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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Muzio Clementi (1750-1832)

Composer of the Week: Muzio Clementi (1750-1832): Episode 2: Mozart's Rival

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Muzio Clementi (1750-1832)

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Episode 2: Mozart's Rival

Mozart's Rival

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Muzio Clementi (1750-1832), Mozart's Rival

Focusing on the summer of 1780, when Clementi found himself in a piano contest with Mozart

Donald Macleod focuses on the summer of 1780, when Clementi found himself in Vienna, in a piano contest with Mozart.

Now a famous figure in London, in the summer of 1780 Muzio Clementi decides to spread his wings. After an enthusiastic reception from Marie Antoinette in Paris, at the invitation of the Emperor Joseph II, he travels to Vienna, where an enthralling piano contest with Mozart takes place.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the Italian-born composer Muzio Clementi

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the Italian-born composer Muzio Clementi, popularly regarded as 'the father of the pianoforte'

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