Clementi's Selection of Practical Harmony for the Organ or Piano Forte

Clementi's Selection of Practical Harmony

The Selection of Practical Harmony is the result of Clementi collecting manuscript music during his frequent trips across continental Europe (1780–1784, 1784–1785, 1802–1810). It is in 4 volumes (1801, 1802, 1811, 1814) and contains works by 25 composers (other than Clementi). Click on relevant sections in the table below to access PDF scores from the first collected edition by Clementi &Co. (c.1815).

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Composers	Total number of pages	Works
AGOSTINI, Paolo (1583–1629)	1 line	vol.1, p. 32: 1 Canon (‘perpetually ascending one tone’).
ALBRECHTSBERGER, Johann Georg (1736–1809), ‘composer of the Cathedral at Vienna’	83 pages	vol.1, p. 51–75: 9 Fugues (1–4, 5–9); vol.2, p. 2–15: 6 Fugues; vol.4, p. 78–121: 21 Fugues, with Fugues 7–12 preceded by a ‘Cadenza or Preludio’, Fugues 13–18 by a ‘Preludio’ alone, and Fugues 19–21 ending vol.4 (1–7, including ‘Cadenza or Preludio’ of no. 8, 8–14, 15–21).
BACH, Carl Philip Emanuel (1714–1788), ‘2nd son of Seb. Bach’	80 pages	vol.1, p. 31, 34, 36, 110–126: 2 Canons (the first one ‘per diminutionem’), 2 Minuets, 1 Voluntary (A major), 2 Fugues, 1 Fantasia and Fugue (G minor), 1 Voluntary and Fugue; vol.2, p. 45–64: 1 Fantasia and Fugue (C minor), 1 Fantasia (C major), 1 Voluntary (the famous ‘Solfeggietto’ in C minor), 1 Fugue, 1 Sonata ‘composed expressly for the Organ’ (B flat major: Allegro – Arioso e cantabile – Allegro); vol.3, p. 47–87: 1 Fantasia (C minor), 1 Adagio affettuoso e sostenuto, 1 Fugue, 1 Rondo, 1 Fantasia (C major), 1 Fugue on the name of ‘BACH’, 1 Allegro assai, 1 Andantino con moto, 1 Presto, 1 Allegro spiritoso, 1 Sonata (F major: Allegro moderato – Allegro) and 1 Sinfonia (F major: Allegro di molto – Andante – Allegro assai).
BACH, Johann Christian (1735–1782), ‘youngest son of Seb. Bach’	13 pages	vol.3, p. 102–114: 2 Sonatas (E major: Allegro assai – Adagio – Prestissimo; and C minor: Grave – Allegro moderato – Allegretto).
BACH, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732–1795), ‘3rd son of Seb. Bach’	14 pages	vol.3, p. 88–101: 1 Fugue, 1 Rondo, 1 Minuet, 1 Polonaise, and 1 Sonata (C major: Allegretto – Andante alla Siciliana – Allegro).
BACH, Johann Ernst (1722–1777)	5 pages	vol.1, p. 127–131: 1 Fantasia and Fugue.
BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)	32 pages	vol.1, p. 132–145: 1 Prelude (G major), 1 Gavotte–Courante–Loure–Allemande–Sarabande–Bourée–Gigue (ending vol.1), nowadays known as the 5th French Suite in G major (in a different order) [N.B. this is the first known edition of the Suite¹]; vol.2, p. 65–73: 1 Toccata and Fugue, 1 Adagio and Fugue; vol.3, p. 115–123: 2 Fugues (ending vol.3).
BACH, Wilhelm Friedemann (1710–1784), ‘eldest son of Seb. Bach’	45 pages	vol.3, p. 2–46: Fugue 1, Capriccio, 2 Polonaises, Fugue 2, Adagio, Vivace, Polonaise, Fugue 3, Polonaise, Fugue 4, Polonaise, Fugue 5, 2 Polonaises, Fugue 6, Polonaise, Fugue 7, 2 Polonaises, Fugue 8, Polonaise, Fugue 9, Polonaise.
CARESANA, Cristoforo (1640–1709)	1 page	vol.1, p. 32–33: 1 Fugue (‘on 2 subjects’).
CLEMENTI, Muzio (1752–1832)	6 pages	vol.1, p. 2–7: ‘Epitome of Counterpoint’.
EBERLIN, Johann Ernst (1702–1762)	47 pages	vol.1, p. 76–102: 5 Voluntary and Fugues (1–3, 4–5); vol.2, p. 16–35: 4 Voluntary and Fugues.
FASCH, Carl Friedrich Christian (1736–1760)	1 line	vol.1, p. 31: 1 Canon ‘per diminutionem’.
FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (1583–1643), referred to as ‘the celebrated Girolamo Frescobaldi, who flourished about the beginning of the seventeenth century, and was organist of St Peter's Church at Rome’	20 pages	vol.2, p. 138–157: 3 Canzonas, 3 Fugues (spurious!), 1 Corrente, and 1 Toccata (ending vol.2).
HANDEL, Georg Frideric (1685–1759)	27 pages	vol.1, p. 36–37: 1 Fugue (2 voices); vol.2, p. 74–99: 11 Fugues (1–5, 6–11).
HAYDN, Franz Joseph (1732–1809)	1 page	vol.1, p. 34–35: 1 Minuet (in canon) and Trio.
KIRNBERGER, Johann Philip (1721–1783)	24 pages	vol.1, p. 8–31: 2 Voluntaries (on identical subjects), 6 Fugues, 1 Gavotta, 1 Prelude and Fugue, 1 Polonaise, 1 Fugue and Polonaise, and 1 Prelude and Fugue.
MARPURG, Friedrich Wilhelm (1718–1795)	2 pages	vol.1, p. 106–107: 1 Prelude and Fugue.
MARTINI, (Padre) Giovanni Battista (1706–1784), referred to as the ‘celebrated Padre Martini’	106 pages	vol.1, p. 32: 1 Canon ‘infinito, o circolare all‘8va’; vol.2, p. 100–129: 4 sonatas: F minor: Prelude – Fugue – Siciliana (Adagio) – Corrente – Gavotta; G minor: Prelude – Fugue – Adagio – Allegro – Sarabanda; A major: Prelude – Fugue – Adagio – Allegro – Balletto; E minor: Prelude – Fugue; vol.4, p. 2–77: 9 sonatas: E minor: Adagio – Allegro – Aria, with 4 variations – Minuet; B minor: Prelude – Allegro – Adagio – Gigue – Aria; D major: Prelude – Allegro – Adagio – Corrente – Aria; D minor: Prelude – Allegro moderato – Adagio – Gavotta – Corrente (‘Canon ad diapason intensum’); B flat major: Prelude – Allegro – Sarabande – Corrente – Gigue; G major: Prelude – Allegro – Andante – Allemanda – Minuet; C minor: Prelude – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Aria; C major: Prelude – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Aria; F major: Grave – Allegro – Allemanda – Aria (Vivace).
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–1791)	11 pages	vol.1, p. 108–109: Fugue from the Requiem, ‘adapted for the Organ or Piano Forte by Muzio Clementi’; vol.2, p. 36–44: 1 Fantasia (F minor: Allegro moderato – Andante cantabile – Tempo primo), ‘adapted for the Organ or Piano-Forte by Clementi’.
PERTI, Giacomo Antonio (1661–1756)	3 lines	vol.1, p. 33: 1 Fugue (3 voices).
PORPORA, Nicola (1686–1768)	13 pages	vol.1, p. 38–50: 6 Fugues (‘rather Fugatos’), no. 6 with the title ‘Fuga Diatonica, Enarmonica, Cromatica’.
SCARLATTI, Alessandro (1660–1725), ‘father to Domenico Scarlatti’	2 pages	vol.2, p. 130–131: 1 Fugue.
SCARLATTI, Domenico (1685–1757), ‘the celebrated Performer on the Harpsichord and Organ’	6 pages	vol.2, p. 132–137: 2 Fugues (the 2nd, in G minor, is ‘the celebrated Cat's Fugue’).
TELEMANN, Georg Philipp (1681–1767)	1 page	vol.1, p. 75: 1 Fughetta.
TURINI, Francesco (1589–1656)	1 line	vol.1, p. 31: 1 Canon (in 4 parts).
UMSTATT, Joseph (1711–1762)	3 pages	vol.1, p. 103–105: 1 Voluntary and Fugue.

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¹ Plantinga, Leon, ‘Clementi, Virtuosity, and the «German Manner»’, in Journal of the American Musicological Society, vol. 25, No. 3 (Autumn 1972), p. 327. The information is also found in Plantinga, Leon, Clementi: His Life and Music (London: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 188 (footnote 42).