Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
1714–1788
1,063 works in the index
- Born
- 1714
- Died
- 1788
- Birthplace
- Weimar
- Citizenship / historical state
- Germany
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Baroque
Biography
The second surviving son of Johann Sebastian, and for most of the eighteenth century the more famous of the two. Haydn and Beethoven both studied his keyboard music closely, and it sounds like neither his father's nor anyone else's.
The keyboard sonatas are the body of it, and they are genuinely useful teaching repertoire — comparable in difficulty to Haydn's, more unpredictable, and far less played. The Solfeggietto in C minor is the one piece of his that everyone has met, usually early. His treatise on keyboard playing is still the primary source for how this music was performed.
Works carry Wq. numbers from Wotquenne and H. numbers from Helm, and editions use one or the other or both, so the same sonata appears under two identifiers. Where a listing gives both, they are the reliable way to confirm what you are buying.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Flute, Clarinet, harpsichord, Organ
- Genres represented
- Classical, pop, New Age
- Works with composition dates
- 63 of 1,063
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works page 11 of 23
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonata No. 4 Bb Major - Score | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 5 Eb Major - Bassoon | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata 1- 3 from 6 Sonatas - Keyboard | — | — | — | Keyboard | Classical | 1 |
| Sonate g minor - Score | — | — | — | harpsichord, Cello, Viola | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata a minor - Flute | — | — | — | Flute | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 3 Eb Major - Bassoon | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Wq161/1 - Flute | — | — | B-Flat major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Clavier - Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / Ihro Hochgräflichen Gnaden Maria Theresia, Reichsgräfin zu Leiningen Westerburg, unterthänig gewidment / 1787 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in A Minor - Piano | — | — | A minor | Piano, Cello, Flute | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in G Major - Cello | — | — | G major | Piano, Cello, Flute | Classical | 1 |
| Prussian Sonatas, No. 3 in E major | — | — | E major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in A Minor - Set of Parts | — | — | A minor | Piano, Cello, Flute | Classical | 1 |
| La Complaisante - Score | — | — | — | Piano, Tuba | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 4 Bb Major - Clarinet | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Solfeggietto - Keyboard | — | — | — | Keyboard | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata 1- 3 from 6 Sonatas - Preface | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| La Xenophone - Score | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonate g minor - Viola/Viola da gamba | — | — | — | harpsichord, Cello, Viola | Classical | 1 |
| Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Wq161/1 - Violin | — | — | B-Flat major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in D Major - Piano | — | — | D major | Piano, Cello, Flute | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in E Minor - Cello | — | — | E minor | Piano, Cello, Flute | Classical | 1 |
| Prussian Sonatas, No. 4 in C minor | — | — | C minor | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in D Major - Set of Parts | — | — | D major | Piano, Cello, Flute | Classical | 1 |
| La Complaisante - Tuba | — | — | — | Piano, Tuba | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 2 Eb Major - Score | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 4 Bb Major - Bassoon | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 6 Bb Major - Score | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata b minor Wotq 76 - Score and Parts | — | — | — | harpsichord, violin | Classical | 1 |
| Sonate g minor - Cello | — | — | — | harpsichord, Cello, Viola | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata c minor - Score | — | — | — | violin, Continuo | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in A Minor, H. 562 - Tuba | — | — | A minor | — | Classical | 1 |
| Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Wq161/1 - Cello | — | — | B-Flat major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in G Major - Flute | — | — | G major | Piano, Cello, Flute | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in A Minor - Cello | — | — | A minor | Piano, Cello, Flute | Classical | 1 |
| Prussian Sonatas, No. 5 in C major | — | — | C major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 2 Eb Major - Clarinet | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 6 Bb Major - Clarinet | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata b minor Wotq 76 - Preface | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata c minor - Preface | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Bach: Twelve Little Pieces | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Bach: Trio in B Minor | — | — | B minor | — | Classical | 1 |
| Bach: Cello Concerto in A Minor | — | — | A minor | — | Classical | 1 |
| Wurttemberg Sonatas: Piano Sonata no. 001 in A Minor | — | — | A minor | — | — | 0 |
| Prussian Sonatas, No. 01 in F major | — | — | F major | — | — | 0 |
| Prussian Sonatas, No. 02 in B-flat major | — | — | B-flat major | — | — | 0 |
| Prussian Sonatas, No. 03 in E major | — | — | E major | — | — | 0 |
| Prussian Sonatas, No. 04 in C minor | — | — | C minor | — | — | 0 |
| Prussian Sonatas, No. 05 in C major | — | — | C major | — | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 204566. Portrait: After Johann Philipp Bach, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.