While there are many composers who have written excellent piano etudes & exercises, the most famous, popular & useful etudes are by Johann Friedrich Burgmuller, Carl Czerny, Charles-Louis Hanon, & Stephen Heller. Included in this volume are selected etudes from Burgmuller's 18 Characteristic Studies Op109, & Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist. Etudes have also been selected from Czerny: Op139, 539, 599, 718, 823, & 849. The etudes from Heller are from Op45, 46, & Op81. Includes short biographies.