"I certainly think Czerny’s large pianoforte [Op. 500] is worthy of study, particularly in regard to what he says abou…"

"Czerny believed that finger development must be built solely on mechanical gymnastics. His method was one of endless …"

"At the age of eleven, I had conceived an ardent desire to meet the great pedagogue Karl Czerny… My father had had les…"

"Carl Czerny, “the dry and methodical genius” who has tortured generations of pianists with an inexhaustible stream of…"

"Carl Czerny, the nephew’s teacher, was much less devoted to these [Clementi’s] sonatas, and for this and other pedago…"

"Czerny very frequently uses the words ‘humor, humorous, fantastic’ to describe the character of certain movements wit…"

"It is, however, part of the unfortunate nature of the virtuoso [Czerny] that he demeans all these hard-won accomplish…"

"Not even with all one’s critical speed is it possible to catch up with Herr Czerny. Had I enemies, I would, in order …"

"It is rarely a grateful task to plant in a wilderness; it is not agreeable to be a priest in America."

"We stand in the midst of a massive reorganization of our intellectual and spiritual life, which has seized all areas …"