Minuet (after Mozart)
Muzio Clementi (1801)
Description
A second piece after Mozart, a minuet. Op. 42 takes several pieces from the same composer, and setting this one in F major alongside the arietta gives a pupil a song and a dance to compare without moving the hand.
In F major and triple meter: 396 notes, around a minute. There are more notes than in the arietta and the right hand moves in smaller values. The head of each bar is clearly marked, as a minuet needs, and the left hand keeps strictly to marking the three beats. With a single flat, the hand position is comparatively easy to find.
A beginner piece. Played straight after the arietta in the same key, the body learns that the lilt of a song in 6/8 and the lilt of a dance in three put their weight in different places. Do not lay out three even beats: carry the phrase with the first beat as its pivot.
A piano method Clementi published in 1801, comprising 50 lessons that arrange famous Baroque and Classical works for solo piano.
Browse all songs in Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Piano Forte Op.42 →Sheet Music
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About the Composer
Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
Muzio Clementi was born in Rome and moved to England while still young, building a career in London as a pianist, composer, and instrument manufacturer. Often called the "father of the pianoforte," he wrote the study collection Gradus ad Parnassum and numerous sonatinas that remain staples of piano pedagogy. This site includes pieces from his Op. 42 tutor, built on "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman" and melodies by Haydn and Mozart, along with movements from the Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1.
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