The art of preluding, as applied to the piano forte : consisting of 120 examples of modulations, cadences, & fantasias, in every style : op. 300
Fantasia · Op. 300
Carl Czerny 1791–1857
Fantasia
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Op. 300
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Themes & character
A lost performing art·Improvised preludes·Historical document·Modulation examples
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 300
- Form
- Fantasia
About the piece
One hundred and twenty examples teaching a skill that has almost entirely disappeared: how to improvise a short prelude before a piece, or a passage modulating from one key to the next.
In Czerny's day a pianist was expected to prepare an audience's ear this way rather than simply beginning a work cold, and the ability to extemporize such links was part of ordinary professional competence. The collection is now valued as much as a historical document as a practical method.
The composer
Carl Czerny
1791–1857
Carl Czerny was an Austrian composer, music educator, and pianist of Czech origin. His music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works and his books of studies for the piano are still widely used in piano teaching. He was one of Ludwig van Beethoven's best-known pupils and would later become one of the main teachers of Franz Liszt.
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