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)
 * 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)
 * 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)