1807 in music

Events

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

Classical Music

*Ludwig van Beethoven - Mass in C
*Johann Nepomuk Hummel - "Hélène and Paris" (ballet)

Published popular music

*Thomas Moore - "Irish melodies" (music by John 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 2 - Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki
*January 4 - Baltasar Saldoni
*February 15 - Ignacy Dobrzynski, Polish symphonist (d. 1867)
*March 7 - Adolph Methfessel, German composer (d. 1878)
*June 6 - Adrien-Francois Servais
*July 24 - Ira Frederick Aldridge
*September 11 - Ignaz Lachner (d. 1895)
*"unknown date" - Henrik Rung

Deaths

*December 21 - John Newton, author of the hymn, "Amazing Grace"
*"date unknown" - Anton Eberl
*"date unknown" - John Skinner, songwriter