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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 21 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
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
La Journaliere — —— KeyboardClassical 1
La Louise — —— KeyboardClassical 1
La Pott Menuet — —— KeyboardClassical 1
La Prinzette — —— KeyboardClassical 1
La Xenophon-la Sybille — —— KeyboardClassical —
Concerto In E-Flat For Oboe, Strings And Continuo — —— OboeClassical —
Sonate A Moll — —— FluteClassical —
Trio Sonata In A Minor Wq.148 — —A minor Flute, violinClassical —
Sonata In A Wq.65/32 — —— —Classical —
Sonata In C Wq.62/10 — —— —Classical —
Sonata In E Flat Wq.65/28 — —— —Classical —
Sonata In E Minor Wq.52/6 — —E minor —Classical —
Sonata In E Minor Wq.65/30 — —E minor —Classical —
Sonata In E Wq.65/29 — —— —Classical —
Sonata In G Minor Wq.62/18 — —G minor —Classical —
Sonata In G Wq.62/19 — —— —Classical —
Arabesque No. 2 — —— Piano— 2
L'Herrmann — —— Keyboard— 1
L'Aly Rupalich — —— Keyboard— 1
La Exnophon - La Sybille — —— Keyboard— 1
L'Irresolue — —— Keyboard— 1
L'Ernestine — —— Keyboard— 1
Lento Affettuoso — —— —Classical 5
La Stahl (out of Musikalisches Mancherley), Wq 117,25 — —— Piano, Keyboard— 1
Solfegietto — —— Piano— 1
Sonata in g, Wq 70 no. 6 — —— —— 1
Solfeggietto by CPE Bach for solo Clarinet — —— Clarinet— 1
Sonata (first edition), G major, Wq 65,12 — —— Piano— 1
Sonata (Harpsichord with 2 manuals), D minor, Wq 69 — —— Piano— 1
Magnificat, wq215 — —— Cello— 8
Sinfonia in D, wq183/1 — —— Cello— 8
Sinfonia in Eb, wq183/2 — —— Cello— 8
Sinfonia in F, wq183/3 — —— Cello— 8
Weihnachtslied, Wq 194 no. 42 - Es-Dur/Eb major — —— —— 1
Am Kommuniontage, Wq 194 no. 43 - g-Moll/G minor — —— —— 1
Am neuen Jahre, Wq 194 no. 44 - C-Dur/C major — —— —— 1
Busslied, Wq 194 no. 45 - e-Moll/E minor — —— —— 1
Die Liebe der Feinde, Wq 194 no. 46 - E-Dur/E major — —— —— 1
Demut, Wq 194 no. 47 - f-Moll/F minor — —— —— 1
Wider den ubermut, Wq 194 no. 48 - G-Dur/G major — —— —— 1
Wider den Aufschub der Bekehrung, Wq 194 no. 49 - F-Dur/F major — —— —— 1
Vertrauen auf Gottes Vorsehung, Wq 194 no. 50 - E-Dur/E major — —— —— 1
Bestandige Erinnerung des Todes, Wq 194 no. 51 - c-Moll/C minor — —— —— 1
Der Kampf der Tugend, Wq 194 no. 52 - h-Moll/B minor — —— —— 1
Wider den Geiz, Wq 194 no. 53 - A-Dur/A major — —— —— 1
Die Wachsamkeit, Wq 194 no. 54 - B-Dur/B-flat major — —— —— 1
Aufmunterung zur Tugend, Wq 195 no. 1 - d-Moll/D minor — —— —— 1
Nachahmung der gottlichen Liebe, Wq 195 no. 2 - B-Dur/B-flat major — —— —— 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.