Pure pianism in Karl Cherny's etudes and exercises

The monograph is devoted to the consideration of the aesthetic principles of pure pianism in the etudes and exercises of Karl Cherny. The structure of pianism is built its determinants are determined. A distinction is made between pure and interpretive types of pianism. It is emphasized that K. Cherny's pianism reflects the dominant ideal of his time but his relationship with L. van Beethoven corrects his ideas about piano performance in general and pianism in particular. From these positions two didactic works of K. Cherny are considered and his sketches and exercises on the material of op. 299 op. 740 op. 365. Attention is drawn to the presence of performance instructions in these collections which aim at understanding the instructional exercise as a musical phenomenon. The influence of K. Cherny's school on F. Liszt's etudes and modern music pedagogy is traced.