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Carl Czerny (1791-1857)

Austrian composer and piano teacher who studied directly with Beethoven as a boy and went on to teach a young Franz Liszt, making him one of the few people in history to form a direct musical bridge between the two. He wrote an almost unbelievable volume of piano studies, well over a thousand opus numbers in total, including The School of Velocity, designed purely to build the technique a pianist needs to play everything else. Generations of students have spent more hours with Czerny's exercises than with almost any other composer's actual pieces, whether they know his name or not.

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The easiest Czerny on the shelf, in order. Nothing here is graded and nobody is ranked: the shelf simply puts the pieces that ask less of your hands before the ones that ask more.

Nach 100 Erh. No. 2) C major · <1 min Air Allemand (Czerny Carl) C major · <1 min March in D Minor by Carl Czerny D minor · 1 min Carl Czerny - Waltz Op. 32 No. 2 A major · <1 min Czerny - School Of Velocity - Op. 299 No. 2 C major · 2 min Czerny - Air napolitain Santa Lucia G major · <1 min A Study in Double Notes (Thirds) by Carl Czerny C major · <1 min Czerny - The Art Of Finger Dexterity (Op. 740) - No. 1 C major · 4 min Czerny - The School of Velocity (Op. 299) - no. 9 C major · 6 min Czerny - The School of Velocity (Op. 299) - no. 6 C major · 3 min Czerny - The School of Velocity (Op. 299) - no. 5 C major · 3 min Czerny Op. 599 n.63 D major · <1 min

Every Czerny score

Czerny - School Of Velocity - Op. 299 No. 3 C major · 2 min Czerny: 160 Kurze Übungen op. 821 no. 9 F major · <1 min Czerny: 160 Kurze Übungen op. 821 no. 10 F major · <1 min Czerny: 160 Kurze Übungen op. 821 no. 2 C major · <1 min 50 Melodische Übungsstücke E minor · 1 min Carl Czerny - Waltz Op. 32 No. 1 A major · <1 min The Art of Preluding (Op. 300 - N 10) by Carl Czerny G minor · <1 min Czerny: 160 Kurze Übungen op. 821 no. 8 F major · <1 min Czerny - The Art Of Finger Dexterity (Op. 740) - No. 2 G major · 2 min Czerny - The Art Of Finger Dexterity (Op. 740) - No. 4 B♭ major · 3 min Czerny - The School of Velocity (Op. 299) - no. 4 C major · <1 min Czerny: 160 Kurze Übungen op. 821 no. 7 F major · <1 min The School of Velocity Op. 299 No. 1 C major · <1 min Czerny Carl. Etude from op. 335 C major · <1 min Etude in G minor No. 26 G minor · <1 min Czerny - The Art Of Finger Dexterity (Op. 740) - No. 8 A minor · 3 min Czerny - The School of Velocity (Op. 299) - no. 8 C major · 2 min Czerny: 160 Kurze Übungen op. 821 no. 5 F major · <1 min Czerny - The School of Velocity (Op. 299) - no. 10 F major · 2 min The Art of Preluding (Op. 300 - N 8) - Carl Czerny A major · <1 min Op. 299 22 G major · <1 min Czerny - The Art Of Finger Dexterity (Op. 740) - No. 3 D major · 2 min Die Schule der linken Hand Op. 399 No. 1 C major · 5 min Op. 299 19 F major · <1 min Czerny: Etude in G minor Op. 740 no. 50 G minor · 2 min

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