Introduction to the Art of Playing the Pianoforte, Op.42 (Clementi, Muzio)

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76 more: 1.b. Mozart: Away with Melancholy • 2. Aria • 3. Handel: Air, in Atalanta • 4. Handel: Air, in Saul • 5. Handel: Dead March, in Saul • 6. Corelli: Allegro • 7. Clementi: Prelude in A minor • 7. Corelli: Gavotta • 8.a. Clementi: Prelude in F major • 8.b. Handel: Air, in Judas Maccabeus • 9. Handel: March, in Judas Maccabeus • 10. Corelli: Sarabanda • 11. Corelli: Giga • 12. Mozart: Arietta • 13.a. Mozart: Minuet • 13.b. Mozart: Trio • 14. Couperin: Le Réveilmatin • 15.a. Clementi: Prelude in D minor • 15.b. Scarlatti: Larghetto • 16. Corelli: Allemanda • 17. Corelli: Sarabanda • 18.a. Clementi: Prelude in G major • 18.b: Ah vous dirai - je maman • 19: Triste Raison • 20: Fal, lal, la. Air in the Cherokee • 21. Pleyel: Larghetto • 22: Arietta • 23.a. Pleyel: German Hymn, with Variations: Aria • 23.b. Pleyel: Variation 1 • 23.c. Pleyel: Variation 2 • 23.d. Pleyel: Variation 3 • 24. Dussek: Andantino • 25. Handel: Allegro • 26. Handel: Minuet in Samson • 27. Haydn: God Save the Emperor • 28. Haydn: Rondo in the Gipsy stile • 29.a. Clementi: Prelude in E minor • 29.b. Rameau: Tambourin • 30.a. Clementi: Prelude in B♭ major • 30.b. Scarlatti: Minuetto • 31: Lindor - an Air • 32.a. Mozart: Minuet • 32.b. Mozart: Trio • 33. Handel: Gavotta, in Otho • 34.a. Cramer: Andante with Variations - Theme • 34.b. Cramer: Variation 1 • 34.c. Cramer: Variation 2 • 34.d. Cramer: Variation 3 • 35.a. Clementi: Prelude in G minor • 35.b. Scarlatti: Allegro • 36.a. Clementi: Prelude in D major • 36.b. Corelli: Gavotta • 37. Handel: Minuet in Ariadne • 38. Handel: March in the Occasional Oratorio • 39. Beethoven: Waltz • 40. Corelli: Allegro • 41.a. Clementi: Prelude in B minor • 41.b. Corelli: Giga • 42.a. Clementi: Prelude in E♭ major • 42.b. C.P.E. Bach: Rondo, H.288 • 43.a. Clementi: Prelude in C minor • 43.b. Scarlatti: Minuet • 44.a. Clementi: Prelude in A major • 44.b. Paradies: Andante Allegretto • 45.a. Clementi: Prelude in F♯ minor • 45.b. Corelli: Adagio • 46.a. Clementi: Prelude in A♭ major • 46.b. Couperin: Slow March • 47.a. Clementi: Prelude in F minor • 47.b. Couperin: Allegretto • 48.a. Clementi: Prelude in E major • 48.b. J.S. Bach: Polonoise • 48.c. J.S. Bach: Minuet • 49. Corelli: Gavotta • 50.a. Clementi: Prelude in C♯ minor • 50.b. Haydn: Minuet

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Misc. Notes Vollstændigeste Klavier Schule nebst 50 Lectionen, mit vorangehenden kurzen Præludien zur Uibung in der Fingersetzung, aus den gewöhnlichsten Dur, und Molltönen, nach den Mustern der vorzüglichsten æltern, und neuern klassischen Componisten, von Muzio Clementi
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Work Title Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Pianoforte
Alternative. Title Einleitung in die Kunst das Pianoforte
Composer Clementi, Muzio
Title-page Details Title-page transcription
Clementi's Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Pianoforte Including the Elements of Music; Preliminary notions on Fingering with examples, and 50 fingered Lessons In the major and minor keys mostly in use by Composers of the first rank, Ancient and Modern. To which are prefixed short Preludes by the Author.
Introduction à l'Art de toucher le Piano-Forte : Contenant les premiers Elémens de la Musique, les notions nécessaires du doigter expliquées par des exemples, et L. Leçons servant à l'exercice du doigter dans les tons majeurs et mineurs les plus usités, d'après les meilleurs Compositeurs des différens tems, précédés de courts Préludes composés par l'Auteur
Einleitung in die Kunst das Pianoforte Enthaltend Die Anfangsgründe der Music; Die Nöthingen Begriffe zur Fingersetzung mit Beyspielen erländert, und 50 Lektionen zur Uebung in der Fingersetzung aus den gewöhnlichsten Dur und Molltönung nach den Mustern der vorzüchlichsten ältern neuern Komponisten; nebst kurzen vorangehenden Praeludien von Verfasser
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.42
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 18 preludes and 50 lessons:
  1. Prelude (C major)
    Mozart: Away with melancholy (from Die Zauberflöte, K.620) (C major)
  2. Aria: Ah! vous dirai-je, maman (C major)
  3. George Frideric Handel: Air, in Atalanta (HWV 35) (C major)
  4. Handel: Air, in Saul (HWV 53). Moderato (C major)
  5. Handel: Dead March, in Saul (HWV 53). Grave (C major)
  6. Arcangelo Corelli: Allegro (C major)
  7. Prelude (A minor)
    Corelli: Gavotta. Allegro (A minor)
  8. Prelude (F major)
    Handel: Air, in Judas Maccabeus (See, the conqu'ring hero comes!, from HWV 63) (F major)
  9. Handel: March, in Judas Maccabeus (HWV 63) (F major)
  10. Corelli: Sarabanda. Vivace (F major)
  11. Corelli: Giga. Allegro (F major)
  12. Mozart: Arietta. Andante (F major)
  13. Mozart: Minuet and Trio (F major)
  14. F. Couperin: Le réveil-matin (from Premier livre de pièces de clavecin) (F major)
  15. Prelude (D minor)
    D. Scarlatti: Larghetto (Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.34) (D minor)
  16. Corelli: Allemanda. Allegro (D minor)
  17. Corelli: Sarabanda. Allegro (D minor)
  18. Prelude (G major)
    Ah vous dirai-je maman (G major)
  19. Triste Raison. Andante (G major)
  20. Fal, lal, la. Air in the Cherokee (G major)
  21. Ignaz Pleyel: Larghetto (G major)
  22. Arietta. Allegro (G major)
  23. Pleyel: German Hymn, with Variations. Andante (G major)
  24. Dussek: Andantino ma Moderato e con espressione (G major)
  25. Handel: Allegro (G major)
  26. Handel: Minuet in Samson (HWV 57) (G major)
  27. Joseph Haydn: God Save the Emperor. Poce Adagio, Cantabile (Das Kaiserlied) (G major)
  28. Haydn: Rondo in the Gipsy stile (III. Finale: Rondo all'Ongarese from Piano Trio in G major (G major)
  29. Prelude (E minor)
    Jean-Philippe Rameau: Tambourin. Vivace (from Pièces de clavecin) (E minor)
  30. Prelude (B major)
    D. Scarlatti: Minuetto (Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major, K.42) (B major)
  31. Lindor, an Air. Allegretto (B major)
  32. Mozart: Minuet and Trio. A tempo di ballo (B major)
  33. Handel: Gavotta, in Otho (B major)
  34. Johann Baptist Cramer: Andante with Variations, M.2.046 (B major)
  35. Prelude (G minor)
    D. Scarlatti: Allegro (Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K.35) (G minor)
  36. Prelude (D major)
    Corelli: Gavotta. Allegro (D major)
  37. Handel: Minuet in Ariadne (D major)
  38. Handel: March in the Occasional Oratorio (D major)
  39. Ludwig van Beethoven: Waltz (Ländler Nos.1 and 2 from 7 Ländler, WoO 11) (D major)
  40. Corelli: Allegro (D major)
  41. Prelude (B minor)
    Corelli: Giga (B minor)
  42. Prelude (E major)
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Rondo in E-flat major, H.288
  43. Prelude (C minor)
    D. Scarlatti: Minuet (Keyboard Sonata in C minor, K.40) (C minor)
  44. Prelude (A major)
    Pietro Domenico Paradies: Andante Allegretto (A major)
  45. Prelude (F minor)
    Corelli: Adagio (F minor)
  46. Prelude (A major)
    F. Couperin: Slow March (A major)
  47. Prelude (F minor)
    F. Couperin: Allegretto (F minor)
  48. Prelude (E major)
    Johann Sebastian Bach: Polonoise and Minuet (Polonaise (No.5) and Menuet (No.7) from French Suite No.6 in E major, BWV 817) (E major)
  49. Corelli: Gavotta. Allegro (E major)
  50. Prelude (C minor)
    Haydn: Minuet (without Trio from) Keyboard Sonata in C-sharp minor (C minor)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1801
Language English (translations in German, French)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation piano
Related Works Preludes and Exercises, Op.43, the Appendix or Second Part to this work.

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