1787 in music
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See also: 1786 in music, other events of 1787, 1788 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- Luigi Boccherini becomes court composer in Berlin.
- Ludwig van Beethoven goes to Vienna, where he meets Mozart, but his mother's death forces him to return to Bonn.
- Luigi Cherubini settles in Paris.
Opera
- "Don Giovanni" was first performed in Prague. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.
- Don Giovanni by Giuseppe Gazzaniga.
- "Tarare" by Antonio Salieri, libretto by Beaumarchais
Classical music
- Two Symphonies - Muzio Clementi
- Sonata for Organ "In the Guise of a Military Band..." - Giuseppe Gherardeschi
- Seven Last Words of Christ - Joseph Haydn
- Symphony No. 89 in F major - Haydn
- Symphony in E minor - Joseph Martin Kraus
Births
- January 8 - Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer
- February 13 - James P Carrell, composer
- August 15 - Alexander Aliabiev, composer
- September 1 - John Bake, composer
- October 30 - Karl Guhr, composer
- November 17 - Michele Carafa, composer
- November 27 - Christian Rummel
- December 1 - Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer
Deaths
- May 13 - Johann Michael Malzat, composer
- May 28 - Leopold Mozart
- June 20 - Carl Friedrich Abel, viola da gamba player and composer
- November 23 - Anton Schweitzer
- November 25 - Franz Xavier Gruber, organist and composer of "Silent Night"
- November 15 - Christoph Willibald Gluck