List of compositions by Muzio Clementi
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Muzio Clementi
was a celebrated composer
, pianist
, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer. He is best known for his piano sonatas, and his collection of piano studies, Gradus ad Parnassum. Nineteenth century enthusiasts lauded Clementi as "the father of the pianoforte", "father of modern piano technique", and "father of Romantic pianistic virtuosity".
circa 1782; No.1 The 3rd movement: Lindor variations on 'Je suis Lindo', Antoine-Laurent Baudron's setting of the romanze from Beaumarchais' Barbier de Sévile
Muzio Clementi
Muzio Clementi was a celebrated composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer. Born in Italy, he spent most of his life in England. He is best known for his piano sonatas, and his collection of piano studies, Gradus ad Parnassum...
was a celebrated composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer. He is best known for his piano sonatas, and his collection of piano studies, Gradus ad Parnassum. Nineteenth century enthusiasts lauded Clementi as "the father of the pianoforte", "father of modern piano technique", and "father of Romantic pianistic virtuosity".
With opus numbers
- Op. 1, 6 Sonatas For Keyboard, dedicated to Clementi's English patron, Sir Peter Beckford. published 1771
- Op. 1a, 5 SonataSonataSonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...
s For Keyboard (1 to 5) and 1 Duet For Two Keyboards (6) - Op. 2, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard And Flute/Violin (1, 3, and 5) and 3 Sonatas For Keyboard (2, 4, and 6), No.2 is known as Clementi's celebrated octave lesson. published 1779
- Op. 3, 3 Duets For Keyboard In Four Hands (1 to 3) and 3 Sonatas For Keyboard And Flute/Violin (4 to 6)
- Op. 4, 6 Sonatas For Keyboard And Violin/Flute
- Op. 5, 3 Fugues For Keyboard (1 to 3) and 3 Sonatas For Keyboard And Violin (4 to 6)
- Op. 6, 3 FugueFugueIn music, a fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition....
s For KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
(1 to 3), 2 Sonatas For Keyboard And Violin (4 and 5), and 1 Duet For Keyboard In Four Hands (6) - Op. 7, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard
- Op. 8, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard
- Op. 9, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, circa 1782; published in Vienna by Artaria
- Op. 10, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, circa 1782; published in Vienna by Artaria
- Op. 11, No.1, Sonata in E flat Major; No.2, ToccataToccataToccata is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers...
in B flat Major For Keyboard, 1782 - Op. 12, 4 Sonatas For Piano (1 to 4) and 1 Duet For Two Pianos (5)
circa 1782; No.1 The 3rd movement: Lindor variations on 'Je suis Lindo', Antoine-Laurent Baudron's setting of the romanze from Beaumarchais' Barbier de Sévile
- Op. 13, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard And Violin/Flute (1 to 3) and 3 Sonatas For Piano (4 to 6)
- Op. 14, 3 Duets For Piano In Four Hands
- Op. 15, 3 Sonatas For Piano And Violin
- Op. 16, La Chasse For Keyboard
- Op. 17, CapriccioCapriccio (music)A capriccio or caprice , is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character...
For Keyboard - Op. 18, 2 Symphonies For OrchestraOrchestraAn orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
(No.1 in B-flat major; No.2 in D major) - Op. 19, Musical Characteristics For Keyboard
- Op. 20, Sonata For Keyboard
- Op. 21, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Flute, And Violoncello
- Op. 22, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Flute/Violin, And Violoncello
- Op. 23, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard
- Op. 24, 2 Sonatas For Keyboard, before 1781; registered 23 July 1788
- Op. 25, 6 Sonatas For Piano
- Op. 26, Sonata For Keyboard
- Op. 27, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Violin, And Violoncello
- Op. 28, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Violin, And Violoncello
- Op. 29, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Violin/Flute, And Violoncello
- Op. 30, Sonata For Keyboard And Violin
- Op. 31, Sonata For Keyboard And Flute
- Op. 32, 3 Sonatas For Piano With Optional Flute And Violoncello
- Op. 33, 3 Sonatas For Piano
- Op. 34, 2 Sonatas For Piano and 2 Capriccios For Piano
- Op. 35, 3 Sonatas For Piano With Optional Violin And Violoncello
- Op. 36, 6 SonatinaSonatinaA sonatina is literally a small sonata. As a musical term, sonatina has no single strict definition; it is rather a title applied by the composer to a piece that is in basic sonata form, but is shorter, lighter in character, or more elementary technically than a typical sonata...
s For PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Op. 37, 3 Sonatas For Piano
- Op. 38, 3 Sonatinas for Piano
- Op. 39, 12 WaltzWaltzThe waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...
es For Piano, TriangleTriangle (instrument)The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family. It is a bar of metal, usually steel but sometimes other metals like beryllium copper, bent into a triangle shape. The instrument is usually held by a loop of some form of thread or wire at the top curve...
, And TambourineTambourineThe tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all.... - Op. 40, 3 Sonatas For Piano
- Op. 41, Sonata For Keyboard
- Op. 42, An Introduction to The Art of playing The Pianoforte (published 1801)
- Op. 43, Appendix to Introduction to The Art of playing The Pianoforte (published 1820-1821)
- Op. 44, Gradus Ad Parnassum, The Art of playing the Pianoforte, exemplified in a series of exercises in the strict free style (published 1817, 1819, 1826)
- Op. 45, Sonata For PianoPiano sonataA piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement , two movements , five or even more movements...
- Op. 46, Sonata For Piano
- Op. 47, 2 Capriccios For Piano
- Op. 48, Fantasy With Variations on Au Clair de Lune For Piano
- Op. 49, 12 MonferrinaMonferrina-Italian folk dance:Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in 6/8 time named after the place of its origin, Montferrat, in the Italian region of Piedmont. It has spread from Piedmont throughout Northern Italy, in Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and even into Switzerland...
s For Piano - Op. 50, 3 Sonatas For Piano
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- WoO 1, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 2, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 3, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 4, 2 CanzonettaCanzonettaIn music, a canzonetta was a popular Italian secular vocal composition which originated around 1560...
s For SopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
And Keyboard - WoO 5, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 6, Sonata For Piano, Flute, And Violoncello
- WoO 7, Practical Harmony For OrganOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
/Piano - WoO 8, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 9, Melodies Of Different Nations For VoiceVocal musicVocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...
And Piano - WoO 10, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 11, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 12, Concerto For PianoPiano concertoA piano concerto is a concerto written for piano and orchestra.See also harpsichord concerto; some of these works are occasionally played on piano...
And Orchestra (in C major) - WoO 13, Piece For The Keyboard, 1765
- WoO 14, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 15, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 16, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 17, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 18, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 19, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 20, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 21, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 22, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 23, Piece For The Keyboard
- WoO 24, Piece For Piano Four Hands
- WoO 25, Piece For Piano Four Hands
- WoO 26, Piece For Piano Four Hands
- WoO 27, Piece For Piano Four Hands
- WoO 28, Piece For Piano Four Hands
- WoO 29, CanonCanon (music)In music, a canon is a contrapuntal composition that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration . The initial melody is called the leader , while the imitative melody, which is played in a different voice, is called the follower...
In Three Parts For Two Violins And Viola - WoO 30, NonetNonet (music)In music, a nonet is a composition which requires nine musicians for a performance, or a musical group that consists of nine people. The standard nonet scoring is for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello, and contrabass, though other combinations are also found...
For FluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, OboeOboeThe oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
, ClarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, BassoonBassoonThe bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
, HornHorn (instrument)The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
, ViolinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, ViolaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, Violoncello, And ContrabassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2... - WoO 31, Nonet For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, And Contrabass
- WoO 32, SymphonySymphonyA symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...
For Orchestra (No.1 in C major) - WoO 33, Symphony For Orchestra (No.2 in D major)
- WoO 34, Symphony For Orchestra (No.3 in G major) the "Great National Symphony" For Orchestra
- WoO 35, Symphony For Orchestra (No.4 in D major)
- WoO 36, AperturaOvertureOverture in music is the term originally applied to the instrumental introduction to an opera...
(2 Overtures) (No.1 in C major; No.2 in D major) , and E Minuetto PastoralePastoraleFor Beethoven's Pastoral symphony, see Symphony No. 6 Pastorale refers to something of a pastoral nature in music, whether in form or in mood....
For Orchestra