Carl Czerny

Carl Czerny was an Austrian pianist and composer who is remembered for his several volumes of instructional piano music. He was a prolific composer of over 1,000 pieces in every genre including vocal, chamber, and sacred music. He was born in 1791 in Vienna to a musical family. His father was an oboist, organist, and singer, and he also taught piano lessons and worked as an instrument repairman. By the age of three, Czerny was learning the piano from his father, and he began composing when he was seven. His father also taught other children in the community, and their parents ...