Muzio Clementi

Italian-born British composer and pianist
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Also known as: Mutius Philippus Vincentius Franciscus Xaverius Clementi
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Mutius Philippus Vincentius Franciscus Xaverius Clementi
Born:
Jan. 23, 1752, Rome, Papal States [Italy]
Died:
March 10, 1832, Evesham, Worcestershire, Eng. (aged 80)

Muzio Clementi (born Jan. 23, 1752, Rome, Papal States [Italy]—died March 10, 1832, Evesham, Worcestershire, Eng.) was an Italian-born British pianist and composer whose studies and sonatas developed the techniques of the early piano to such an extent that he was called “the father of the piano.” A youthful prodigy, Clementi was appointed an organist at 9 and at 12 had composed an oratorio. In 1766 Peter Beckford, a cousin of William Beckford, the author of Vathek, prevailed upon Clementi’s father to allow him to take the boy to England, where he lived quietly in Wiltshire pursuing a rigorous course ...(100 of 393 words)