Chapter 9-13

  • Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)

    Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
    • Italian-British
    • virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor
    • Influenced by Domenico Scarlatti's harpsichord school and Haydn's classical school and by the stile Galante of Johann Christian Bach and Ignazio Cirri,
    • Clementi developed a fluent and technical legato style. and passed on to a generation, John Field, Cramer, Moscheles, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Kalkbrenner, Hummel and Czerny.
    • Works 1)110 piano sonatas 2)12 sonatinas op.36 = teaching pieces 3)Gradus ad Parnassum = etudes = scales&arpeggio
  • Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1838)

    Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1838)
    -German-born English pianist, taken to London at an early age
    -son of Wilhelm Cramer, a famous London violinist and conductor
    - His strength = creative inventive passagework for the piano
    - works
    1) <100 sontas
    2) set of 84 studies
  • Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850)

    Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850)
    • Austrian-Bohemian, Czech composer and music teacher
    • Works 1) 42 lyrical Ecologues in sets of 6 2) More technical demanding are the 15 Rhapsodies 3) 6 Allegri capricciosi
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 – 1837)

    Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 – 1837)
    • an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist.
    • reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.
    • was a pupil of Mozart, Salieri and Clementi.
    • Businessman, enhance the right of composers- fighting for copyright codes
    • Works 1) 24 preludes Op.67 2) 3 volumes of pedagogical works 3) Rondo op.22
  • John Field (1782-1837)

    John Field  (1782-1837)
    • Irish pianist, composer, and teacher
  • Carl Czerny (1791-1857)

    Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
    • Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
    • Beethoven best-known students
    • Main teacher of Liszt
    • Possibly forerunner of Schumann op.7
    • composed lots of etudes [edagogical works
    • concentrating on composing and teaching than touring!
  • Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)

    Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
    • Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. -Erlkönig = well-known art song 21 sontatas Character piecces = impromptu, musical moments most difficul = wanderer fantasia d.760
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    • German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.
  • Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

    Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
    • a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano.
  • Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
    German composer, pianist, and influential music critic.