See also: 1806 in music, other events of 1807, 1808 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

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

Published popular music

• None listed

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
• June 6 - Adrien-Francois Servais
• July 24 - Ira Frederick Aldridge
• unknown date - Henrik Rung

Deaths

• unknown date - Anton Eberl