Top Rated Clementi, Muzio. (1752–1832) Due Canzonette, 18th C. Copyist Manuscript Save Big: 50% Off [Lv3wIdYp]

Due Canzonette ridotte Per Clavicembalo o Piano-Forte del Sig. Muzio Clementi. In Vienna e Magonza presso Artaria Comp. Oblong folio. Title, 6pp. Laid paper with partial man-in-the-moon watermark visible on one leaf.



A remarkable early copyist manuscript in the hand of Frederic Worlitz, signed by him in the upper left corner of title page and completed around the time of the original first publication by Artaria in Vienna, as referenced on the title page. At the upper right, in a different hand and in later ink: "Dupl. p: Falkenau."



"The two 'Canzonette' (WO 4 in the Tyson Catalogue) are the only existing works for voice and piano by Muzio Clementi and were published by Artaria in Vienna in 1792. An autograph of the first piece is located at the Stanford University Library and differs from the printed edition . On it we may read 'Rondeau for soprano, harpsichord solo, done for Ceccarelli, idea by Saccbini, varied by Clementi.' This is, indeed, a homage to the vocal virtues of his friend Ceccarelli, a celebrated castrato, resident in Salzburg, as can be deduced from the fact that the accent of the piece is on a vocal technique of such a sparkling character as to make one think that it may nearly have been suggested by Clementi's virtuoso-friend. " (Pietro Spada, introduction to "Rondò per il Ceccarelli." Rome, 1985)