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 19 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 [Hamburg sonata], G major, Wq 65,48 Performed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | — | — | — | Piano, harpsichord | Classical | — |
| Larghetto , E flat major Performed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | — | — | — | Piano, harpsichord | Classical | — |
| Four Little Pieces From The Little Notebook | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
| Minuet No. 1 in D major | — | — | D major | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| Minuet No. 3 in C major | — | — | C major | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| Minuet No. 5 in F major | — | — | F major | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| Minuet No. 6 in F minor | — | — | F minor | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| Little Prelude in C Major | — | — | C major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Minuet SOLO | — | — | — | Recorder | Classical | — |
| 5. Praeludium-Invention | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
| 6. Tanz | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
| 8. Fughetta super "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
| Allemande from Suite No. 1 for Lute | — | — | — | — | Classical | — |
| Menuet in G Major | — | — | G major | — | Classical | — |
| Prelude from Suite No. 1 for Cello | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
| March in F Major, BWV Anh. 122 | — | — | F major | — | — | — |
| Minuet in G Major, Minuet in G Minor, Prelude in C Major | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
| Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 | — | BWV 939 | C major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Musette in G Major from English Suite No. 3 | — | — | G major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Prelude in C Major from WTC 1 | — | — | C major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Menuet in E flat major | — | — | E-flat major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Allegro in G major, Wq 116, no. 4 | — | — | G major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Choral | — | — | — | Piano, Cello | Classical | — |
| Giguetta | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
| Little Prelude in F Major | — | — | F major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Two-Part Invention in C Minor | — | — | C minor | Piano | Classical | — |
| Two-Part Invention in A Minor | — | — | A minor | Piano | Classical | — |
| Two-Part Invention in B-flat Major | — | — | B-flat major | Piano | Classical | — |
| March in D Major | — | — | D major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Musette in D Major | — | — | D major | Piano | Classical | — |
| March in E-flat Major | — | — | E-flat major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Musette from English Suite No. 3 | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
| French Suite No. 2 in C Minor | — | — | C minor | Piano | Classical | — |
| Gigue from English Suite No. 2 | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | — |
| Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, WTC 1 | — | — | C minor | Piano | Classical | — |
| Prelude and Fugue in F Major, WTC 1 | — | — | F major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WTC 1 | — | — | G minor | Piano | Classical | — |
| Prelude in G Major BWV 902a | — | BWV 902a | G major | Piano | Classical | — |
| Bouree in F | — | — | — | Guitar | Classical | — |
| Mer Hahn En Neue Oberkeet | — | — | — | Recorder, Viola | Classical | 1 |
| Arioso from Contata No. 156 | — | — | — | Organ | Classical | — |
| Bist du bei Mir | — | — | — | Organ | Classical | — |
| March Performed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | — | — | — | Piano | Classical, pop | — |
| Minuet From French Suite | — | — | — | — | Classical | — |
| Gavotte from Suite No.3 | — | — | — | violin | Classical | — |
| Little Prelude No. 3 in C Minor | — | — | C minor | Piano | Classical | — |
| Little Prelude No. 11 in G Minor | — | — | G minor | Piano | Classical | — |
| Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I | — | — | C major | Piano | Classical | — |
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.