Carl Czerny (1791-1857) - Variations on 'Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser' (1824)

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Composer: Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Work: Variations on 'Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser', Op. 73 (1824)
Performers: Fеlicja Blumеntal (1908-1991, piano); Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Hellmuth Frοschаuer (1933-2019, conductor)
Painting: Josef Danhauser (1805-1845) - Gesellschaftsszene
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Carl Czerny
(Vienna, 21 February 1791 - Vienna, 15 July 1857)
Austrian piano teacher, composer, pianist, theorist and historian.The primary source of information about Czerny is his autobiographical sketch entitled Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben (1842). Czerny, an only child, was born in Vienna. He and his parents resided together until his mother's death in 1827, and his father's in 1832. He never married, and lived alone for the remainder of his life. Czerny describes his childhood as ‘under my parents’ constant supervision… carefully isolated from other children’. He began to study the piano with his father at an early age, and by ten was ‘able to play cleanly and fluently nearly everything of Mozart [and] Clementi’. His first efforts at composition began around the age of seven. In 1799, he began to study Beethoven's compositions, coached by Wenzel Krumpholz, a violinist in the Court Opera orchestra, who introduced him to Beethoven when he was ten. Beethoven indicated that he wanted to teach Czerny several times a week, and told his father to procure C.P.E. Bach's Versuch. Czerny describes the lessons as consisting of scales and technique at first, then progressing through the Versuch, with the stress on legato technique throughout. The lessons stopped around 1802, because Beethoven needed to concentrate for longer periods of time on composition, and because Czerny's father was unable to sacrifice his own lessons in order to take his son to Beethoven. Czerny neverthless remained on close terms with the composer, who asked him to proofread all his newly published works, and entrusted him with the piano reduction of the score of Fidelio in 1805. In 1800, Czerny made his public début in the Vienna Augarten hall, performing Mozart's C minor Concerto k491. He was renowned for his interpretation of Beethoven's work, performing the First Concerto in C major in 1806, and the ‘Emperor’ in 1812. Beginning in 1816 he gave weekly programmes at his home devoted exclusively to Beethoven's piano music, many of which were attended by the composer. Apparently he could perform all of Beethoven's piano music from memory.
Although his playing was praised by many critics (‘uncommonly fiery’, according to Schilling), he did not pursue a career as a performer. Instead, he decided to concentrate on teaching and composition. He spent a good deal of time with Clementi when the latter was in Vienna in 1810, becoming familiar with his method of teaching, which Czerny greatly admired and incorporated into his own pedagogy. In his early teens Czerny began to teach some of his father's students. By the age of 15, he was commanding a good price for his lessons, and had many pupils. In 1815, Beethoven asked him to teach his nephew, Carl. As his reputation continued to grow, he was able to command a lucrative fee, and for the next 21 years he claims to have given 12 lessons a day, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., until he gave up teaching entirely in 1836. In 1821, the nine-year-old Liszt began a two-year period of study with Czerny. The teacher noted that ‘never before had I had so eager, talented, or industrious a student’, but lamented that Liszt had begun his performing career too early, without proper training in composition. Czerny also taught, among others, Döhler, Kullak, Alfred Jaëll, Thalberg, Heller, Ninette von Bellevile-Oury and Blahetka. Around 1802, Czerny began to copy out many J.S. Bach fugues, Scarlatti sonatas and other works by ‘ancient’ composers. He describes learning orchestration by copying the parts from the first two Beethoven symphonies, and several Haydn and Mozart symphonies as well. He published his first composition in 1806 at the age of 15: a set of 20 Variations concertantes for piano and violin op.1 on a theme by Krumpholz. Until he gave up teaching, composition occupied ‘every free moment I had’, usually the evenings. Czerny was a central figure in the transmission of Beethoven's legacy. Many of his technical exercises remain an essential part of nearly every pianist's training, but most of his compositions - in nearly every genre, sacred and secular, with opus numbers totalling 861, and an even greater number of works published without opus - are largely forgotten. A large number of theoretical works are of great importance for the insight they offer into contemporary musical genres and performance practice.

[@mariamirabella8747]

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[@DavidA-ps1qr]

Proves once again, that if you didn't practice your scales as a kid, don't bother trying to play Czerny! Full of piano dexterity and trickery, these excellent variations are indeed a joy. Great performance.

[@mariamirabella8747]

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[@marikomariko3992]

I'm a BIG Czerny fan. Proud to have the same birth month with him! 😃 Happy Birthday!! ✨🎉🎊

[@Reciclassicat]

But not only Czerny... I think your month birth was a very fertile month over the years... 😉🎉 AGRELL, Johan Joachim (1 February 1701-1765) ALBRECHTSBERGER, Johann Georg (3 February 1736-1809) ALVARS, Elias Parish (28 February 1808-1849) ANDREE, Elfrida (19 February 1841-1929) ARNOLD, Johann Gottfried (1 February 1773-1806) ASIAIN BARDAJÍ, Joaquín (20 February 1758-1828) AUFSCHNAITER, Benedikt Anton (21 February 1665-1742) AUMANN, Franz Joseph (24 February 1728-1797) BACH, Johann Ludwig (4 February 1677-1731) BACHSCHMID, Anton Adam (11 February 1728-1797) BAERMANN, Heinrich Joseph (14 February 1784-1847) BARON, Ernst Gottlieb (17 February 1696-1760) BECK, Franz Ignaz (20 February 1734-1809) BELLMAN, Carl Michael (4 February 1740-1795) BERIOT, Charles-Auguste (20 February 1802-1870) BLANCHARD, Antoine (29 February 1696-1770) BLOW, John (23 February 1649-1708) BOCCHERINI, Luigi (19 February 1743-1805) BOITO, Arrigo Enrico (24 February 1842-1918) BOUTMY, Josse (1 February 1697-1779) BRUHNS, Nicolaus (11 February 1665-1697) BULL, Ole Bornemann (5 February 1810-1880) BURGMULLER, Norbert (8 February 1810-1836) CAFARO, Pascuale (8 February 1715-1787) CALEGARI, Antonio (17 February 1757-1828) CAMBINI, Giuseppe Maria (13 February 1746-1825) CARPENTER, John Alden (28 February 1876-1951) CARULLI, Ferdinando (9 February 1770-1841) CARVALHO, João de Sousa (22 February 1745-1798) CAVALLI, Pier Francesco (14 February 1602-1676) CERNOHORSKY, Bohuslav Matej (16 February 1684-1742) CHEDEVILLE, Nicolas (20 February 1705-1782) CHÉRON, André (6 February 1695-1766) COLBRAN, Isabel Angela (2 February 1785-1845) COLOMBINI, Francesco (13 February 1588-1671) COMELLAS, José (21 February 1842-1888) CORELLI, Arcangelo (17 February 1653-1713) COUPERIN, Armand Louis (25 February 1727-1789) CRAMER, John Baptist (24 February 1771-1858) CRESCENTINI, Girolamo (2 February 1762-1846) CUYAS, Vicenç (6 February 1816-1839) CZERNY, Carl (21 February 1791-1857) DA SILVA, Francisco Manoel (21 February 1795-1865) DARGOMYZHSKI, Aleksandr Serguéievich (14 February 1813-1869) DE LASERNA, Blas (4 February 1751-1816) DE SALAZAR, Juan García (12 February 1639-1710) DE ZUBIAURRE, Valentín Maria (13 February 1837-1914) DENZA, Luigi (24 February 1846-1922) DESMAREST, Henry (1 February 1661-1741) DOBRZYNSKI, Ignacy Feliks (15 February 1807-1867) DOPPER, Cornelis (7 February 1870-1939) DU CARROY, Eustache (4 February 1549-1609) DUNI, Egidio Romualdo (11 February 1708-1775) DUSSEK, Jan Ladislav (9 February 1760-1812) EGGERT, Joachim Nicolas (22 February 1779-1813) EICHNER, Ernst (15 February 1740-1777) EYBLER, Joseph (8 February 1765-1846) FACCO, Giacomo (4 February 1676-1753) FAGO, Francesco Nicola (26 February 1677-1745) FESCA, Friedrich Ernst (15 February 1789-1826) FIALA, Joseph (3 February 1748-1816) FIOCCO, Pietro Antonio (3 February 1654-1714) FORSTER, Kaspar (28 February 1616-1673) FRIEDMAN, Ignaz (13 February 1882-1948) FRITZ, Gasparo (18 February 1716-1783) FRÖHLICH, Friedrich Theodor (20 February 1803-1836) FUCHS, Robert (15 February 1846-1927) FURSTENAU, Caspar (26 February 1772-1819) GADE, Niels Wilhelm (22 February 1817-1890) GERMAN, Edward (17 February 1862-1936) GERVAIS, Charles-Hubert (19 February 1671-1744) GNOCCHI, Pietro (27 February 1689-1775) GRETRY, André Ernest Modeste (8 February 1741-1813) GUÉNIN, Marie Alexandre (20 February 1744-1835) GYROWETZ, Adalbert (20 February 1763-1850) HAENDEL, Georg Frideric (23 February 1685-1759) HARTMANN, Emil (1 February 1836-1898) HAVESTADT, Bernardo (25 February 1714-1781) HEISE, Peter Arnold (11 February 1830-1879) HERBERT, Victor August (1 February 1859-1924) HOMILIUS, Gottfried August (2 February 1714-1785) KAHLE, Johann Justus (11 February 1668-1740) KALLIWODA, Johann Wenzel (21 February 1801-1866) KAUFFMANN, Georg Friedrich (14 February 1679-1735) KERKER, Gustave Adolph (28 February 1857-1923) KOLBER, Oskar (22 February 1814-1890) KOPRIVA, Karel Blažej (9 February 1756-1785) KRAKAMP, Emanuele (13 February 1813-1883) KRIEGER, Johann Philipp (25 February 1649-1725) KUSSER, Johann Sigismund (13 February 1660-1727) LE SUEUR, Jean François (15 February 1760-1837) LEYDING, Georg Dietrich (23 February 1664-1710) LIDARTI, Christian Joseph (23 February 1730-1795) LINDBERG, Oskar (23 February 1887-1955) LINDBLAD, Adolf Fredrik (1 February 1801-1878) LINDEMAN, Peter Brynie (1 February 1858-1930) LITHANDER, Carl Ludwig (6 February 1773-1843) LITOLFF, Henry (6 February 1818-1891) MAGNANI, Aurelio (26 February 1856-1921) MARCELLO, Alessandro (1 February 1669-1747) MARCHAND, Louis (2 February 1669-1732) MARINI, Biagio (5 February 1594-1663) MASSANA, Antoni (24 February 1890-1966) MEISTER, Johann Friedrich (12 February 1655-1697) MELANI, Alessandro (4 February 1639-1703) MELARTIN, Erkki (2 February 1875-1937) MENDELSSOHN, Felix (3 February 1809-1847) MILLARES PADRÓN, Cristóbal José (6 February 1774-1846) MOLTER, Johann Melchior (10 February 1696-1765) MOÓR, Emánuel (19 February 1863-1931) NEEFE, Christian Gottlob (5 February 1748-1798) NOWOWIEJSKI, Felix (7 February 1877-1946) PACINI, Giovanni (2 February 1796-1867) PAMART, Jacques Guislain (9 February 1637-1704) PARRY, Hubert (27 February 1848-1918) PEDRELL, Felip (19 February 1841-1922) PETERSON-BERGER, Olof Wilhelm (27 February 1867-1942) PIXIS, Johann Peter (10 February 1788-1874) PONCE DE LEÓN, José María (16 February 1845-1882) PRAETORIUS, Jacob (8 February 1586-1651) PRAETORIUS, Michael (15 February 1571-1621) REICHA, Antonin (26 February 1770-1836) REICHA, Josef (12 February 1752-1795) RIGEL, Henri-Joseph (19 February 1741-1799) RINCK, Johann Christian Heinrich (18 February 1770-1846) RODE, Pierre (16 February 1774-1830) RODOREDA, Josep (13 February 1851-1922) ROSSINI, Gioacchino (29 February 1792-1868) RUZITSKA, György (10 February 1788-1869) SCHARWENKA, Ludwig Philipp (16 February 1847-1917) SCHLEGEL, Leander (2 February 1844-1913) SENN, Joseph (19 February 1810-1882) SINICO, Giuseppe (10 February 1836-1907) SOR, Fernando (13 February 1778-1839) STENHAMMAR, Wilhelm (7 February 1871-1927) STRAUSS, Franz (22 February 1822-1905) SZECHENYI, Imre (15 February 1825-1898) TERRADELLAS, Domenec (13 February 1713-1751) TINTORER I SAGARRA, Pere (12 February 1814-1891) TURRINI, Ferdinando (26 February 1745-c.1820) UMSTATT, Joseph (5 February 1711-1762) URSPRUCH, Anton (17 February 1850-1907) VERACINI, Francesco (1 February 1690-1768) VIDAL, Salvador (19 February 1818-1883) VIEUXTEMPS, Henri François (17 February 1820-1881) VITALI, Giovanni Batista (18 February 1632-1692) VON GEMMINGEN, Ernst (11 February 1759-1813) VON KLENAU, Paul August (11 February 1883-1946) VON KRUFFT, Nikolaus (1 February 1779-1818) VON SCHELLENDORFF, Hans Bronsart (11 February 1830-1913) VON THURN UND TAXIS, Karl Alexander (22 February 1770-1827) WESLEY, Samuel (24 February 1776-1837) WETZ, Richard (26 February 1875-1935) WIDOR, Charles-Marie (21 February 1844-1937) WOLF, Ernst Wilhelm (25 February 1735-1792) WOLSTENHOLME, William (24 February 1865-1931)

[@marikomariko3992]

@@Reciclassicat OMG, this is some February Club! To explore my club members, I need my birthday forever! 😆

[@Reciclassicat]

Try to listen music by all of them 😀 PS: Top club: Handel, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Czerny... and even, one Bach!

[@valeriykhasyanov9011]

Карл Черни бесподобен ❤

[@angeliner59]

Wow! Never gotten around to listening to Czerny. Impressive!

[@pietrolandri6081]

Such a gorgeous and brilliant job, rarely listened. I wish I will be able to attend Czerny 250° birthday: I hope a full Czerny year will be celebrated in 2041. He wrote so much that even though a robust discography exists, barely 50% of his production is currently available for lisetning (including a substantial number of MIDI uploads on YT - channel Cleador2806)

[@marikomariko3992]

His final Opus number is Op. 861!! Stravinsky said, " “As to Czerny, I have been appreciating the full-blooded musician in him more than the remarkable pedagogue.” Indeed, we cannot imagine what we would do without Czerny, can we? Liszt called him, " “My Dear, Revered Master” for the rest of his life, no matter how famous he himself became . Czerny was and is a real Master.

[@pietrolandri6081]

@@marikomariko3992 he was a great master indeed, superior teacher and composer alike

[@Reciclassicat]

What a wonderful Czerny source! Thanks Pietro! I am Czerny fan since the first day his music hit my ears. He was a piano music factory!

[@pietrolandri6081]

@@Reciclassicat yep I hardly believe how on the earth he could even do so many things together and all so well (teaching, writing such a massive amnount of great music, etc.)!

[@Reciclassicat]

He never married and lived alone for the remainder of his life... so I guess he was permanently focused on music. The passion of his life!

[@SilvioNobre]

Precioso! Obrigado sempre Pau por toda maravilhosa arte que nos apresenta!

[@johnllewlyndavies222]

Even Beethoven's echo is greater than all but the other great composers.

[@ubergeekian]

What I like about this piece is the way the theme - which we now generally associate with nationalism at the very least and often much worse - appears (5:58) as a melancholy, wistful reflection. Same notes, completely different feel.

[@Reciclassicat]

The power of music and the ability to defeat the established conventions! Perhaps, Czerny feeling was just that! Music, indeed, has neither flag nor nation. It's just a priceless gift of the Universe!