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Johann Baptist Cramer
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Composer, pianist and publisher (he was entrusted to Muzio Clementi), he was one of the most renowned piano performers of his day. He met Beethoven in Vienna, initiating a mutually rewarding relationship, and he renewed his friendly association with Haydn. After 1800 Cramer's public career was centred almost entirely on England: following the very succesful example of Clementi, Cramer entered the music publishing business. The large volume of Cramer's composition is only part of his musical achievement: Beethoven considered him the finest pianist of the day. 
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His music is generally less dramatic than Clementi's, less rich as Dussek's, less sentimental as Field's. The originality of his genius appears principally in his combination of a conservative bias with the most advanced, idiomatically pianistic passage-work. He wrote piano Sonatas (ca. 200), accompanied piano Sonatas (ca.50), 9 piano concertos and chamber music.
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