- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
Czerny Op 335 #1, 2 Versions
It’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...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny op 335 #2, 2 Versions
This is certainly very modest music, and at Czerny’s deliberate tempo you have to work to keep it from sounding banal. But the clear...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 335 #3, Single Version
This is great frappe music. The energetic staccato and the 8th note anacruses in the A Section powerfully energize the downbeats--the...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 335 #4, Single Version
Almost 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...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 335 #5, 2 Versions
Like many of the studies of op 335 this one is in simple binary form and four-square structure, making it ready-made for ballet...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
Czerny Op 335 #6, 6 versions
In several ways this is the ideal Czerny study for a ballet accompanist. Its four-square binary structure is ready-made for ballet class,...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 335 #7, 2 Versions
A certain amount of Baroque-sounding music and Baroque-sounding counterpoint, if not too dense or complicated, has always been welcome in...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 335 #8, 2 Versions
The light drumming 4- and 8-note figures played at great speed, moving diatonically up and down the keyboard, and the fairly static...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny op 335 #9, 3 versions
The 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,...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Czerny Op 335 #10, 2 Versions
The speed, the dotting, the descending LH octaves, the dense texture of staccato 16th’s, the triumphant harmonies--all that makes #10 a...
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Czerny Op 335 #11, Single Version
The basic compositional principle of #11 is a contrast of textures: thick chords on each beat, contrasting with syncopated melodic...