph Eybler – Omnes de Saba venient
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Hélène and Paris (ballet)
- Carl Maria Von Weber – Symphony No. 1
Published popular music
- Thomas Moore – Irish melodies (music by John Andrew Stevenson)
Opera
- Joseph – Etienne-Nicolas Méhul
- La Vestale (The Vestal Virgin) first performed in Paris. Music by Gaspare Spontini and libretto by Etienne Jouy.
Births
- January 23 – Joseph Casavant, manufacturer of pipe organs (d. 1874)
- February 15 – Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Polish symphonist (d. 1867)
- 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)
- date unknown
- James P. Clarke, composer (d. 1877)
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)
- 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)