List Of Compositions By Muzio Clementi
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{{Short description, none This is a list of compositions by Muzio Clementi. 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".


With opus numbers

* Op. 1, 6 Sonatas For Keyboard (E♭, G, B♭, F, A, E), dedicated to Clementi's English patron, Sir Peter Beckford. Published in 1771. * Op. 1a, 4
Sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...
s For Keyboard (1 to 4: F, B♭, G, A), 1 Fugue For Keyboard (5: a, revised as Op. 44 No. 69 in his Gradus Ad Parnassum) and 1
Duet A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo ...
For Two Keyboards (6: B♭), dedicated to Mme. Duvivier. Published in 1780. * Op. 2, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard And Flute/Violin (1, 3, and 5: E♭, G, F) and 3 Sonatas For Keyboard (2, 4, and 6: C, A, B♭), No.2 is known as Clementi's celebrated octave lesson. Published in 1779. Clementi will later revise Sonatas Nos.2, 4, and 6 and publish them in 1807. * Op. 3, 3 Duets For Keyboard In Four Hands (1 to 3: C, E♭, C) and 3 Sonatas For Keyboard And Flute/Violin (4 to 6: F, B♭, C). Published in 1779. * Op. 4, 6 Sonatas For Keyboard And Violin/Flute (D, E♭, C, G, E♭, F). Published in 1780. Later revised as Sonatinas and published as Op. 37a (No.1–3) and Op. 38a (No.4–6) in 1798. * Op. 5, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard And Violin (1 to 3: Bb, F, Eb) and 3 Fugues For Keyboard (4 to 6: B♭, F, b). Published in 1780. The 3 Fugues will be revised as Op. 44 No. 57, 40 and 25 respectively in the Gradus Ad Parnassum. * Op. 6, 1 Duet For Keyboard In Four Hands (1: C), 2 Sonatas For Keyboard And Violin (2 and 3: E♭, E), and 3
Fugue In music, a fugue () is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and which recurs frequently in the c ...
s For Keyboard (4 to 6: c, C, e). Published in 1780. The 3 Fugues will be revised as Op. 44 No. 45, 13 and 74 respectively in the ''Gradus ad Parnassum''. * Op. 7, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard (E♭, C, g). Dedicated to Mme de Hess, née de Leporini. Published in 1782. * Op. 8, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard (g, E♭, B♭). Dedicated to Mlle Victoire Imbert. Published in 1782. * Op. 9, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard (B♭, C, E♭). Published in Vienna by Artaria in 1783. * Op. 10, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard (A, D, B♭). Dedicated to Countess von Grundermann. Published in Vienna by Artaria in 1783. * Op. 11, No.1, Sonata in E flat Major (Originally composed for Mme de Hess in B flat Major in 2 Movements only and published in 1781); No.2, Toccata in B flat Major For Keyboard. Published in 1783. * Op. 12, 4 Sonatas For Piano (1 to 4: B♭, E♭, F, E♭) and 1 Duet For Two Pianos (5: B♭). Dedicated to Miss Glover. Published in 1784; Note: The 3rd movement of No. 1: Variations on 'Je suis Lindor', Antoine-Laurent Baudron's setting of the romanze from Beaumarchais' Barbier de Séville. * Op. 13, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard And Violin/Flute (1 to 3: G, C, E♭) and 3 Sonatas For Piano (4 to 6: B♭, F, f). Dedicated to Count von Brühl. Published in 1785. * Op. 14, 3 Duets For Piano In Four Hands (C, F, E♭). Published in 1785. Clementi will revise No.3 in 1815. * Op. 15, 3 Sonatas For Piano And Violin (Eb, C, B♭). Published in 1786. * Op. 16, ''La Chasse'' For Keyboard in D Major. Published in 1786. * Op. 17, Capriccio For Keyboard in B-flat Major. Published in 1787. * Op. 18, 2 Symphonies For Orchestra (No.1 in B-flat Major; No.2 in D Major). Published in 1787. * Op. 19, ''Musical Characteristics'' For Keyboard Consisting in 12 Preludes and 6 Cadenzas ''alla Haydn, Mozart, Kozeluch, Sterkel, Vanhal, Clementi.'' Published in 1787. * Op. 20, Sonata For Keyboard in C Major. Published in 1787. * Op. 21, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Flute, And Violoncello (D, G, C). Published in 1788. Clementi arranged No.1 for 2 Keyboards. * Op. 22, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Flute/Violin, And Violoncello (D, G, C). Published in 1789. Clementi arranged No.3 for 2 Keyboards. * Op. 23, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard (E♭, F, E♭). Published in 1790. * Op. 24, 2 Sonatas For Keyboard (F, B♭), composed before 1781; registered 23 July 1788; published in 1790. * Op. 25, 6 Sonatas For Piano (C, G, B♭, A, f#, D). Published in 1790. * Op. 26, Sonata For Keyboard in F Major. Published in 1791. * Op. 27, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Violin, And Violoncello (F, D, G). Published in 1791. * Op. 28, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Violin, And Violoncello (C, E♭, G). Published in 1792. * Op. 29, 3 Sonatas For Keyboard, Violin/Flute, And Violoncello (C, G, b). Published in 1793. * Op. 30, Sonata For Keyboard And Violin in C Major. Revision of Sonata Op. 2 No.2 with Violin accompaniment. Published in 1794. * Op. 31, Sonata For Keyboard And Violin/Flute in A Major. Revision of Sonata Op. 2 No.4 with Violin or Flute accompaniment. Published in 1794. * Op. 32, 3 Sonatas For Piano With Optional Flute And Violoncello (F, D, C). Published in 1793. * Op. 33, 3 Sonatas For Piano (A, F, C). Published in 1794. * Op. 34, 2 Sonatas For Piano (1 and 2: C, g) and 2 Capriccios For Piano (3 and 4: A, F). Published in 1795. * Op. 35, 3 Sonatas For Piano With Optional Violin And Violoncello (C, G, b). Published in 1796. * Op. 36, 6
Sonatina A sonatina is 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 and lighter in character, or technically more elementar ...
s For Piano (C, G, C, F, G, D). Published in 1797. * Op. 37, 3 Sonatas For Piano (C, G, D). Published in 1798. * Op. 37a, 3 Sonatinas For Piano (D, E♭, C). Identical to Op. 4 No.1–3 without accompaniment, re-edited in 1798. * Op. 38, 12 Waltzes For Piano, Triangle, And Tambourine (d, g, b, G, E♭, a, C, G, C, B♭, c, A). Published in 1798. * Op. 38a, 3 Sonatinas For Piano (G, E♭, F). Identical to Op. 4 No.4–6 without accompaniment, re-edited in 1798. * Op. 39, 12 Waltzes For Piano, Triangle, And Tambourine (C, A, F, F#, C, G, E♭, G, C, F, B♭, Eb). Published in 1800. * Op. 40, 3 Sonatas For Piano (G, b, D). Published in 1802. * Op. 41, Sonata For Keyboard in E-flat Major. Published in 1803. * Op. 42, Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Piano Forte. Published in 1801. * Op. 43, Appendix to Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Piano Forte. Published in 1811. * Op. 44, '' Gradus Ad Parnassum, or The Art of Playing on the Piano Forte, exemplified in a series of exercises in the strict free style.'' Published in 1817, 1819, and 1826. Contains 103 Exercises. * Op. 45, Opus Number never assigned to any Work. * Op. 46, Sonata For Piano in B-flat Major. Published in 1820. * Op. 47, 2 Capriccios For Piano (e, C). Published in 1821. * Op. 48, Fantasy With Variations on Au Clair de la Lune For Piano in C Minor. Published in 1821. * Op. 49, 12
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s For Piano (G, C, E, C, A, d, D, B♭, G, C, f, C). Published in 1821. * Op. 50, 3 Sonatas For Piano (A, d, g). No.3 entitled "Didone abbandonata". Published in 1821. **First movement, “Largo patetico e sostenuto – Allegro ma con espressione” (12:12): *** **Second movement, “Adagio dolente” (5:16): *** **Third movement, “Allegro agitato, e con disperazione” (6:17): ***


Without opus numbers

* WoO 1, Oratorio: Martirio de' gloriosi santi Giuliano e Celso (lost). Composed in 1764. * WoO 2, Black Joke For Keyboard in C Major. Composed in 1777 and published in 1780. * WoO 3, Sonata For Keyboard in F Major. Published in 1789. * WoO 4, 2 Canzonettas For
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And Keyboard. ''Vieni oh caro amato bene'' and ''Senza il diletto mio''. Published in 1792. * WoO 5, Mr. Collick's Minuet For Keyboard in D Minor. Published in 1793. * WoO 6, Sonata For Piano, Violin/Flute, And Violoncello in C Major. Published in 1794. * WoO 7, Practical Harmony For
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/Piano. Published in 1801. * WoO 8, Rondo For Keyboard in B-flat Major. Published in 1802. * WoO 9, ''Melodies Of Different Nations'' For Voice And Piano. Published in 1814. Cycle of 14 Songs. * WoO 10, Variazioni su un tema di Mozart 'Batti, batti' For Piano in F Major. Published in 1820. * WoO 11, Canon ad diapason For Piano in C Major. Published in 1830. * WoO 12, Concerto For Piano And Orchestra in C Major. Arrangement of Sonata Op. 33 No.3, done in 1796. * WoO 13, Sonata For Keyboard in A-flat Major. Composed in 1765. * WoO 14, Sonata For Keyboard in G Major. Composed in 1768. * WoO 15,
Monferrina Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in 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 eve ...
For Piano in C Major. Composed in 1821. * WoO 16,
Monferrina Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in 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 eve ...
For Piano in F Major. Composed in 1821. * WoO 17,
Monferrina Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in 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 eve ...
For Piano in E-flat Major. Composed in 1821. * WoO 18,
Monferrina Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in 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 eve ...
For Piano in D Major. Composed in 1821. * WoO 19,
Monferrina Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in 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 eve ...
For Piano in B-flat Major. Composed in 1821. * WoO 20,
Monferrina Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in 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 eve ...
For Piano in G Major. Composed in 1821. * WoO 21,
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For Piano in A Minor. * WoO 22, Allegro For Piano in E-flat Major. * WoO 23, Finale For Piano in B-flat Major. * WoO 24, Duettino For
Piano Four Hands Piano four hands (french: À quatre mains, german: Zu vier Händen, Vierhändig, it, a quattro mani) is a type of piano duet involving two players playing the same piano simultaneously. A duet with the players playing separate instruments is ...
No.1 in C Major (3 Movements). * WoO 25, Duettino For
Piano Four Hands Piano four hands (french: À quatre mains, german: Zu vier Händen, Vierhändig, it, a quattro mani) is a type of piano duet involving two players playing the same piano simultaneously. A duet with the players playing separate instruments is ...
No.2 in G Major (2 Movements). * WoO 26, Duettino For
Piano Four Hands Piano four hands (french: À quatre mains, german: Zu vier Händen, Vierhändig, it, a quattro mani) is a type of piano duet involving two players playing the same piano simultaneously. A duet with the players playing separate instruments is ...
No.3 in C Major (1 Movement). * WoO 27, Duettino For
Piano Four Hands Piano four hands (french: À quatre mains, german: Zu vier Händen, Vierhändig, it, a quattro mani) is a type of piano duet involving two players playing the same piano simultaneously. A duet with the players playing separate instruments is ...
No.4 in C Major (1 Movement). * WoO 28, Duettino For
Piano Four Hands Piano four hands (french: À quatre mains, german: Zu vier Händen, Vierhändig, it, a quattro mani) is a type of piano duet involving two players playing the same piano simultaneously. A duet with the players playing separate instruments is ...
No.5 in C Major (1 Movement). * WoO 29, Canon For Cherubini In Three Parts For Two Violins And Viola. Composed in 1821. Also published for Piano. * WoO 30, Nonet For
Flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...
, Oboe,
Clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
,
Bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...
, Horn, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, And
Contrabass Contrabass (from it, contrabbasso) refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch—generally one octave below bass register instruments. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is the bass instrument in the orchest ...
in E-flat Major. (1 Movement = Andante) * WoO 31, Nonet For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, And Contrabass in E-flat Major. (1 Movement = Allegro) * WoO 32,
Symphony A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning com ...
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. Entitled "Great National Symphony" * WoO 35, Symphony For Orchestra No.4 in D major * WoO 36, '' Apertura (2 Overtures) (No.1 in C major; No.2 in D major), and Minuetto Pastorale'' in D major, For Orchestra


Arrangements of contemporaneous composers' works

* Mozart's Symphony No.35 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. Published in 1819. * Mozart's Symphony No.36 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. Published in 1817. * Mozart's Symphony No.38 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. Published in 1815. * Mozart's Symphony No.39 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. Published in 1819. * Mozart's Symphony No.40 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. Published in 1819. * Mozart's Symphony No.41 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. Published in 1818. * Haydn's Symphony No.94 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. * Haydn's Symphony No.97 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. * Haydn's Symphony No.102 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. * Haydn's Symphony No.103 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. * Haydn's Symphony No.104 for Piano, Flute, Violin and Cello. * Pleyel's String Quartet in B-flat Major for Piano, Flute and Violoncello. * Pieces by various composers (Corelli, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Sterkel, Wanhal, Kozeluch) as examples in his 'Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Piano Forte' Op. 42. Clementi