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Carl Czerny (sometimes Karl; February 21, 1791
– July 15, 1857) was an Austrian pianist,
composer and teacher. He is best remembered today
for his books of etudes for the piano.

Czerny was born in Vienna and was first taught the
piano by his father before taking lessons from
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Antonio Salieri and Ludwig
van Beethoven. He was a child prodigy, making his
first appearance in public in 1800 playing a
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart piano concerto.
Later, he gave the Vienna premiere of Beethoven's
Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)|Piano Concerto
No. 5 "Emperor" in 1812.

He quickly took to teaching and by the age of
fifteen, he was already a sought after instructor.
He eventually instructed Franz Liszt, among many
others. Liszt later dedicated his twelve
Transcendental Etudes to Czerny, who was one of
the first composers to use etude ("study") for a
title.

Czerny also composed a very large number of pieces
(up to an opus number|op. 861), including a number
of mass (music)|Masses and Requiems, and a large
number of symphonies, concertos, sonatas and
string quartets. None of these pieces are often
played today, however, and he is known as a
composer almost exclusively because of the large
number of didactic piano pieces he wrote, many of
which are still used today, such as The School of
Velocity and The Art of Finger Dexterity.

==External link==
*http://www.carolinaclassical.com/czerny/ Carl
Czerny: Teacher & Composer (1791-1857)
*http://www.pianosociety.com/index.php?id=8 Piano
Society.com — Czerny (A small biography and
some free recordings)