"It is, however, part of the unfortunate nature of the virtuoso [Czerny] that he demeans all these hard-won accomplishments and wishes to substitute technique for spirit."
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Anton Felix Schindler, (1860) Beethoven as I Knew Him, Jolly, S. Constance, trans., Donald W. MacArdle, ed., (1966)
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Carl Czerny
Carl Czerny (21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist.
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