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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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 5: Clementi's Legacy

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Muzio Clementi (1750-1832)

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Episode 5: Clementi's Legacy

Clementi's Legacy

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

Donald Macleod sums up Clementi's varied achievements.

Donald sums up Clementi's achievements and hears from his great-great-great grandson how the Clementi name continues to be associated with music through Finchcocks Musical Museum.

By the time of his death in 1832, Muzio Clementi was an influential figure on the London musical scene and a founding member of what's now known as the Royal Philharmonic Society. In conclusion, Donald Macleod sums up the composer's diverse achievements and discovers from Clementi's great great great grandson how the Clementi name continues to be associated with music through Finchcocks Musical Museum. 

Prelude I (alla Clementi) 
Howard Shelley (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67850 
CD2 Track 30 

Capriccio in C major, Op. 47 no. 2 
Howard Shelley (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67850
CD1 Tracks 7 to 9 

Symphony no. 4 in D major 
Philharmonia Orchestra
Claudio Scimone (conductor)
Erato 4509-92191-2
CD2 Tracks 5 to 8.

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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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