MUZIO CLEMENTI

My Thanks to TOMAS RÜHRER for the picture.

1752 --- 1832

Muzio Clementi the author of the famous Gradus ad Parnassum, and of so many studies that it was jokingly asserted not long ago that the commission appointed to count them had not yet arrived at the total.

Upon the Gradus to this day that art of solo piano playing rests, while the twelve Clementi Sonatinas are as well known to young pianists as anything ever written for the instrument.

Clementi lived through the most memorable period in the history of music.

At his birth Handel was alive, and before his died Beethoven, Schubert, and Weber were buried.
One writer says he was "Chiefly notable for his miserly qualities, by which he rendered miserable three successive wives".
Anyway, he was a prince among teachers, and during his long stay in England he greatly influenced the art of piano playing in the country.

His grave is in Westminster Abbey.

The above was written by Cuthbert Haddon in 1916.

Last Updated on 10th March 2002
By Reg

And now for the Music

I like to thank Tony Matthews for donating & sequencing the following piece, email TONY, and let him know what you think.

(2441)"Sonatina Opus.38, No.1". Sequenced by Tony Matthews.

(2442)"Sonatina Opus.38, No.2". Sequenced by Tony Matthews.

(2443)"Sonatina Opus.38, No.3". Sequenced by Tony Matthews.

(2386)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.1". Sequenced by Tony Matthews.

(2387)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.2". Sequenced by Tony Matthews.

(2388)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.3". Sequenced by Tony Matthews.

(2389)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.4". Sequenced by Tony Matthews.

(2390)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.5". Sequenced by Tony Matthews.

(2391)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.6". Sequenced by Tony Matthews.

(2044)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.5". Sequenced by Reginald Steven Ritchie

(1982)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.4". Sequenced by Reginald Steven Ritchie

(1886)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.3". Sequenced by Reginald Steven Ritchie

(1854)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.2". Sequenced by Reginald Steven Ritchie

(1830)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.1". Sequenced by Reginald Steven Ritchie

(1728)"Gradus ad Parnassum No.1". Sequenced by Gabriele Giulimond

(1729)"Gradus ad Parnassum No.2". Sequenced by Gabriele Giulimond

(1730)"Gradus ad Parnassum No.9". Sequenced by Gabriele Giulimond

(1727)"Sonatina Opus.36, No.1 for Harpsicord"(Info kindly supplied by Danny Sabciyan). Sequencer Unknown

(1725)"Etude No. 6 in D major". Sequenced by D.J

(1726)"Etude No. 8 in F major". Sequenced by D.J

(1723)"Duettino in C No.1 - Allegro". Sequencer Unknown

(1724)"Deuttino Number No.1, Mov't 3, Allegro". Sequencer Unknown

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