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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 22 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
Trostlied, Wq 195 no. 3 - F-Dur/F major — —— —— 1
Ermunterung zur Busse, Wq 195 no. 4 - G-Dur/G major — —— —— 1
Von der Majestat Gottes, Wq 195 no. 5 - C-Dur/C major — —— —— 1
Die Zufriedenheit in Gott, Wq 195 no. 6 - G-Dur/G major — —— —— 1
Der 27. Psalm, Wq 195 no. 7 - C-Dur/C major — —— —— 2
An Gott, Wq 195 no. 8 - F-Dur/F major — —— —— 1
Der 100. Psalm, Wq 195 no. 9 - E-Dur/E major — —— —— 1
An Gott, Wq 195 no. 10 - Es-Dur/Eb major — —— —— 1
Morgengesang, Wq 195 no. 11 - D-Dur/D major — —— —— 1
Der 88. Psalm, Wq 195 no. 12 - d-Moll/D minor — —— —— 1
Osterlied, Wq 194 no. 22 - G-Dur/G major — —— —— 1
Passionslied, Wq 195 no. 23 - As-Dur/Ab major — —— —— 1
Sonata (first edition), E minor, Wq 65,30 — —— Piano— 1
Sonata (7o/1), A major, Wq 65,32 — —— Piano— 1
Sonata (first edition), E major, Wq 65,29 — —— Piano— 1
Sonata (first edition), C major, Wq 65,35 — —— Piano— 1
Sonata (first edition), C major, Wq 65,36 — —— Piano— 1
Sonata (first edition) [Hamburg Sonata], C major, Wq 65,47 — —— Piano— 1
Larghetto (originally second movement of the sonata No. 31), E flat major — —— Piano— 1
Sonata A major Wq 70, No. 1 — —— Organ— 1
CPE Bach Duet for Two Clarinets — —— Clarinet— 1
Fugue in D min — —— Organ— 1
Fantasy & Fugue in C min — —— Organ— 1
Fugue in Eb — —— Organ— 1
Adagio in D min — —— Organ— 1
Solfeggietto by CPE Bach Clarinet — —— —— 1
Eile Herr mein Herz zu starken — —— Piano— 1
Er ruft der Sonn und schafft den Mond — —— Piano— 1
Jehove herrscht ein Konig uber alle — —— Piano— 1
In Todesangsten hangst du da — —— Piano— 1
Dein Heil o Christ nicht zu verscherzen — —— Piano— 1
Wie sicher lebt der Mensch der Staub — —— Piano— 1
Der Mond ist aufgegangen — —— Piano— 1
Schon wieder ist von meiner Zeit — —— Piano— 1
Weit um mich her ist alles Freude — —— Piano— 1
Gelobt sei Gott im will ich frohlich singen — —— Piano— 1
Jesus lebt mit ihm auch ich — —— Piano— 1
Gott deine Gute reicht so weit — —— Piano— 1
Wann der Erde Grunde beben — —— Piano— 1
So fluchtig als des Tages Stunden — —— Piano— 1
Gross ist der Herr — —— Piano— 1
Schau hin dort in Gethsemane — —— Piano— 1
Wie gross ist des Allmachtgen Gute — —— Piano— 1
Wenn Christus seine Kirche schutzt — —— Piano— 1
Tag und Nacht du Heil der Frommen — —— Piano— 1
Die Himmel ruhmen des Ewigen Ehre — —— Piano— 1
Herr der du mir das Leben — —— Piano— 1
Dich preis ich Gott — —— Piano— 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.