'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.