Clementi Correspondence and Other Documents

The Introduction to the first scholarly edition of Clementi's letters (The Correspondence of Muzio Clementi, Ut Orpheus Edizioni, 2010) contained the comment 'it is more than likely that one of the results of the enterprise will be the discovery of yet more correspondence'. Sure enough, a further 26 letters to and from Clementi and his business partners subsequently came to light and are edited in this new collection. They are placed alongside other documents relating to Clementi which provide further information on his biography and business activities. The letters of Maria Gisborne (Emma Clementi's sister-in-law) to Mary Shelley provide a number of insights into Clementi's family life. Clementi's 'adoption' papers contain details of the contract between Muzio, his father and the English gentleman Peter Beckford which paved the way for Muzio's removal to England at an early age. Clementi's own notebook, probably dating from the 1790s, reveals that Clementi was widely-read in subjects