Muzio Clementi - Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 44 No. 40
ID 5488 · Clementi, Muzio · Piano · Level 7 · Points 54361
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First published: 2026-09-18T16:58:31+00:00. Completeness: unknown.Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 44 No. 40, is a fugue marked Tempo Moderato. Clementi builds its flowing conversation from a rising subject whose measured opening gives way to a more animated continuation. The lower voice introduces the theme alone, combining a broad upward gesture with a trill and descending quick notes. The upper entry overlaps this continuation, and additional voices gradually thicken the texture. Through the middle, fragments of the theme move between registers amid chromatic lines, paired notes, and sustained inner tones. Later passages bring the running motion into both parts at once before longer notes begin to anchor the closing phrases. A final rallentando gathers the separate voices into a held chord. The subject contains its own change of pace: its opening uses relatively spacious notes, but its continuation breaks into sixteenth-note motion. That contrast supplies both the fugue's recognizable profile and much of its moving counterpoint.
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