Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Born: 8th March 1714, Weimar
Died: 14th December 1788, Hamburg
Nationality: German
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German composer and musician of the Baroque and Classical eras. He was the fifth child and second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach.
Bach was an influential composer working at a time of transition between his father's Baroque style and the Classical style that followed it. He was the principal representative of the empfindsamer Stil or 'sensitive style'. The qualities of his keyboard music are forerunners of the expressiveness of Romantic music, in deliberate contrast to the statuesque forms of Baroque music.
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Popular Works: Bach, C P E
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Wq. 170 (H432) (29)
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Wq. 171 (H436) (35)
- Cello Concerto No. 3 in A major, Wq. 172 (H439) (51)
- Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, Wq. 119/7 (H103) (20)
- Fantasia for keyboard in C major, Wq. 59/6 (H284) (21)
- Fantasia for keyboard in C major, Wq. 61/6 (H291) (15)
- Fantasia in F-Sharp Minor, Wq. 67 (24)
- Flute Concerto in A major, Wq. 168 (H438) (28)
- Flute Concerto in A minor, Wq. 166 (H430) (27)
- Flute Concerto in B flat major, Wq. 167 (H435) (17)
- Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq. 22 (H425) (31)
- Flute Concerto in G major, Wq. 169 (H445) (34)
- Free Fantasia, for keyboard in F sharp minor, H300/Wq67 (19)
- Hamburg Sonata in G, Wq. 133 (23)
- Hamburg Symphony in B minor, Wq. 182/5 (H661) (26)
- Harpsichord Concerto in G major, Wq. 34 (H444) (15)
- Keyboard Sonata in A minor, Wq. 49/1 (H30) 'Württemberg Sonata No. 1' (21)
- Magnificat in D, Wq. 215 (H772) (20)
- Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Wq. 164 (H466) (18)
- Oboe Concerto in E flat major, Wq. 165 (H468) (22)
- Oboe Sonata in G minor, Wq. 135 (H549) (22)
- Rondo in C minor, Wq. 59/4 (H283) (21)
- Sinfonia in A major, Wq. 182/4 (H660) (16)
- Sinfonia in C major, Wq. 182/3 (H659) (19)
- Sinfonia in E major, Wq. 182/6 (H662) (17)
- Sinfonia in G major, Wq. 182/1 (H657) (18)
- Solfeggio in C minor, Wq. 117/2 (H220) (17)
- Sonata for Organ in F, Wq. 70/3 (H84) (18)
- Sonata in A major, Wq. 55/4 (H186) (16)
- Sonata in A minor for flute and basso continuo, Wq. 128 (H555) (18)
- Sonata in A minor for organ, Wq. 70/4 (H85) (22)
- Sonata in A minor, Wq. 132 (H562) (45)
- Symphony in D major, Wq. 183/1 (H663) (29)
- Symphony in E minor, Wq. 178 (H653) (20)
- Symphony in G major, Wq. 183/4 (H666) (23)
- Trio Sonata in G minor for viola da gamba and keyboard, Wq.88, H.510 (15)
- Twelve Variationen über die Folie d'Espagne, Wq118/9/H263 (31)
- Viola da gamba Sonata in C major, Wq.136, H.558 (20)
- Violin Sonata in B minor, Wq. 76 (16)
- Violin Sonata in C minor, Wq. 78 (16)
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