The Young Pianist, Op. 823 Alfred Masterworks

by Willard A. Palmer (Editor), Carl Czerny (Composer)

Carl Czerny, a student of Ludwig van Beethoven, who then taught Franz Liszt, combined his ability to analyze technique with his years of teaching experience to create exercises that increase the technical ability of the piano student. In this 80-page edition, his pieces systematically introduce notes of various time-values and other musical principles in similar order. The book's many exercises are preceded by invaluable reference materials. In the second half of this volume, the exercises move into a more difficult study of such things as turns, trills, arpeggios, phrasing and more.

80 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 1986

About the author

Willard A. "Bill" Palmer (1917 – April 30, 1996) was an American music scholar, educator and composer.

Dr. Willard Palmer wrote nearly 800 published works, including an accordion method, several piano methods, a method for Hammond Chord Organ, a guitar method, hundreds of solo pieces and many choral works for the Alfred Music publishing company.