He was born in Rome in 1752, and in 1781 engaged in a piano competition with Mozart in Vienna.
He was born in Rome in 1752, and in 1781 engaged in a piano competition with Mozart in Vienna. It was a tie, but Mozart later plagiarized his "Sonata in B-Flat Major" for Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte". During his lifetime, he was very famous for playing piano, teaching piano, and manufacturing them. His greatest work was the "Gradus ad Parnassum", which Debussy invoked. The first true piano virtuoso, FTP, name this man now better known for more or less inventing the piano sonata.
He was born in Rome in 1752, and in 1781 engaged in a piano competition with Mozart in Vienna.
Muzio {Clementi}