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Carl Czerny
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Carl Czerny (sometimes Karl; February 21, 1791 – July 15, 1857) was an Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. He is best remembered today for his books of etudes for the piano. Czerny was born in Vienna to a family of Czech origins. He was taught piano by his father before taking lessons from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Antonio Salieri and Ludwig van Beethoven. He was a child prodigy, making his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto. Later, he gave the Vienna premiere of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" in 1812. He quickly took to teaching and by the age of fifteen, he was already a sought after instructor. He eventually instructed Franz Liszt, among many others. Liszt later dedicated his twelve Transcendental Etudes to Czerny, who was one of the first composers to use étude ("study") for a title. Liszt also implicated him in the collaborative work The Hexameron. Czerny also composed a very large number of pieces (up to an op. 861), including a number of Masses and Requiems, and a large number of symphonies, concertos, sonatas and string quartets. None of these pieces are often played today, however, and he is known as a composer almost exclusively because of the large number of didactic piano pieces he wrote, many of which are still used today, such as The School of Velocity and The Art of Finger Dexterity. Signum Records has recently issued at least three CD recordings of Czerny's symphonies and concerti, including a concerto for piano
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30 Études de mécanisme, Op. 849: No. 1 in C Major. Allegro
6,9432The School of Velocity, Op. 299: No. 1 in C Major. Presto
3,3233Die Kunst der Fingerfertigkeit, Op. 740: No. 24 in A-Flat Major, Molto vivace con velocità
2,4294The School of Velocity, Op. 299: 1. Presto
1,90858 Nocturnes, Op. 368: No. 2, Andantino animato
1,3746Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, Op. 603, No. 3
1,361730 Études de mécanisme, Op. 849: No. 2 in C Major. Molto allegro
1,23188 Nocturnes, Op. 368: No. 5, Allegretto grazioso e con anima
1,1729The School of Velocity, Op. 299: No. 1 Presto
1,13110Allegretto in C Major
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Czerny: 30 Études de mécanisme, Op. 849
Czerny: Nocturnes, Opp. 368, 537 & 604
Carl Czerny: Etudes for Piano, Op. 740
Czerny: Nocturnes
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Mozart: Requiem (Transcription by carl czerny for solo, coro & four hands piano)
Carl Czerny: Piano Concerto Versions for Op. 849 (Thirty New Studies in Technique for Piano): Volume 1
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Carl Czerny: Preliminary School of Finger Dexterity, Op. 636
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Czerny: Die Kunst Der Fingerfertigkeit, Op. 740, L'art de Délier Les Doigts
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Piano Lessons - Czerny: 40 Etudes, Op. 299 The School of Velocity
Carl Czerny: Thirty New Studies in Technique for Piano, Op. 849 (Remastered)
Piano Lessons - Czerny: 30 Études de mécanisme, Op. 849
Carl Czerny: Piano Concerto Versions for Op. 849 (Thirty New Studies in Technique for Piano): Volume 2