rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20214 minCzerny Op 335 #1, 2 VersionsIt’s well to go into some detail analyzing my approach to this first study of Op 335; the analysis can serve as illustration of my...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20211 minCzerny op 335 #2, 2 VersionsThis is certainly very modest music, and at Czerny’s deliberate tempo you have to work to keep it from sounding banal. But the clear...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20211 minCzerny Op 335 #3, Single VersionThis is great frappe music. The energetic staccato and the 8th note anacruses in the A Section powerfully energize the downbeats--the...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #4, Single VersionAlmost all the studies of Op 335 feature polyphony in 2 or more voices, and often, as here, 3 and 4 voices. But with 4 voices Czerny...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #5, 2 VersionsLike many of the studies of op 335 this one is in simple binary form and four-square structure, making it ready-made for ballet...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20214 minCzerny Op 335 #6, 6 versionsIn several ways this is the ideal Czerny study for a ballet accompanist. Its four-square binary structure is ready-made for ballet class,...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #7, 2 VersionsA certain amount of Baroque-sounding music and Baroque-sounding counterpoint, if not too dense or complicated, has always been welcome in...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #8, 2 VersionsThe light drumming 4- and 8-note figures played at great speed, moving diatonically up and down the keyboard, and the fairly static...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20211 minCzerny op 335 #9, 3 versionsThe part-writing of #9, even though often in 5 voices, is less dense and rigorous than that of #5. This is a demanding study in voicing,...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #10, 2 VersionsThe speed, the dotting, the descending LH octaves, the dense texture of staccato 16th’s, the triumphant harmonies--all that makes #10 a...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20211 minCzerny Op 335 #11, Single VersionThe basic compositional principle of #11 is a contrast of textures: thick chords on each beat, contrasting with syncopated melodic...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #12, 2 VersionsCzerny spells out his polyphony with rigor here: the ties, rests and note-stems make the 4 voices clear to the eye, and the fingering...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #13, Single VersionI think of this study, and its companion variation in triplets, #14, as one of Op 335’s “abstractions.” In an unchanging rhythm and...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20211 minCzerny Op 335 #14, Single VersionAs I’ve explained in my commentary to #13, I think of this study as a kind of “abstraction” in which the “feel” of playing it (the...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20214 minCzerny Op 335 #15, 2 versionsIn a collection full of interesting “character pieces” #15 stands out for its drama. Czerny marks it “molto allegro,” and the repeated...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #16, 3 VersionsThis study actually “looks” like grands battements music, with it’s powerful two-handed chords in octave leaps. There are many ways a...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #17, Single VersionFor me the great appeal of this tuneful study has nothing to do with its possible usefulness in ballet class. I like it because it’s very...
rudyapffelmusicFeb 1, 20212 minCzerny Op 335 #18, 2 VersionsIf you want to use this long and difficult study for ballet class you can take several shortcuts, among which is using only Czerny’s RH...