In 1935, Alfredo Casella reconstructed Muzio Clementi's Symphonies WO 32 and WO 33 from materials in the Library of Congress and conducted successful performances of them.
Composition History
In 1921, Georges du Parc Poulain Saint-Foix, a pupil of musicologist Wyzewa, identified incomplete manuscripts by Clementi in the Library of Congress, including four symphonies and an Overture in D major.
Composer Biography
Muzio Clementi, along with Viotti, was a co-founder of the Philharmonic Society in 1813.
Composer Biography
Muzio Clementi, born in Rome in 1752, was taken to England at age fourteen by Peter Beckford, an English writer and traveller, to study harpsichord and composition.
Composer Biography
Muzio Clementi, a composer, teacher, and publisher, also opened a piano factory, which gave him a 'modern' air as a musician who achieved economic independence through trade.
Composition History
Muzio Clementi's symphonies, with the exception of two early examples, disappeared from the European repertory after 1820, with some believing he destroyed them 'in a fit of despair'.
Cultural Impact
Muzio Clementi, a composer and piano manufacturer, is buried in Westminster Abbey, where his gravestone proclaims him 'The Father of the pianoforte'.
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