Download or read book First Instruction in Piano Playing, One Hundred Recreations written by Carl Czerny and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1996-02-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Czerny (1791–1857) was an Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. Today he is best remembered for his volumes of études for the piano. Czerny's music was greatly influenced by his teachers, Clementi, Hummel, Salieri and Beethoven. This book contains Czerny's "First Instruction in Piano Playing," ("100 Recreations"), Exercises 1-100.