Piano Music - Johann Baptist Cramer

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Cramer

📖 "Cet artist était surtout remarquable par l'art de nuancer la qualité du son qu'il tirait de l'instrument. Sa manière était toute particulière et ne ressemblait à celle d'aucun autre grand Pianiste."
François-Joseph Fétis

📖 "Johann Baptist Cramer, one of the most distinguished pianists and teachers of any age. He studied with Schroter and dementi, who imparted to him a knowledge of the classical composers; but in the matter of theory, he was, for the most part, self-taught. He began his concert tours in 1788, which quickly spread his fame as a pianist. He always regarded London as his home and resting place; he resided in Paris from 1832 to 1845, but then returned to London. In 1828, jointly with Addison, he established a music publishing house, which brought out, specially, classical works, and which he himself conducted up to 1842 ; the firm still flourishes under the title 'Cramer & Co.' Cramer's compositions - (105 pianoforte sonatas, seven concertos, a pf. quintet and pf. quartet, variations, rondos, etc.) are well-nigh forgotten at the present day; only his 'Grosse Pianoforte -Schule,' and especially the fifth part, the eighty-four Studies (also separately as Op. 56, with sixteen new Studies; a selection, sixty, has been edited by Bülow, with remarks and certain alterations; and another selection, with a second pianoforte accompaniment, by Ad. Henselt) have, as material for instruction, achieved immortality. A noble, poetical spirit breathes through these studies; and this renders them agreeable both to pupils and teachers. The 'Schule der Fingerfertigkeit,' Op. 100 (100 daily studies, the second part of the 'Grosse Pianoforte-Schule'), also enjoys a certain name, but not to the extent which it deserves."
Hugo Riemann Dictionary of Music (1896)

Johann Baptist Cramer

1771 (Mannheim) - 1858 (London)
Johann Baptist Cramer was an English pianist, composer and music publisher of German origin. He was a pupil of Clementi and continued his school. Apart from his Etudes which are essential for budding pianists he also composed 105 sonatas, 7 concertos and a great number of various pieces such as rondos, variations, fantasies etc.

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Piano Music by Johann Baptist Cramer

Studio per il pianoforte (1804–10)

Instructions for the Pianoforte (1812)

Dulce et utile, op.55 (1815)

25 New and Characteristic Diversions (1825)

12 Notturnos, pf four hands, op.96 (1842)

New Practical School, op.100 (1844)

Various other didactic works

3 capriccios, 6 dances, 33 divertimentos, 5 duos, 56 rondos, 12 fantasias, 20 songs, 6 impromptus, 24 variation sets, 9 nocturnes, 4 sets of preludes, other short piano works

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