Carl Czerny: The Czerny Method For Piano: Piano: Instrumental Tutor

Pedagogical in nature these editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions pertinent fingering and historical and stylistic commentary.Carl Czerny's (1791-1857) popular set of Piano exercises is now available in an easy-to-read edition containing extensive performance and historical notes that guide teachers and students in the techniques that can be gleaned from each exercise. Although designed to improve technique the pieces may be thought of as real literature rather than mechanical etudes.

The majority of works by Czerny are confusing to most Piano academics. Out of these the following are still the classics: Op. 139 261 299 335 337 355 365 453 553 599 636 718 740 755 802 821 823 834 et 849. Each one of these volumes contains numerous exercises some contain more than a hundred. It is of course impossible for aspiring pianists to study them all and it is difficult for Piano teachers to sort them out and organise them into the ones that could be the most interesting in a logical and progressive way.This is exactly what Heinrich Germer has tried to do. Germer an outstanding teacher and German pianist was born in Sommerdorfin 1839 and died in Dresde in 1913. He was 18 years old when Cerny died at the age of 66 years. Germer had great luck in knowing the first generation of pianists he was studying and saw the need to reorganise this huge quantity of didactic material. Germer's success was down to the fact that his systematic organisation of Czerny's work split into three volumes continues to be the three used by contemporary piano teachers. Germer did not make hardly any changes to Czerny collections. And there is more - he adds dynamic text for phrasing and pedals so that there is more musicality in the books making the exercises more enjoyable to play. He changes some archaic armatures for more modern ones. He revises Czerny's method on regrouping notes by placing bar values making reading rhythms a lot easier. He corrected numerous printing errors. In the longest pieces he adds capital letters to indicate the beginning of each movement same or part period which helps pupils to know blocks it would be better for him to practise. The revision work undergone by Germer introduces order and the results obtained for the Piano teachers that use them are very satisfying.

Czerny's opus 849 studies provide a convenient bridge between Practical Method for Beginners Op. 599 and The School of Velocity Op. 299. The studies are presented as legitimate literature emphasizing their musical potential in conjunction with their technical benefit.

25 Original Works This anthology contains 25 original works by composers of the Classical period. Including pieces by Haydn, Cimarosa, Beethoven and Czerny, amongst others, it offers a wide stylistic range of works, and is accompanied by a CD of all pieces performed beautifully by Nils Franke. The collection is ideal for those looking to broaden their playing and teaching repertoire and as such may be used in addition to any graded curriculum for pianists of grade 3-4 standard. Content - G.C. Wagenseil: Allegro, from Divertimento No.2 WWV43 - D. Cimarosa: Sonata in G major - J. Hook: Rondo, from Sonatina Op.12 No.9 - C. Ditters von Dittersdorf: English dance No. 15 - J.B. Cramer: Guaracha, from Pianoforte Method - S. Wesley: Vivace, from Sonatina Op.12 No.8 - J.N. Hummel: Allegro, from Pianoforte Method - F. Schubert: Landler D378 No.3 - Ludwig van Beethoven: Landlerischer Tanz WoO 11 No.2 - J.B. Cramer: Praeludium and Andantino, from Pianoforte Method - J.W. Hassler: Allegro assai Op. 38 No.20 - J.W. Hassler: Presto Op.38 No.29 - C. Czerny: Andante Op.453 No.32 - J. Haydn: Scherzo from Sonata Hob. XVI:9 - J.C.F. Bach: Solfeggio, from Musikalische Nebenstunden - W.A. Mozart: Tempo di Minuetto KV236 - M. Clementi: Arietta, from Pianoforte Method - F. Ries: Polonaise Op.124 No.3 - C. Czerny: Andantino Op. 453 No.41 - J.N. Hummel: Romanze Op.52 No.4 - J.N. Hummel: Gigue, from Pianoforte Method - Carl Maria von Weber: Favoritwaltzer J. 143-8 No.4 - Carl Maria von Weber: Favoritwaltzer J. 143-8 No.2 - J. Haydn: Adagio Hob., XVII:9 - Ludwig van Beethoven: Klavierstuck, Lustig Traurig WoO 54

Twenty-two pieces from the Baroque to the late Romantic period edited by Howard Ferguson for the ABRSM. Includes works by Purcell Haydn Schumann and Tchaikovsky.