1791–1857

Introduction

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Born: Feb­ru­ary 21, 1791, Leo­pold­stadt, Vien­na, Aus­tria.

Died: Au­gust 9, 1857, Vi­en­na, Aus­tria.

Buried: Zen­tral­fried­hof, Vi­en­na, Aus­tria.

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Biography

Czerny was an Aus­tri­an com­pos­er, teach­er, and pi­an­ist of Czech ori­gin whose mu­sic­al pro­duc­tion amount­ed to over a thou­sand works. His books of stu­dies for the pi­ano are still wide­ly used in pi­ano teach­ing.

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Music