Composition: Introduction to the Art of Playing the Pianoforte, Op. 42 (Clementi, Muzio)
| Title | Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Pianoforte |
| Alternative title | Einleitung in die Kunst das Pianoforte |
| Creators | Muzio Clementi (composer) |
| Opus | Op.42 |
| Instrumentation | piano |
| Number of movements | 68 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1801 |
| First published | — |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Music theory, Methods, Lessons, Studies, Preludes |
| Language | English |
| Period | Classical |
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Sections
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Hoffmeister | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Clementi & Co. | 1803 | Segment 1 · view Segment 2 · view Segment 3 · view |
| view | Complete | — | Johann Cappi | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | — | Complete Score (monochrome) · view |
| view | Complete | — | C. C. Menzel | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Carli | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Pleyel | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Mutopia | — | Complete Score (Letter size) · view Complete Score (A4 size) · view Engraving files (Lilypond) · view |
| view | La Savoyarde | — | Chrystal Chau | 2013 | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Files |
|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | 1.a. Clementi: Prelude in C major · file 1.b. Mozart: Away with Melancholy · file 2. Aria · file 3. Handel: Air, in Atalanta · file 4. Handel: Air, in Saul · file 5. Handel: Dead March, in Saul · file 6. Corelli: Allegro · file 7. Clementi: Prelude in A minor · file 7. Corelli: Gavotta · file 8.a. Clementi: Prelude in F major · file 8.b. Handel: Air, in Judas Maccabeus · file 9. Handel: March, in Judas Maccabeus · file 10. Corelli: Sarabanda · file 11. Corelli: Giga · file 12. Mozart: Arietta · file 13.a. Mozart: Minuet · file 13.b. Mozart: Trio · file 14. Couperin: Le Réveilmatin · file 15.a. Clementi: Prelude in D minor · file 15.b. Scarlatti: Larghetto · file 16. Corelli: Allemanda · file 17. Corelli: Sarabanda · file 18.a. Clementi: Prelude in G major · file 18.b: Ah vous dirai - je maman · file 19: Triste Raison · file 20: Fal, lal, la. Air in the Cherokee · file 21. Pleyel: Larghetto · file 22: Arietta · file 23.a. Pleyel: German Hymn, with Variations: Aria · file 23.b. Pleyel: Variation 1 · file 23.c. Pleyel: Variation 2 · file 23.d. Pleyel: Variation 3 · file 24. Dussek: Andantino · file 25. Handel: Allegro · file 26. Handel: Minuet in Samson · file 27. Haydn: God Save the Emperor · file 28. Haydn: Rondo in the Gipsy stile · file 29.a. Clementi: Prelude in E minor · file 29.b. Rameau: Tambourin · file 30.a. Clementi: Prelude in B flat major · file 30.b. Scarlatti: Minuetto · file 31: Lindor - an Air · file 32.a. Mozart: Minuet · file 32.b. Mozart: Trio · file 33. Handel: Gavotta, in Otho · file 34.a. Cramer: Andante with Variations - Theme · file 34.b. Cramer: Variation 1 · file 34.c. Cramer: Variation 2 · file 34.d. Cramer: Variation 3 · file 35.a. Clementi: Prelude in G minor · file 35.b. Scarlatti: Allegro · file 36.a. Clementi: Prelude in D major · file 36.b. Corelli: Gavotta · file 37. Handel: Minuet in Ariadne · file 38. Handel: March in the Occasional Oratorio · file 39. Beethoven: Waltz · file 40. Corelli: Allegro · file 41.a. Clementi: Prelude in B minor · file 41.b. Corelli: Giga · file 42.a. Clementi: Prelude in E flat major · file 42.b. C.P.E. Bach: Rondo, H.288 · file 43.a. Clementi: Prelude in C minor · file 43.b. Scarlatti: Minuet · file 44.a. Clementi: Prelude in A major · file 44.b. Paradies: Andante Allegretto · file 45.a. Clementi: Prelude in F sharp minor · file 45.b. Corelli: Adagio · file 46.a. Clementi: Prelude in A flat major · file 46.b. Couperin: Slow March · file 47.a. Clementi: Prelude in F minor · file 47.b. Couperin: Allegretto · file 48.a. Clementi: Prelude in E major · file 48.b. J.S. Bach: Polonoise · file 48.c. J.S. Bach: Minuet · file 49. Corelli: Gavotta · file 50.a. Clementi: Prelude in C sharp minor · file 50.b. Haydn: Minuet · file |
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