Czerny Piano Short Phrase Exercises (Op. 261)

Author: Yao Shizhen
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Publish Date: 1998-09-01
Features: Carl Czerny (1791–1857), an Austrian pianist and composer, was born in Vienna on February 21, 1791, and died in the same city on July 15, 1857. He initially studied piano with his father and later became a student of L. van Beethoven from 1800 to 1803, while also delving into the teaching methods of Hummel and M. Clementi. At the age of 15, he became a piano teacher, with Franz Liszt being one of his students. Nearly a thousand of his works have been published, including piano pieces for teaching purposes, as well as masses, motets, requiems, symphonies, concertos, overtures, trios, quartets, choral works, and songs. He is the founder of the Vienna Piano School and is renowned worldwide for composing a vast number of teaching pieces. His works such as Exercises for Rapid and Fluent Playing, Preliminary Studies in Finger Technique, Art of Finger Technique, Left-Hand Studies, and Advanced Technique Studies are widely adopted. This is one of the series of piano teaching materials by Czerny. The book provides concise technical hints for key pieces and necessary corrections to the fingerings in the scores, making it a reliable teaching reference.