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    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Czerny Op 740 #16, 2 Versions

    This delightful study is in the character I’ve come to think of as “Czerny-happiness,” a kind of Bournonville-for-piano that is unique to...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    Czerny Op 740 #17, 5 Versions

    At first #17 didn’t seem to me to have much to recommend itself except that in a collection of mostly quite difficult studies it’s rather...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Czerny Op 740, #18, 2 Versions

    As written, and a bit under Czerny’s tempo, #18 is muscular fondu music (one count per bar). You can muffle and undulate it or play it...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Czerny Op 740 #19, 2 Versions

    In ballet class a measure of 3/4 is usually counted as a single count in a combination. Even if you can get to Czerny’s speed, #19’s slow...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Czerny Op 740 #20, 2 Versions

    Czerny’s regular phrase lengths and cadences in the tonic make #20 a ready-made one-pager: just play mm 1-32. But it would be well to...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Czerny Op 740 #21, 2 Versions

    When Czerny has the hands move in parallel with the same note values my strategy is to have the hands trade off: one hand plays the note...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Czerny Op 740 #22, 2 Versions

    In my opinion, only if you can get at or near Czerny’s tempo can you keep #22 from sounding trite. It’s musical ideas are so slight that...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Czerny Op 740 #23, 2 Versions

    The first 32 measures of #23 make a stand-alone piece well suited to ballet class across a range of tempos, and not particularly...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    Czerny Op 740 #24, 4 Versions

    Czerny’s researches into different note patterns and their sonorities on the piano led to the particularly happy device of #24: the RH...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Czerny Op 740 #25, Single Version

    This study well exemplifies the “working” hand/ “supporting” hand contrast in Czerny’s compositional process. You can project it lightly...
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    rudyapffelmusic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Czerny Op 740 #28, 3 Versions

    As noted elsewhere in my commentaries, a teacher may set a combination in a very slow three with each beat subdivided, amounting to a...
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