Carl Czerny
Born: 21st February 1791, Vienna, Austria
Died: 9th August 1857, Vienna, Austria
Nationality: Austrian
Carl Czerny was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works and his books of studies for the piano are still widely used in piano teaching. He was one of Ludwig van Beethoven's best-known pupils and would later on be one of the main teachers of Franz Liszt.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Czerny
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Popular Works: Czerny
- Andante e Polacca (4)
- Brilliant variations on a theme from Bellini's 'The Capulets and the Montagues' (2)
- Chanson Sans Paroles, Op. 795 No. 1 (2)
- Divertissement de Concert, Op. 204 (2)
- Duets (3), Op. 461 (2)
- Erhebung (1)
- Études (30) de Mécanisme, Op. 849 (2)
- Fantaisie brillante on themes from the opera The Marriage of Figaro, Op. 493 (6)
- Fantasia Concertante for flute, cello & piano, Op. 256 (3)
- Grand Sonata for Pianoforte and Violin in A major (2)
- Grand Variations Op. 73 for piano & string quartet (3)
- Grande Sérénade Concertante, Op. 126 (3)
- Introduction and Rondo Brillante in B flat minor, Op. 255 (2)
- Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 647 (3)
- Nocturnes (8), Op. 368 (2)
- Nocturnes (8), Op. 604 (2)
- Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 214 (5)
- Piano Concerto in C major for four hands, Op. 153 (4)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 7 (4)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (2)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 57 (3)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in G major, Op. 65 (2)
- Piano Sonata No. 6 in D minor, Op. 124 (2)
- Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op. 603, No. 3 (2)
- Quatuor Concertant, Op. 230 (3)
- Quatuor Concertant, Op. 816 (2)
- Rode Variations Op. 23 (2)
- Romance, Op. 755, No. 13 (2)
- String Quartet in D minor (3)
- String Quartet in E Minor (2)
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 781 (3)
- The Art of Finger Dexterity, Op. 740 (6)
- The School of Velocity, Op. 299 (5)
- The School of Velocity, Op. 299: No. 1 'Presto' (4)
- Toccata, Op. 92 (2)
- Trio brillant in A major for Violin, Cello & Piano, Op. 211 No. 2 (2)
- Variations ‘La Ricordanza' (5)
- Variations on a favourite Viennese Waltz, Op. 12, 'Sehnsuchtswalzer' (3)
- Variations on a Theme by Rode, Op. 33 (3)
- Wiener Marsch (2)
