Hanon The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises Complete
The Virtuoso Pianist (Le Pianiste virtuose) by Charles-Louis Hanon (1819 – 1900) is a compilation of sixty exercises meant to train the pianist in speed precision agility and strength of all of the fingers and flexibility in the wrists. First published in Boulogne in 1873 The Virtuoso Pianist is Hanons most well-known work and is still widely used by piano instructors and pupils. However the applicability of these nineteenth-century exercises has been questioned by some piano instructors today.