Joseph Czerny

Joseph Czerny (June 17, 1785,[1] Hořovice - January 7, 1842, Vienna, Austria) was a Bohemian composer, pianist, and piano teacher.[2] 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. Thayer, Alexander Wheelock; Elliot Forbes; Hermann Deiters; Hugo Riemann; Henry Edward Krehbiel (1991). Thayer's life of Beethoven, Volume 2. Princeton UP. p. 771. ISBN 978-0-691-02718-0. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  3. Grove, George; John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1910). Grove's dictionary of music and musicians. Macmillan. p. 233. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  4. "Review of Music: Variations upon the 'Vienna Waltz'". The Harmonicon. 1: 146. 1823. Retrieved 10 December 2010.


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