Joseph Christoph Kessler

Joseph Christoph Kessler (26 August 1800 – 14 January 1872),[1] also seen as Kötzler, was a German pianist and composer who was active mostly in the Austrian Empire.

The études were celebrated in their day, being played by Franz Liszt in his concerts, and praised by Fétis, Moscheles and Kalkbrenner,[5] who used some of Kessler's works in their own pedagogical material.

28, and he also employed the circle of fifths that Kessler used in his 24 Études; however, he may have been earlier influenced by Hummel's Preludes, Op.

On 6 February 1836, Robert Schumann wrote an article in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik comparing the significance of études written by various composers.

Kessler moved back to Vienna, then returned to Warsaw; he also lived at Breslau, and for 20 years at Lemberg.