Today we will tell you who Karl Czerny is. Etudes won him millions of listeners today. He was born in 1791, on February 21, in Vienna. Our hero today is an Austrian pianist, as well as a composer who is of Czech origin. In Vienna, he was considered one of the best teachers of the piano. He is famous for creating a large number of musical studies.
Biography
Karl Czerny was born in the family of a teacher and pianist Wenzel. He sal first teacher for his son. Under the direction of his father, Carl begins to concert at the age of nine. In 1800-1803 studied piano with Ludwig van Beethoven. At the same time, he took lessons from Muzio Clementi and I.N. Gummel. Until 1815, Karl was actively engaged in concert activities. It was to our hero that Ludwig van Beethoven decided to entrust the performance of his own Third Piano Concerto. However, in 1815, the composer stopped his piano performance.
Teacher
Karl Czerny focused on composition and pedagogy. Mostly worked in Vienna. However, there are a few exceptions. In 1836 he made a tour to Leipzig, and in 1837 to London and Paris. In the XIX century. our hero was attributed to the largest teachers of the piano game. Among the students of the composer are outstanding musicians: Alfred Yael, Theodor Kullack, Leopold de Meyer, Theodor Leshetitsky, Sigismund Talberg, Ferenc Liszt. This is not a complete list of the great followers of our hero.
Artworks
Karl Czerny created over 1000 opuses. Some of them have more than 50 rooms. In addition, our hero created a large number of literary and methodological books that are devoted to the issue of teaching the piano game. In addition to works of authorship, Karl Czerny became the creator of the editorial staff of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as sonatas written by Domenico Scarlatti.
Outstanding works
Karl Czerny has created more than three hundred spiritual works. Among them are offertories, 300 degrees, 4 requiems, 24 masses. He created piano works, produced editions of creations of other authors, created piano arrangements of vocal and instrumental works. Among them were options for one and two instruments, as well as four-handed games. Our hero owns more than eight hundred works that are related to the technique of piano playing. They are still actively used in teaching practice. Among the creative heritage of Czerny there are choirs, ensembles, orchestral and chamber compositions. He also wrote music for dramatic performances.
Many of the composer's works have remained handwritten. They are stored in Vienna in the walls of the archive of the Society of Friends of Music. Our hero is the author of a number of literary works. Here are some of them.
- In 1842, a Russian translation of the book “Letters by Karl Czerny, or the Guide to the Study of the Playing the Piano” was published.
- In 1849, the Complete Theoretical and Practical Doctrine of Composition was published.
- In 1851, the Essay on the History of Music was published.
Czerny also created pedagogical literature. He owns the work “Grand Piano School”. He has a detailed supplement, which is devoted to the issues of the performance of new and old piano compositions. The work was written around 1846. Created by composer op. 261 includes 125 studies. He also wrote the work “Young Pianist”. As part of Opus 139, he wrote "100 Progressive Etudes without Octaves." Also, do not forget about the book "Daily exercises." Opus 849 includes 30 new technical studies. The composer also released the work "School of the left hand." Opus 533 includes 6 octave studies. The book “Practical exercises for the fingers” should also be included in the educational literature. Let us also pay attention to opus 777, which includes 24 exercises.