1787 in music

See also: 1786 in music, other events of 1787, 1788 in music, list of years in music.

Opera

• Don Giovanni was first performed in Prague. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.
• Tarare by Antonio Salieri

Births

• November 27 - Christian Rummel

Deaths

• May 28 - Leopold Mozart
• November 23 - Anton Schweitzer
• November 15 - Christoph Willibald Gluck