Joseph Czerny

Joseph Czerny (June 17, 1785[1], Hořovice - January 7, 1842, Vienna, Austria) was a composer, pianist, and piano teacher.[2] and Among his compositions is variation number 5[3] for Part II of the Vaterländischer Künstlerverein. Among his pupils were Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885) and Ludwig van Beethoven's nephew, Karl.[2] His variations were not well received by the English magazine The Harmonicon: "His variations, seven in number, have nothing new in them; they pursue the same track that has been beaten for many years past, and have, under various names, nauseated the ear during a long quarter of a century at least."[4]

References

  1. ^ Frank, Paul; Wilhelm Altmann (1936). Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon : fur Musiker und Freunde der Musik. Regensburg: Gustave Bosse. p. 730. 
  2. ^ a b Thayer, Alexander Wheelock; Elliot Forbes, Hermann Deiters, Hugo Riemann, Henry Edward Krehbiel (1991). Thayer's life of Beethoven, Volume 2. Princeton UP. pp. 771. ISBN 9780691027180. http://books.google.com/books?id=ND14o0R9VuUC&pg=PA771. Retrieved 10 December 2010. 
  3. ^ Grove, George; John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1910). Grove's dictionary of music and musicians. Macmillan. p. 233. http://books.google.com/books?id=3Qw6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA233. Retrieved 10 December 2010. 
  4. ^ "Review of Music: Variations upon the 'Vienna Waltz'". The Harmonicon 1: 146. 1823. http://books.google.com/books?id=CuYqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA146. Retrieved 10 December 2010.