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

Authors

  • Valentin MUREȘAN Faculty of Music, Transilvania University of Brașov, valentin.muresan@unitbv.ro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.2.23

Keywords:

Muzio Clementi, Sonata, piano four-hands, development.

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

Valentin MUREȘAN, Faculty of Music, Transilvania University of Brașov, valentin.muresan@unitbv.ro

Valentin MUREȘAN, pianist from Brasov, Ph. D. student of the Faculty of Music of the Transylvania University of Brasov, has won more than 45 national and international prizes, including: the “Ina Macarie” Trophy, Bucharest 2010, First Prize - Pro-Piano Bucharest 2000, First Prize “Carl Filtch”, Sibiu 2022, Second Prize “Jeunesses musicales”, Bucharest, 2010, Special Prize “Dinu Lipatti”, Bucharest 2010, First Prize “Gina Caffa Righetti”, Italy 2008. He has performed at the “Fryderyk Chopin” Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland, the “Crescendo Summer Institute” in Sárospatak, Hungary and “Crescendo” in Budapest, Sonoro Interferențe 2010. He performed L. van Beethoven's Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra, L. van Beethoven's Fantasy for piano, choir, orchestra and soloists, J. Haydn's Concerto in D and E. Grieg's Concerto in A minor under the direction of Cristian Mandeal, Ioan Adrian Morar, Liviu Condriuc, Cristian Oroșanu and Ovidiu Dan Chirilă. He has given numerous recitals together with the pianist Corina Ibănescu, the pianist Ioan Dragoș Dimitriu and the violinist Valentin Șerban. He is currently associate professor at the Brasov Music Faculty and collaborator with the Brasov Philharmonic of Brașov.

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STUDIA UBB MUSICA, Volume 68 (LXVIII), No. 2, December 2023

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2023-12-30

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MUREȘAN, V. (2023). Examples in the development of Clementi’s four-hand piano sonata. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musica, 68(2), 311–322. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.2.23

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