Bibliograph

Muzio clementi: short profile, Jeremy Siepmann

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Muzio clementi: short profile, Jeremy Siepmann

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Muzio clementi: short profile

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dictionaries

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Jeremy Siepmann

Summary

Few composers have had a more bizarre start in life than Muzio Clementi. Few, too, could exceed his bad luck in having Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven for contemporaries. As a pianist, however (the forerunner of Chopin and Liszt, and renowned to this day as 'the father of modern pianism'), he was unrivalled. Nor did he confine himself to playing. He was a powerful publisher and piano manufacturer, and a teacher of unparalleled industry and influence. Rich, parsimonious, and beloved of the aristocracy, he was buried in Westminster Abbey. Audio samples are contained in the text: just tap to listen while you read

Target audience

adult

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