Czerny | First Tutor, Op. 599 (Piano)

Carl Czerny (1791-1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher and pianist of Czech origin. A child prodigy, he began playing piano at age three and composing at age seven. His first piano teacher was his father, Wenzel Czerny, but he went on to study with Clementi, Hummel, Salieri and Beethoven. Czerny’s books of studies for the piano are considered classics of piano pedagogy and continue to be widely used.

Waltons offers eight books by Czerny published by Edition Peters.

Designed for  beginners to early intermediate pianists, the First Tutor, Op. 599 starts with lessons on learning the notes and introduces students to keyboard music through various technical studies. Its ten sections cover the following:  

• First Exercises for Knowledge of the Notes
• Exercises for the Five Fingers with Quiet Hand
• First Exercises for the Thumb
• Exercises Exceeding an Octave
• Exercises with the Bass-Clef
• Exercises in Sharps and Flats
• Exercises in Other Easy Tunes
• Rests
• Exercises of Velocity
• Melodies with and without Ornaments