Composer

Muzio Clementi

Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer

1752–1832

444 works and musical collections

Born: 1752
Died: 1832
Birthplace: Rome
Place of death: Evesham
Citizenship / historical state: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Period (estimated from birth year): Classical

Biography

Clementi was a working pianist, teacher, publisher and piano manufacturer, and he wrote the sonatinas that half the piano-playing world learns in its third year.

The Six Sonatinas, Op. 36 are the reason he is in every catalogue. They are perfectly judged teaching material — real music, properly written, at a difficulty a student can actually reach — and they are available free. The full sonatas are a substantial body of work that Beethoven admired and almost nobody plays. Gradus ad Parnassum is the advanced study collection.

The Op. 36 sonatinas are published by everyone, and the differences are entirely in fingering and editorial marking. For a student, the edition their teacher uses is the right one; for anyone else, any urtext will do.

Life and musical career

Occupations: pianist; conductor; composer; musicologist; music educator; music publisher; violinist; piano maker; teacher; musician; publisher
Teachers: Antonio Boroni
Instruments played: piano; pipe organ; harpsichord
Notable works: Gradus ad Parnassum
Official website: http://www.clementisociety.com/
Birth name: Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Franchesco Saverio Clementi
Languages used: English; Italian
VIAF ID: 22326882
ISNI: 0000000108785621
GND ID: 118676423
Library of Congress ID: n50041431
MusicBrainz ID: 25f46ed2-ac8a-4428-ad09-5a3fa5162086

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, harpsichord, Organ, violin, Flute
Genres represented: Classical, pop, Jazz
Source entries with composition dates: 2

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 7 of 10

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Waltz	See work details	Piano Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Theme and Variations [Op. 1, No. 7] Additional credits Domenico Alberti	Catalogue / opus Op. 1, No. 7	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Aria "Lindor"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Arietta in F Major	Key in title F major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Italian Air	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Of Noble Race Was Shenkin	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude in C Major	Key in title C major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude in G major	Key in title G major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Spanish Dance "Guaracha"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Spinning Song [Op. 14, No. 4] Additional credits Albert Ellmenreich	Catalogue / opus Op. 14, No. 4	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pyrenese Melody	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina in C Major [Op. 39, No. 1] Additional credits Frank Lynes	Catalogue / opus Op. 39, No. 1 Key in title C major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina - 1st Movement	See work details	Piano Classical · pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina, 2nd Movement	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina, 3rd Movement	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Spanish Dance	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude in C Minor	Key in title C minor	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina in C Major [Op. 57, No. 1] Additional credits Albert Biehl	Catalogue / opus Op. 57, No. 1 Key in title C major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina In G Major Additional credits Attwood	Key in title G major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina No. 1 in C Major Additional credits Theodore Latour	Key in title C major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina No. 2 in G Minor Additional credits Theodore Latour	Key in title G minor	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina in C Major [Op. 55, No. 3] Additional credits Friedrich Kuhlau	Catalogue / opus Op. 55, No. 3 Key in title C major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina In G Major Additional credits Matthew Camidge	Key in title G major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Preludio alla Haydn [Op. 19, No. 2]	Catalogue / opus Op. 19, No. 2	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Rondo in G Major Additional credits Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Raynor Taylor	Key in title G major	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, G major, op. 39,2 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 39	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina, C major, op. 36,1	Catalogue / opus op. 36	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina, G major, op. 36,2	Catalogue / opus op. 36	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, G major, WO 14 Performed by Muzio Clementi	See work details	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, A major, op. 2,4 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 2	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, B flat major, Oeuvre 1, 2 Performed by Muzio Clementi	See work details	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, B flat major, op. 24,2 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 24	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, G minor, op. 7,3 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 7	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, G minor, op. 8,1 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 8	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, B flat major, op. 8,3 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 8	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, E flat major, op. 9,3 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 9	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, A major, op. 10,1 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 10	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, F minor, op. 13,6 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 13	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, F sharp minor, op. 25,5 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 25	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, D major, op. 25,6 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 25	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, G minor, op. 34,2 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 34	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, G major, op. 40,1 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 40	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, B minor, op. 40,2 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 40	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata, E flat major, op. 41 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 41	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina, F major, op. 36,4 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 36	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina, D major, op. 36,6 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus op. 36	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Rondo "a Groovy Kind of Love"	See work details	Piano Jazz · Classical · pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1 Performed by Muzio Clementi	Catalogue / opus Op. 36, No. 1	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 22326882. Portrait: Aleksander Orłowski, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.