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 2 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.

Works and available sheet music details
Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
CHRISTE, ALLER WELT TROAT BWV 673	—	BWV 673	—	—	Classical	7
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor	—	—	A minor	Piano	Classical	6
Menuet in B-Flat	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Partie in A Major	—	—	A major	Piano	Classical	7
L'Auguste	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Bouree I	—	—	—	Piano, violin	Classical	7
Bourree in E Minor from Suite in E Minor for Lute	—	—	E minor	Piano	Classical	5
Little Prelude in F Major from Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Notebook BWV 927	—	BWV 927	F major	Piano	Classical	5
Prelude in C Major, WTC I	—	—	C major	Piano	Classical	6
Little Prelude No. 4 in D Major	—	—	D major	Piano	Classical	5
Prelude In C Major	1784IMSLP	—	C major	Piano	Classical	7
Flute Sonata in E minor, Wq.124 (H.551)	1737, Frankfurt (Oder).IMSLP	—	E minor	Basso continuo, Flute	Classical	5
Sonata in A minor, Wq.62/21 (H.131)	1758IMSLP	—	A minor	Piano	Classical	5
Sonata in C minor Wq.65/31 (H.121)	1757IMSLP	—	C minor	Piano	Classical	4
Sonata in D, Wq.65/40 (H.177)	1763IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Sonata in C Minor, Wq 48 / 4, H 27 - Third Movement	—	—	C minor	Piano	—	7
Minuet and Trio	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Minuet in G minor	—	—	G minor	Piano, Guitar, Oboe, Horn	Classical	5
La Caroline	1755Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Keyboard	Classical	6
Bach: Sonata (First Edition) e minor Wq 65,30	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Sonata I F Major (Bach C.P.E.)	1740–42IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Organ	Classical	7
Sonata Iii (Variant)bach C.P.E.	—	—	—	Piano, Organ	Classical	5
Minuet	—	—	—	Piano, Oboe, violin, Flexible Instrument	Classical	5
	—	—	—	Piano, Organ	Classical	6
Geduld, Wq 194 no. 6 - d-Moll/D minor	—	—	—	—	Classical	7
Das Gebet, Wq 194 no. 21 - f-Moll/F minor	—	—	—	—	Classical	7
Concerto in the Italian Style	1750, BerlinIMSLP	—	—	Piano, Flute, Cornet	Classical	6
Gavotte	—	—	—	Piano, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Recorder, Harmonium, Viola	Classical	5
Gavotte in G Minor	—	—	G minor	violin	Classical	5
Prelude in D Minor	—	—	D minor	Piano	Classical	5
Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F Major	—	—	F major	Piano	Classical	5
Ten Little Indians	—	—	—	Clarinet	Classical	4
Bwv Anh 126	—	—	—	—	Classical	6
Prelude In D	—	—	—	—	Classical	5
Awake My Heart And Sing	—	—	—	Horn, Trombone	Classical	5
Night on Bald Mountain	—	—	—	—	Classical	5
Prelude In A Minor	—	—	A minor	Piano	Classical	5
Allemanda Cello Suite Iii	—	—	—	Clarinet	Classical	4
Prelude Cello Suite Iii	—	—	—	Clarinet	Classical	4
Cello Suite Vi	—	—	—	Cello, Viola	Classical	4
Minuet In D Minor	—	—	D minor	Piano	Classical	5
In Thine Arm I Rest Me	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	5
Lord, I Trust Thee	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	4
Passacaglia & Fugat C Min	1708-12?IMSLP	—	—	Organ	Classical	6
Aria Cantata #107	—	—	—	Flute	Classical	4
Aria Cantata #182	—	—	—	Flute	Classical	5
Presto in C Minor, Wq. 114:3	1771IMSLP	—	C minor	Piano, Organ	Classical	6
Minuet No. 2 in B minor	1743IMSLP	—	B minor	Piano	Classical	5

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.