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Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (23 January 1752 – 10 March 1832) was an Italian-British [1] composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer, who was mostly active in England. Encouraged to study music by his father, he was sponsored as a young composer by Sir Peter Beckford ...
- The father of the piano. It is usually acknowledged that Clementi's 3 sonatas op. 2, published in London in 1779, represent a turning point in the history of keyboard playing.
- Works. Over 50 piano sonatas. 6 symphonies, 2 overtures. 1 piano concerto. Several chamber works (mostly duos and trios with piano) Various pieces for solo piano: 5 Capriccios, 6 Progressive Sonatinas, and several dance movements (Rondos, Montferrinas, etc.).
- A musical 'all-rounder' Clementi helped popularise the pianoforte (now commonly called the 'piano'), a new instrument at his time, to which he devoted his entire career.
- Didactic works. Clementi devoted a large part of his musical career to pedagogical activity. Some of his contributions in this area are still acknowledged nowadays
Muzio Clementi (born Jan. 23, 1752, Rome, Papal States [Italy]—died March 10, 1832, Evesham, Worcestershire, Eng.) was an Italian-born British pianist and composer whose studies and sonatas developed the techniques of the early piano to such an extent that he was called “the father of the piano.”. A youthful prodigy, Clementi was ...
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Dec 20, 2010 · The Correspondence of Muzio Clementi. 550. edited by David Rowland, Bologna, Ut Orpheus Edizioni, 2010 (Italian National Edition of Muzio Clementi’s Complete Works, XIV). Contents. The critical edition of The Correspondence of Muzio Clementi includes some 20 previously-unknown letters by Clementi himself, in addition to about 30 more that ...
Muzio Clementi. The father of the pianoforte. Clementi is a charlatan, like all Italians. He writes Presto over a sonata or even Prestissimo and Alla breve, and plays it himself Allegro in 4/4 time. I know, because I have heard him. What he really does well are his passages in thirds, but he sweated over them day and night in London.
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Muzio Clementi, in full Mutius Philippus Vincentius Franciscus Xaverius Clementi, (born Jan. 23, 1752, Rome, Papal States [Italy]—died March 10, 1832, Evesham, Worcestershire, Eng.), Italian-born British pianist and composer whose studies and sonatas developed the techniques of the early piano to such an extent that he was called “the father of the piano.”
