1807 in music

• 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) • March 7 – , 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) == References ==