February 20 - Carl Czerny (The Musical Birthday Series)

Carl Czerny (20/21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian pianist, teacher, and composer.  Many sources give his birthday as the 21st, but some reliable sources including Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians give the 20th, and since there is no one else I want to write about, that is the date I'm using.

 Hands Down

Carl Czerny churned them out,

Those etudes for dexterity,

Where piano students learn about

Velocity and clarity.

But let’s be fair and not abuse

The Czerny piano studies,

They sound like gold compare to those

By other fuddy-duddies.

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