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The manuscript textbook “Anleitung zum Klavierschlagen” by Michal Godra is a type of the textbook for elementary instruction in piano playing in Slovakia in the first half of the 19th century. It is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theme of this paper is presented in terms of the development of piano playing and the methodology of instrument playing, the musical genre characterisation of the compositions included in the practical part of the textbook, and the degree of influence by Franz Paul Rigler’s theoretical works. M. Godra’s piano school is an important source of knowledge of the development of musical education and piano composition in Slovakia in the given period.