Previous posts for January 23rd are here: Muzio Clementi (2020), John Luther Adams (2021), Django Reinhardt; Gary Burton (2022), Anita Pointer; Chita Rivera (2023), and Marty Paich (2024)
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Muzio Clementi (23 January 1752 – 10 March 1832) was an Italian-born English pianist, composer, publisher, and piano manufacturer.
On the Clementi Sonatinas
If you were given lessons as a child
And learned the pieces every teacher picks,
Then somewhere in you memory bank is filed
Clementi’s famous opus 36.
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Duel at the Court
In Vienna, Clementi agreed to enter a musical contest with Mozart for the entertainment of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II and his guests at the Viennese court. The composers were called upon to improvise and to perform selections from their own compositions. The Emperor diplomatically declared a tie. – adapted from Wikipedia
When Clementi and Mozart competed one day,
The result of that evening of dazzling display
Was a tie in the judgement of Joseph the Second,
Who was most diplomatic when such things were reckoned.
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