Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. (ca.1895), — 56 p.
First Tutor (Erster Lehrmeister), designed for
beginners to early intermediate pianists.
Carl Czerny (1791-1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher and pianist of Czech origin. A child prodigy, he began playing piano at age three and composing at age seven. His first piano teacher was his father, Wenzel Czerny, but he went on to study with Clementi, Hummel, Salieri and Beethoven. Czerny’s books of studies for the piano are considered classics of piano pedagogy and continue to be widely used.
The First Tutor, Op. 599 starts with lessons on learning the notes and introduces students to keyboard music through various technical studies.
First Exercises for Knowledge of the Notes
Exercises for the Five Fingers with Quiet Hand
First Exercises for the Thumb
Exercises Exceeding an Octave
Exercises with the Bass-Clef
Exercises in Sharps and Flats
Exercises in Other Easy Tunes
Rests
Exercises of Velocity
Melodies with and without Ornaments