Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica (Dec 2023)

Examples in the development of Clementi’s four-hand piano sonata

  • Valentin MUREȘAN

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.2.23
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 68, no. 2

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Muzio Clementi exploits the possibilities of duet texture more, individualizing the middle voices as a separate layer. However, it cannot compete with the refinement of the interweaving of voices in Mozart’s duets. The bass and middle voices often provide a supporting function for the melodic material concentrated in the primo part. Clementi’s four-hand sonatas are among the earliest significant works of four-hand piano in musical history. They reflect the composer’s individual and intense journey through the genre and the variety of his approaches.

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