A Brief History of Clementi, the Underrated Innovator

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7 жыл бұрын

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@oniuqasaile 7 жыл бұрын

WHAT??? Clementi indirectly taught my two absolute favorite composers?!!

@lydiabrindley1944 2 жыл бұрын

Hes rarely ever mentioned. I always play his music to warm up my hands at the end I play his sonatas. He makes playing easy with the notes you play. You don't have to fanny about finding the notes. Beethoven held him in very high esteem

@dorothytrent6978 2 жыл бұрын

My piano teacher told me today “unless if you play piano, it’s pretty rare for people to know about clementi”

@BeautifulDreamerK 3 жыл бұрын

CLEMENTI! My favorite! I always loved playing his pieces because they were always upbeat and happy 😊

@CanelonVegano Жыл бұрын

There are some awesome Clementi sonatas. Op 40 is REALLY good. (Especially no 2 and 3)

@CanelonVegano Жыл бұрын

It is a shame that he's only really know for his op 36 (great for beginners tho)

@canman5060 4 жыл бұрын

Mozart doesn't have good comment on Clementi. He said his music is plain 'mere mechanics' ! But his many piano works are greatly admired by Beethoven and MYSELF who is a dedicated follower of Clementi.

@mutantbaby1672 4 жыл бұрын

"Vladimir Horowitz" The arrow was pointing at Rubinstein. lol

@Stu228 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video! Clementi is often written off, but his works have had great longevity.

@canman5060 4 жыл бұрын

His set of 6 op.36 sonatinas is a must play and learn worldwide.

@loganfruchtman953 Жыл бұрын

Chopin also assigned Clementi sonatas to his students and he also had similar opinions of him to Beethoven seeing his works as essential to piano students.

@canman5060 4 жыл бұрын

I think Clementi great great grandson is also a piano teacher himself living in Canada.

@celsodimov. 7 жыл бұрын

Hi from Brazil! Your channel deserves waaay more views than it has, I particularly like your history videos the most, please, keep them coming! And just for your knowledge, around 12:00, when you talk about Horowitz your picture actually points out Rubinstein!

@PianotvNet 7 жыл бұрын

+Septobus, maybe make a note of it? :)

@DanielVega-nu6ye 7 жыл бұрын

Celso Eduardo Soares Dimov Quantity vs Quality, that's the question. We are few but we are strong!

@marioescabi2529 7 жыл бұрын

I really like these types of videos can you do one on paganini or Antonio Vivaldi or saint seans

@garethbowes4161 7 жыл бұрын

well 2 of those didn't write for piano at all

@kibumlee3336 7 жыл бұрын

Mario Escabi And meeee!!

@lechoro5229 6 жыл бұрын

A brief story of Saint-säens is a pretty good idea

@mannydain 4 жыл бұрын

thank youuu, love your enthusiasm

@adrianscreaton6354 4 жыл бұрын

They should make a film of his life,I knew nothing about him till I started playing piano at the age of 55,I did have lessons at 7 and passed my grade 1 then,but at 55 my grade 1 introduced me to Clementi and again in grade 3,I have his OP36 and am planning to be able to play all of them,they are so beautiful he was a great human being someone we should all aspire to be like,he has left behind so much to benefit us all.Adrian Thanks for this video

@rugbyjefe710 3 жыл бұрын

Sampling was a thing back then apparently. Also John Field was Irish.

@tomcat193 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! thanks.

@classicalvintagecollector 3 жыл бұрын

I can trace my piano teacher letting it back to Clementi. My piano students generally study five out of six of his sonatinas from opus 36.

@robinlawrence2438 Жыл бұрын

Love the history! These are so fun, thanks!

@johnkiunke5617 6 жыл бұрын

The magic flute was actually in 1791, and Op. 24 no. 4 was played at the duel, so it was probably written in 1780 or 81.

@back2backband1 6 жыл бұрын

Bingo! you are spot on sir.

@moritzbrachmann9110 5 ай бұрын

Thanks, I thought I was wrong on the magic flutes year😂

@ymaysernameuay1113 3 жыл бұрын

Love these vids! You've taught me so much!

@samrogers9515 7 ай бұрын

Very good! Thank you!

@GabrieleDeiana 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! thank you :)

@petrahaller1454 7 жыл бұрын

I loooove your channel!!!

@sarahhallyburton7428 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Thank you!🌟

@lisakowalchuk4660 3 жыл бұрын

really informative! You're so knowledgeable!

@arseniykunin3423 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@MarsLos10 7 жыл бұрын

Allysia you are awesome

@gabrielrodriguez9413 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are great!

@rajanpiano2011 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative and well presented. Thanks for everything.

@ZachBonnell 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a couple years late to these videos but I love them. I guess a couple of years late is nothing compared to when all this actually took place.

@nourmousli8242 7 жыл бұрын

I really love your history videos, they always remind me that I should listen more and I end up discovering new music ! I only know a few sonatas of Clementi and the only one I played is op34 n2, an amazing sonata ( Horowitz interpretation of this one makes me wanna sleep though) ,, thanks :)

@PianotvNet 7 жыл бұрын

They're my favorite videos to make! :)

@ginasmit5559 4 жыл бұрын

Great episode, thank you! A small point (12:08) you are talking about Vladimir Horowitz, but the arrow points at the picture of Arthur Rubinstein.

@MrGreencheetah 3 жыл бұрын

I also love the musical history and am delirious with joy after enjoying this video!!! . . . also, I'm looking forward to some improvement with your "sprinkler" dance moves.

@mixertanka2539 Жыл бұрын

Most of the classical musical forms are of Italian mind. From modern opera, to the concerto, to the sonata, to the symphony, the piano, the violin and many other things, (it is no coincidence that the technical language of classical music is still Italian today, tempo, andante, staccato, allegro etc. ..). So if you want to discover the roots of most modern classical music, listen to Italian classical music...

@canman5060 3 жыл бұрын

Without Clementi Beethoven may not be able to get the great inspiration of all the rapid running broken octaves in many of his piano sonatas.

@manusmacgearailt667 2 жыл бұрын

I thought John Field was Irish last time I checked, hence why there's a concert room named after him in the National Concert Hall in Dublin?

@dracorex6876 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making a video on Clementi's history and contributions to the piano! Many of my personal favourite sonatas by him include Op. 7, No 3, Op. 13, No. 6, Op. 24, No. 2, Op. 25, No. 5, and Op. 34, No. 2, just to name a few. They;re all a bit more technically demanding than Mozart's, but are a lot of fun to play and are highly recommended as they're not as difficult as Beethoven's sonatas. The fact that he's the first composer to compose almost exclusively for the piano makes him a forerunner of Chopin in that sense.

@PianotvNet 7 жыл бұрын

I never thought of the comparison to Chopin, thanks for your wisdom! And I'm excited to check out more of Clementi's music, since I'm less familiar with his sonatas compared to Mozart and Beethoven.

@dracorex6876 7 жыл бұрын

They aren't too hard to find. Sheetmusicplus.com is a good place to find Clementi's sonatas. Surprisingly, many of his sonatas share similarities to Haydn, which strengthens the kinship with Beethoven. Since you mentioned Ludwig Berger and John Field, it's worth noting that Clementi's sonatas gives away the influences on Mendelssohn and Chopin, and even other composers like Hummel and Brahms, so that's quite a legacy. Believe it or not, Clementi also composed a few symphonies, all of which are charming, if not as groundbreaking as Beethoven and Schubert, and one of them, known as "The Great National," has a slow movement which are variations on the British national anthem God Save The Queen, hence the nickname. They're worth listening to, so check them out when you can.

@thepianoplayer416 Жыл бұрын

As technical as Clementi pieces can be, many of his piano sonatinas are relatively easy to sight-read and became common student pieces. Students have varying degree of technical abilities and tend to play under-tempo. In the latter part of the 18th century, the piano was not a well developed instrument and didn't have 88 keys. His pieces may have big jumps but still limited to the # keys on the pianos at the time. When it comes to violin pieces, Clementi rarely comes up. People who learned violin or have gone to student recitals would find sonatinas by the German Friedrich Seitz more common than pieces by Clementi.

@KeepingOnTheWatch 7 жыл бұрын

@13:36 "I really like doing these history videos..." and I really like watching these as well. I haven't started Level 1 RCM yet but I already bought all the books (hehehe... can't wait) so I checked out the list of repertoire and I'm happy to see that the second piece, 'Pyrenese Melody', is by Clementi. Also, not that it matters but if Clementi moved to England when he was 14 he likely had an English accent by the time he was a young adult. Just an interesting thought.

@walkaboutarts 7 жыл бұрын

yoyoyo!! awesome and informative video. I love your channel, especially all the pictures and funny captions :) but afaik the magic flute was composed in 1791 - or did Mozart compose the overture 11 years earlier? anyway, keep those videos coming. best wishes from Vienna

@mfernandez5743 3 жыл бұрын

Mozart usually composed overtures at the end

@armhan 7 жыл бұрын

When I saw "San Lorenzo" on the map I said "WHAT!?", that's near where I live O_o ...but unfortunately that's another San Lorenzo :D He was in San Lorenzo in Damaso (Rome, central Italy), the map you showed is San Lorenzo (Reggio Calabria, south of Italy). Anyway interesting video! :)

@PianotvNet 7 жыл бұрын

Oh no! I wasn't aware of that, thanks for pointing it out. I'll maybe ask the editor +Septobus to make a note of it.

@bettanies5864 7 жыл бұрын

first like and comment! great video- I can already tell!

@kanyekubrick5391 7 жыл бұрын

music teaching lineage is indeed cool.

@bikkies 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, always amusing to hear the transatlantic pronunciation of Worcestershire. Believe it or not, it's like "wusster share". That's because here in England we like to confuse.

@phychemnerd 3 жыл бұрын

That you do really well.

@bikkies 3 жыл бұрын

@@phychemnerd We do indeed. It gets worse - for such a small nation we have a really diverse set of accents, colloquialisms and other quirks. I was born in Liverpool. If I travel just 30 miles in any direction I'll hit regions with differences that can take me off guard. Travel 60 miles to Yorkshire and the differences become far wider. To my English ear I can only really differentiate maybe 4 or 5 American accents such as Bronx, a fairly generic drawl that may or may not be Texan, some differences with Boston if I listen carefully, west coast, and everybody else. I'm sure there's a load of regional variation there too, but I can't detect it.

@phychemnerd 3 жыл бұрын

@@bikkies Actually I think some dialects are cute. Might confuse the shit out of strangers but it adds keeps things interesting. Regarding North America, I like how some Canadians says "about", "out", "house", etc. Look up Canadian raising.

@phychemnerd 3 жыл бұрын

@@bikkies I meant to say accents in my previous comment.

@eatlom 7 жыл бұрын

Great video!! Could you do a brief history of Liszt? :)

@PianotvNet 7 жыл бұрын

It'll happen this year!

@JoydeLeonGabriel 7 жыл бұрын

i totally love clementi..! it makes me really furious to the fact he's always overlooked.

@gillesstanek335 4 жыл бұрын

Years back, after hearing some of Clementi's symphonies published by Naxos, I felt at the time that they tediously lacked originality and were repetitive like a few other contempories' compositions. Yet your numerous historical testimonies provided and unwavering stamina make me feel like giving it another try, were it but to listen to Clementi's piano works. Thank you for sharing such enthusiasm!

@jimjohn2652 5 жыл бұрын

9:22 Christ, that got me unguarded

@HowardS185 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, but Gina, I caught that mnistake too (Rubinstein vs Horowitz)

@booduh11811 6 жыл бұрын

I love your videos!!!! But your arrow @ 12:08 doesn't look like Horowitz, it looks like Artur Rubinstein

@Digibeatle09 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video - but please note John Field was an Irishman - not an Englishman !

@f.gornandt8701 7 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for this Video. I'm not sure, if your sources are right. The Magic Flute was published 1791. And I don't think, that he wrote the Ouverture 11 years before, even with the fact, that the libretto includes ideas of works around 1785 - 1788.

@ChinaAl 6 жыл бұрын

Yes great series. Problem is kids today are into punk rock and rap. GOD I hate rap!

@dorothytrent6978 2 жыл бұрын

I’m actually learning pieces by both clementi and Chopin

@memedreams8558 7 жыл бұрын

Could you do a brief history on Mendelssohn or Saint-Saëns?

@DanielVega-nu6ye 7 жыл бұрын

A brief history of A. Kerney, please.

@920Marko 6 жыл бұрын

You should do a brief history of Sergei Rachmaninoff please❤️

@Dreymonn 7 жыл бұрын

When are we starting Grade 4 piano?

@mhaxen4081 7 жыл бұрын

Request: A Brief History of Georges Bizet Great video btw :)

@garethbowes4161 7 жыл бұрын

did he write for piano?

@mhaxen4081 7 жыл бұрын

Aye. Here's a list of his piano works: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Georges_Bizet#Works_for_piano

@mhaxen4081 7 жыл бұрын

But he's most famous for his operas.

@garethbowes4161 7 жыл бұрын

It doesn't seem like his piano output was important enough to get a video out of.

@HardluckHutch 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do one on Salieri?

@jasondoyle7202 7 жыл бұрын

Can you do something on John Field? If you can :)

@Joeyboiification 7 жыл бұрын

Warchestershire? Never heard of that county before

@lordbyrondj 5 жыл бұрын

Think sheeant Worcestershire

@PaulMelia 6 жыл бұрын

John Field was Irish, not English. He moved to England, doesn't make him English.

@Kcire17 7 жыл бұрын

I am trying Fantaisie Impromptu, but I'm having a little trouble with 3 vs 4 on hands coordination, could you give me any advice? (PD; I love your videos :D)

@392023001 7 жыл бұрын

117progamer few options, try one hand at a time and then putting both hands together or try very slow and get the right rhythm, notes in the right place and slowly speedup. also you can try 3v2 first and then just double your right hand notes...

@PianotvNet 7 жыл бұрын

We addressed polyrhythm as one of the topics in this Q&A: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y9l4i8qnxt26nJs.html Hope that helps!

@Kcire17 7 жыл бұрын

thaaaaaaaanx a lot

@Kcire17 7 жыл бұрын

ill try that. thnx :)

@mfernandez5743 3 жыл бұрын

There is no evidence Mozart used Clementi’s sonata. The Magic Flute was composed in 1791 not 1780. John Field was Irish not English.

@roastedlion1 7 жыл бұрын

can you do a video about Johann Strauss Jr.

@UniversalDirp 3 жыл бұрын

clementi is childhood so is kuhlau, czerny, and burgmuller

@piano1937 7 жыл бұрын

Brief history of Scriabin pls

@Opoczynski 5 жыл бұрын

Love your programs. But, please, try to learn pronunciation of foreign names, like Leipzig =Laiptzig. I'll be happy to be your tutor, free.

@misssarahashplant31 5 жыл бұрын

I've heard a few of his pieces but I'm not overly familiar with his music.

@janettehorton7885 3 жыл бұрын

Janette Horton

@TheInternetFan 6 ай бұрын

2:13 S. Lorenzo in Damaso as you correctly say is a basilica in Rome, so how come you're then pointing at a place in Calabria, in Southern Italy? Old Indro Montanelli was right when he wrote: "Americans know the Pope is in Rome. They just don't know where Rome is." 😂

@telephilia 6 жыл бұрын

Who listens to Clementi? Not many. You might have to learn one of Sonata/Sonatinas as a student. Beyond that, he is almost never played.

@MarcelloSevero 7 жыл бұрын

You said San Lorenzo, Rome, and then proceeded to zoom in on Calabria…

@magisterparsons 3 жыл бұрын

Parnassus was sacred to Apollo, the god of music.

@jgrab1 2 жыл бұрын

"Mee-yuu-zee-oh?"

@chrissinger24 6 жыл бұрын

Con tab bee lee

@joyliu9527 Жыл бұрын

1:30

@MarsLos10 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, not even mentioned his love life, like she did with other composers. Didn't he get married? Or this is something lost in history so we're not sure?

@communismwithgiggles2515 6 жыл бұрын

I thought Bartolomeo Cristofi was father of the piano

@gerardgag 6 жыл бұрын

Hes its creator

@Opoczynski 5 жыл бұрын

Bartolomeo Cristofori, I believe.

@garethbowes4161 7 жыл бұрын

John Field was Irish not English ;)

@garethbowes4161 6 жыл бұрын

someone has trouble using Google.

@ustadspencertracy7195 6 жыл бұрын

Briton*

@Gguy061 Жыл бұрын

Leopold Kozeluch is an under-rated master who is less well known than Clementi. I would argue his sonatas are of a much better quality, especially the minor key ones. Both he and Edelmann wrote amazingly expressive minor key sonatas in the 1780s/90s that hint strongly towards Romanticism! They both deserve videos more than Clementi does!

@joserobertodossantosvieira2320 6 жыл бұрын

HATE 99!!!

@richardnineteenfortyone7542 Жыл бұрын

John Field not "English". He was IRISH !

@emiliyk4747 3 жыл бұрын

Did he have a wife or kids?

@SteveHacker 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t understand why there is SO MUCH mispronunciation on this channel; not just of names and places, but just basic English language words. Is English the second language here? I hear no accent, so I’m at a loss for understanding this...