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 – 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

• February 15 – Ignacy Dobrzynski, 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)
  • Joseph Casavant, manufacturer of pipe organs (d. 1874)

Deaths

• February 25 – Jeanne-Marie Marsan, actress and singer (b. 1746)
• 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)
• date unknown – Niel Gow, fiddler (b. 1727)