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Muzio Clementi
Italian-English composer and pianist (1752–1832)
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| Born | (1752-01-23)23 January 1752 Rome, Papal States |
| Died | 10 March 1832(1832-03-10) (aged 80) Evesham, United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | composer, pianist, pedagogue, editor |
| Era | Classical |
| Works | See list |
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 who took him to England to advance his studies. Later, he toured Europe numerous times from his long-standing base in London. It was on one of these occasions, in 1781, that he engaged in a piano competition with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Influenced by Domenico Scarlatti's harpsichord school and Joseph Haydn's classical school and by the stile Galante of Johann Christian Bach and Ignazio Cirri,
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And in a subsequent passage of the same work the author mentions the introduction of Clementi's sonatas into our chambers as having, in conjunction with the quartetts and symphonies of Boccherini and Haydn, "stamped a value on modern music which many of the admirers of the ancient school were disposed to acknowledge."
Muzio Clementi was born in the year 1752, in Rome, where his father followed the occupation of a chaser and embosser of silver vases and figures for the church service.
He was related also to Buroni, afterwards principal composer at St. Peter's, from whom he received his earliest lessons in music. At six years of age he commenced sol-fu-ing: at seven he was placed under an organist of the name of Cordicelli, for instruction in thorough bass; and proceeded with such rapidity, that at nine years old he passed his examination, and was admitted to an organist's place in his native city.
His next masters were Santarelli, who is considered by the Italians the last great master of the vocal school, and Carpini, the deepest contrapuntist of hi
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