Carl Czerny

Austrian composer and pianist

Carl Czerny (German: [ˈtʃɛʁniː]; 21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, music educator, and pianist of Czech origin. His 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 become one of the main teachers of Franz Liszt.

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  • Hexameron 1837
  • 48 Preludes and Fugues Op. 856
  • Concerto for Piano Four-Hands and Orchestra
  • Premières leçons
  • Rondino for Piano Quintet
  • School of Velocity
  • Symphony no. 1 in C minor "Grand Symphony"
  • The Art of Finger Dexterity
  • Variations on "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser"
  • Vienna March
  • Études de mécanisme