DifficultyIntermediate
Duration1:25
Notes2,458
OpusOp.299 No.17
Description
No.17 is a very dense study, packing 2,458 notes into 85 seconds. The music likely arrives in relentless, closely packed waves, demanding both quick finger response and coordinated movement across the whole hand. Studies like this help explain why Czerny's Op.299 earned the nickname "The School of Velocity."
Forty studies by Czerny that build the technique for fast passagework, developing finger independence and agility.
About the Composer
Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Carl Czerny was a Viennese pianist and composer who studied under Beethoven and later taught Franz Liszt. He is best known for his enormous output of piano etudes, which remain widely used in piano pedagogy around the world today. This site includes 109 of his works, such as pieces from the 160 Eight-Measure Exercises.
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