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Muzio Clementi

1752 - 1832

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Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (23 January 1752 – 10 March 1832) was an Italian and British composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer who was mostly active in England. Encouraged to study music by his father, he was sponsored as a young composer by Sir Peter Beckford, who took him to England to advance his studies. Later, he toured Europe numerous times from his long-standing base in London. It was on one of these occasions, in 1781, that he engaged in a piano competition with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muzio Clementi is the 113th most popular composer (up from 120th in 2019), the 553rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 587th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Composer.

Muzio Clementi was a composer, pianist, and teacher. He is most famous for his piano sonatas.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Muzio Clementi ranks 113 out of 1,451. Before him are Giacomo Meyerbeer, Alma Mahler, Domenico Cimarosa, Mikhail Glinka, Zoltán Kodály, and Mily Balakirev. After him are Francisco Tárrega, Paul Hindemith, György Ligeti, Carlo Gesualdo, Manuel de Falla, and Bohuslav Martinů.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Muzio Clementi ranks 4. Before him are Maria Carolina of Austria, Jeongjo of Joseon, and Joseph Marie Jacquard. After him are Adrien-Marie Legendre, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Thomas Chatterton, and Jacques Roux. Among people deceased in 1832, Muzio Clementi ranks 10. Before him are Jean-François Champollion, Walter Scott, Jeremy Bentham, Georges Cuvier, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, and Rasmus Rask. After him are Jean-Baptiste Say, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Friedrich Kuhlau, and Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Muzio Clementi ranks 553 out of 5,161. Before him are Calpurnia (-77), Francesco I Sforza (1401), Gaius Julius Caesar (-135), Giulietta Masina (1921), Roberto Baggio (1967), and Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777). After him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pope Agapetus I (490), Lavinia Fontana (1552), Elena Ferrante (1943), and Antonello da Messina (1430).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Muzio Clementi ranks 23. Before him are Luigi Boccherini (1743), Nino Rota (1911), Jacopo Peri (1561), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Pietro Mascagni (1863), and Domenico Cimarosa (1749). After him are Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Giulio Caccini (1551), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), and Nicola Porpora (1686).

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