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 20 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
Prelude in D Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I	—	—	D major	Piano	Classical	—
Prelude in G Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I	—	—	G major	Piano	Classical	—
Prelude in G Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I	—	—	G minor	Piano	Classical	—
Prelude in D Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II	—	—	D major	Piano	Classical	—
Prelude in F Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II	—	—	F minor	Piano	Classical	—
Presto in C Minor, Wq. 114/3	—	—	C minor	Piano	Classical	—
Sonata in A Minor for Solo Flute	—	—	A minor	Flute	Classical	—
Sonata In D Major	—	—	D major	Flute	Classical	—
Kyrie From Mass In B Minor	—	—	B minor	Choir	Classical	—
Wilt Thou Not Give Thy Heart?	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	—
My Heart, Ever Faithful	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	—
Invention In B Flat	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	—
Sarabande In D Minor	—	—	D minor	Piano	Classical	—
Cantabile	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	—
Vom Grab An Dem Wir	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Quartet In G	—	—	—	Cello, Flute, Viola	Classical	—
Alla Polacca In G Minor Wq.112/11	—	—	G minor	Keyboard	Classical	—
Allegretto In D Wq.113/6	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Allegro Di Molto In F Wq.114/1	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Allegro In E Wq.114/8	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Arioso In C Wq.113/2	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Fantasia In D Minor Wq.113/3	—	—	D minor	Keyboard	Classical	—
Fantasia In D Minor Wq.117/12	—	—	D minor	Keyboard	Classical	—
Les Langueurs Tendres Wq.117/30	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	1
Menuetto 1 And 2 In C Wq.116/5	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Minuetto 1 And 2 In F Wq.113/4	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Presto In B Flat Wq.113/10	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Solfeggio In A Wq.117/4	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Sonata In C Wq.53/5	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Sonatina 1 In G Wq.63/7	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Sontina 2 In E Wq.63/8	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Sontina 3 In D Wq.63/9	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Sontina 4 In B Flat Wq.63/10	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Sontina 5 In F Wq.63/11	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
Sontina 6 In D Minor Wq.63/12	—	—	D minor	Keyboard	Classical	—
L' Aly Rupalich (La Bach)	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
L' Auguste Polonoise	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
L' Ernestine	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
L' Herrmann	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
L' Irresolue	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	—
La Bergius	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	1
La Boehmer	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	1
La Borchward Polonoise	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	1
La Buchholtz	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	1
La Capricieuse	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	1
La Gabriel	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	1
La Gause	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	1
La Gleim Rondeau	—	—	—	Keyboard	Classical	1

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.