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'''Joseph Czerny''' (June 17, 1785,<ref>{{cite book|last=Frank|first=Paul|title=Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon : fur Musiker und Freunde der Musik|year=1936|publisher=Regensburg: Gustave Bosse|page=730|author2=Wilhelm Altmann}}</ref> [[Hořovice]] - January 7, 1842, [[Vienna, Austria]]) was a [[composer]], [[pianist]], and piano teacher.<ref name="thayer">{{cite book|last=Thayer|first=Alexander Wheelock|title=Thayer's life of Beethoven, Volume 2|year=1991|publisher=Princeton UP|isbn=978-0-691-02718-0|pages=771|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ND14o0R9VuUC&pg=PA771|author2=Elliot Forbes |author3=Hermann Deiters |author4=Hugo Riemann |author5=Henry Edward Krehbiel |accessdate=10 December 2010}}</ref> and Among his compositions is [[Variation (music)|variation]] number 5<ref>{{cite book|last=Grove|first=George|title=Grove's dictionary of music and musicians|year=1910|publisher=Macmillan|page=233|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3Qw6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA233|author2=John Alexander Fuller-Maitland|accessdate=10 December 2010}}</ref> for Part II of the [[Vaterländischer Künstlerverein]]. Among his pupils were Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885) and [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s nephew, Karl.<ref name="thayer"/> His variations were not well received by the English magazine ''[[The Harmonicon]]'': "His variations, seven in number, have nothing new in them; they pursue the same track that has been beaten for many years past, and have, under various names, nauseated the ear during a long quarter of a century at least."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Review of Music: Variations upon the 'Vienna Waltz'|journal=[[The Harmonicon]]|year=1823|volume=1|page=146|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CuYqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA146|accessdate=10 December 2010}}</ref>
'''Joseph Czerny''' (June 17, 1785,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frank |first1=Paul |title=Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstler-Lexikon: für Musiker und Freunde der Musik |last2=Altmann |first2=Wilhelm |publisher=[[Gustav Bosse]] Verlag |year=1936 |location=Regensburg |page= |language=de |author-link2=Wilhelm Altmann}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=May 2023|reason=Previously given page number of 730 was actually the total number of pages in the source as provided by the MusicSack.}} [[Hořovice]] – January 7, 1842, [[Vienna]]) was a [[pianist]], [[composer]], [[music publisher]], and [[Piano pedagogy|piano teacher]] from the [[Austrian Empire]].<ref name="thayer">{{cite book |last=Thayer |first=Alexander Wheelock |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/thayerslifeofbee00thay/page/771/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Thayer's Life of Beethoven |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |year=1973 |isbn=978-0-691-02702-9 |editor-last=Forbes |editor-first=Elliot |editor-link=Elliot Forbes |edition=Revised |location=Princeton, New Jersey |pages=771 |chapter=Chapter 33. The Year 1820. End of the Guardianship Litigation—''Missa Solemnis'' Not Ready for Installation Ceremony—Pianoforte Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 |author-link=Alexander Wheelock Thayer |chapter-url-access=limited |accessdate=20 May 2023}}</ref> He was not related to [[Carl Czerny]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Fétis |first=François-Joseph |url=https://archive.org/details/biographieuniver02ft/page/408/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Biographie universelle des musiciens |publisher=[[Firmin Didot|Firmin-Didot]] Frères |year=1867 |edition=2nd |volume=2 |location=Paris |pages=408 |language=fr |author-link=François-Joseph Fétis}}</ref>

Among his compositions is [[Variation (music)|Variation]] No. 5<ref>{{cite book |last=Grove |first=George |url=https://archive.org/details/grovesdictionary0005unse/page/457/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] |date=February 1946 |editor-last=Colles |editor-first=Henry Cope |editor-link=H. C. Colles |edition=3rd |volume=5 |location=New York City |pages=457 |author-link=George Grove |url-access=limited |accessdate=20 May 2023}}</ref> from Part II of [[Anton Diabelli|Diabelli]]'s ''[[Vaterländischer Künstlerverein]]'' and about 60 other works consisting of [[Fantasia (music)|fantasias]], [[Rondo|rondos]], other variations, etc., which he published.<ref name=":0" /> Among his pupils were [[Leopoldine Blahetka]] (1809–1885)<ref name=":0" /> and [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s nephew, [[Karl van Beethoven|Karl]].<ref name="thayer" /> His variations were not well received by the English magazine ''[[The Harmonicon]]'': "His variations, seven in number, have nothing new in them; they pursue the same track that has been beaten for many years past, and have, under various names, [[Ad nauseam|nauseated the ear]] during a long quarter of a century at least."<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 1823 |editor-last=Ayrton |editor-first=William |editor-link=William Ayrton (music critic) |title=REVIEW OF MUSIC |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuYqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA146 |journal=[[The Harmonicon]] |volume=1 |issue=10 |pages=146 |accessdate=20 May 2023}}</ref> [[François-Joseph Fétis|Fétis]] was also critical of him: "Joseph's talent on the piano was less than mediocre; his compositions are not of a much higher order."<ref name=":0" />

Apparently, Joseph only started composing after Carl gave fame to the name "Czerny", and he understood that he could capitalize on this coincidence. It was doubted that Joseph had ever composed anything, and that he instead had his works done by young artists whom he paid to obtain permission to put his name on their productions. But this suspicion eventually proved untrue, for the piano pieces bearing Joseph Czerny's name were already forgotten by about 1867. In the last years of his life, he had adopted the profession of [[Bookselling|bookseller]]-publisher.<ref name=":0" />


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Joseph Czerny (June 17, 1785,[1][page needed] Hořovice – January 7, 1842, Vienna) was a pianist, composer, music publisher, and piano teacher from the Austrian Empire.[2] He was not related to Carl Czerny.[3]

Among his compositions is Variation No. 5[4] from Part II of Diabelli's Vaterländischer Künstlerverein and about 60 other works consisting of fantasias, rondos, other variations, etc., which he published.[3] Among his pupils were Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)[3] and Ludwig van Beethoven's nephew, Karl.[2] His variations were not well received by the English magazine The Harmonicon: "His variations, seven in number, have nothing new in them; they pursue the same track that has been beaten for many years past, and have, under various names, nauseated the ear during a long quarter of a century at least."[5] Fétis was also critical of him: "Joseph's talent on the piano was less than mediocre; his compositions are not of a much higher order."[3]

Apparently, Joseph only started composing after Carl gave fame to the name "Czerny", and he understood that he could capitalize on this coincidence. It was doubted that Joseph had ever composed anything, and that he instead had his works done by young artists whom he paid to obtain permission to put his name on their productions. But this suspicion eventually proved untrue, for the piano pieces bearing Joseph Czerny's name were already forgotten by about 1867. In the last years of his life, he had adopted the profession of bookseller-publisher.[3]

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  1. ^ Frank, Paul; Altmann, Wilhelm (1936). Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstler-Lexikon: für Musiker und Freunde der Musik (in German). Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag.
  2. ^ a b Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (1973). "Chapter 33. The Year 1820. End of the Guardianship Litigation—Missa Solemnis Not Ready for Installation Ceremony—Pianoforte Sonata in E Major, Op. 109". In Forbes, Elliot (ed.). Thayer's Life of Beethoven (Revised ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 771. ISBN 978-0-691-02702-9. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e Fétis, François-Joseph (1867). Biographie universelle des musiciens (in French). Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Paris: Firmin-Didot Frères. p. 408.
  4. ^ Grove, George (February 1946). Colles, Henry Cope (ed.). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 5 (3rd ed.). New York City: Macmillan Publishers. p. 457. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. ^ Ayrton, William, ed. (October 1823). "REVIEW OF MUSIC". The Harmonicon. 1 (10): 146. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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