The more advanced of Czerny's best-known exercises, this set emphasizes the development of rapid passage work for both hands. Includes historical and performance notes, as well as easy-to-read new music engraving. Schirmer Performance Editions are designed for piano students and their teachers as well as for professional pianists. These editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Prepared by experienced artists and master teachers, these publications provide an accurate, well-informed score resource for pianists. / Piano

Carl Czerny is considered by many to be the father of modern Piano technique. He composed over 1 000 works including hundreds of Piano studies. Germer carefully selected and organized 3 volumes ofCzerny studies in progressive difficulty from various volumes.Volume 1 Part 1 moves quickly from the early intermediate to intermediate level while Volume 1 Part 2 moves from the late intermediate into theadvanced levels. The gradual progression of difficulty found in these volumes offers the best approach to Czerny studies for Piano students of all ages.

Early to Later Intermediate Level-Carl Czerny (1791-1857) was an Austrian pianist composer and teacher. Today he is best remembered for his volumes of études for the Piano. The School Of Velocity will assist individual pianists of intermediate to advanced standard in improving their finger technique. The exercises begin at an intermediate level and rapidly progress to advanced level.

In 1826 15-year-old Franz Liszt wrote his first cycle of studies which he actually wanted to be seen as a grand étude consisting of 12 different exercises as an 'Etude en douze exercices'. Each of these exercises however is an independent study dealing with a certain technical problem. Although they became a model of Liszt's great études ('Grandes Etudes') later these early works were still a far cry from the technical demands of their big siblings. They are all the more suited in advanced lessons as an excellent alternative to the more demanding studies of Czerny.