Biography
A virtuoso pianist, composer, publisher, and piano manufacturer, Clementi shaped the development of piano technique more than almost any other individual. His Gradus ad Parnassum (1817-26) — 100 etudes covering the full range of Classical piano technique — became the definitive technical method. His sonatas were championed by Beethoven as models of true piano writing. A famous competitive encounter with Mozart at the Habsburg court in 1781 ended inconclusively.
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Works (58)
Gradus ad Parnassum
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 1 No. 1 Key C major Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 2 No. 2 Key C major Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 3 No. 3 Key C major Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 4 No. 4 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 5 No. 5 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 6 No. 6 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 7 No. 7 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 8 No. 8 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 9 No. 9 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 10 No. 10 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 11 No. 11 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 12 No. 12 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 13 No. 13 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 14 No. 14 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 15 No. 15 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 16 No. 16 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 17 No. 17 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 18 No. 18 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 19 No. 19 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 20 No. 20 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 21 No. 21 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 22 No. 22 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 23 No. 23 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 24 No. 24 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 25 No. 25 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 26 No. 26 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 27 No. 27 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 28 No. 28 Difficulty
- Gradus ad Parnassum, No. 29 No. 29 Difficulty
Piano Sonatas (selected)
- Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2 – I. Allegro assai Op. 2 No. 2 – I Key A major Difficulty
- Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2 – II. Un poco andante Op. 2 No. 2 – II Key A major Difficulty
- Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2 – III. Allegro Op. 2 No. 2 – III Key A major Difficulty
- Sonata in F minor, Op. 13 No. 6 – I. Largo e sostenuto Op. 13 No. 6 – I Key F minor Difficulty
- Sonata in F minor, Op. 13 No. 6 – II. Allegro con fuoco Op. 13 No. 6 – II Key F minor Difficulty
- Sonata in F minor, Op. 13 No. 6 – III. Allegro vivace Op. 13 No. 6 – III Key F minor Difficulty
- Sonata in F♯ minor, Op. 25 No. 5 – I. Allegro con espressione Op. 25 No. 5 – I Key F♯ minor Difficulty
- Sonata in F♯ minor, Op. 25 No. 5 – II. Lento e patetico Op. 25 No. 5 – II Key F♯ minor Difficulty
- Sonata in F♯ minor, Op. 25 No. 5 – III. Presto Op. 25 No. 5 – III Key F♯ minor Difficulty
- Sonata in F♯ minor, Op. 26 No. 2 – I. Allegro moderato Op. 26 No. 2 – I Key F♯ minor Difficulty
- Sonata in F♯ minor, Op. 26 No. 2 – II. Presto Op. 26 No. 2 – II Key F♯ minor Difficulty
- Sonata in A major, Op. 33 No. 1 – I. Allegro Op. 33 No. 1 – I Key A major Difficulty
- Sonata in A major, Op. 33 No. 1 – II. Un poco andante Op. 33 No. 1 – II Key A major Difficulty
- Sonata in A major, Op. 33 No. 1 – III. Presto Op. 33 No. 1 – III Key A major Difficulty
- Sonata in C major, Op. 33 No. 3 – I. Allegro con spirito Op. 33 No. 3 – I Key C major Difficulty
- Sonata in C major, Op. 33 No. 3 – II. Un poco andante Op. 33 No. 3 – II Key C major Difficulty
- Sonata in C major, Op. 33 No. 3 – III. Allegro vivace Op. 33 No. 3 – III Key C major Difficulty
- Sonata in G minor, Op. 34 No. 2 – I. Largo Op. 34 No. 2 – I Key G minor Difficulty
- Sonata in G minor, Op. 34 No. 2 – II. Allegro con fuoco Op. 34 No. 2 – II Key G minor Difficulty
- Sonata in G minor, Op. 34 No. 2 – III. Allegro vivace Op. 34 No. 2 – III Key G minor Difficulty
- Sonata in B minor, Op. 40 No. 2 – I. Molto adagio e sostenuto Op. 40 No. 2 – I Key B minor Difficulty
- Sonata in B minor, Op. 40 No. 2 – II. Allegro con fuoco Op. 40 No. 2 – II Key B minor Difficulty
- Sonata in B minor, Op. 40 No. 2 – III. Allegro vivo Op. 40 No. 2 – III Key B minor Difficulty
- Sonata 'Didone abbandonata', Op. 50 – I. Largo patetico e sostenuto Op. 50 – I Key G minor Difficulty
- Sonata 'Didone abbandonata', Op. 50 – II. Allegro agitato e con disperazione Op. 50 – II Key G minor Difficulty
- Sonata 'Didone abbandonata', Op. 50 – III. Adagio mesto Op. 50 – III Key G minor Difficulty
Character Piece
- Capriccio in B♭ major, Op. 34 No. 3 Key B♭ major Difficulty
- Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) Key F major Difficulty
Prelude
- Prelude in D major, Op. 19 No. 7 Key D major Difficulty