1807 in music

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Overview of the events of 1807 in music

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This is a list of music-related events in 1807.

## Events

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

## Classical music

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* 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

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* Thomas Moore – Irish melodies (music by John Andrew Stevenson)

## Opera

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* 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

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* 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)[1]
* March 7 – Adolph Methfessel [de], 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

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* 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

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1. ^ Calhoun, Charles C. (2004). Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life. Boston: Beacon Press. p. 18\. ISBN 9780807070260. Retrieved February 7, 2024.

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