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 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bach: Sonata g minor Wq 65,17 | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| Allegretto Scherzando | — | — | — | Piano, Flute | Classical | 15 |
| America, The Beautiful (Traditional) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Postludium Trio | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Andantino Cantabile | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Alla Polacca | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Allemande | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Rondo Espressivo | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Sarabande | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Flute | Classical | 1 |
| Capriccio | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Sonata, B flat major, Wq 62,16 (Piano solo) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Sonata, C minor, Wq 65,31 (Piano solo) | — | — | — | Piano, violin, Continuo | Classical | 3 |
| Sonata, B minor, Wq 62,22 (Piano solo) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Sonata, E minor, Wq 52,6 (Piano solo) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Bach: Sonata c minor Wq 65,31 | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Bach: Sonata A major Wq 65,32 (70/1) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Bach: Sonata e minor Wq 52,6 | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata, A major, Wq 65,37 (Piano solo) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Sonata (first edition) [Hamburg Sonata], C major, Wq 65,47 (Piano solo) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Larghetto (originally second movement of the sonata No. 31), E flat major (Piano solo) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Allegro And Andantino (Mozart) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Menuet I | — | — | — | Organ | Classical | 3 |
| Rondo | — | — | — | Flute | Classical | 3 |
| Marche, BWV Anh. 122 | — | — | — | violin | Classical | 5 |
| Sonata Iv F# Minor (Bach C.P.E.) | — | — | — | Piano, Organ | Classical | 2 |
| Abendlied, Wq 194 no. 1 - F-Dur/F major | — | — | — | — | Classical | 4 |
| Passionslied, Wq 194 no. 14 - g-Moll/G minor | — | — | — | — | Classical | 4 |
| La Caroline in C major | — | — | C major | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Fugue on BACH | — | — | — | Organ | Classical | 3 |
| Air Pour Les Trompettes | — | — | — | Piano, Cornet | Classical | 3 |
| Minuet in C Minor | — | — | C minor | Flute | Classical | 2 |
| Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Cello, violin, percussion, Handbell, Viola | Classical | 3 |
| Christmas Joy | — | — | — | — | Classical | 4 |
| Poppin' Popcorn | — | — | — | Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Menuet French Suite E Maj | — | — | — | — | Classical | 2 |
| Prelude C Maj Bwv924a | — | Bwv924a | — | — | Classical | 3 |
| Quia fecit mihi magna | — | — | — | — | Classical | 3 |
| Cantata Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben | 1723IMSLP | — | — | — | Classical | 3 |
| Alleluia Cantata 142 | — | — | — | Choir | Classical | 3 |
| Mi Nutro Contento D'un Mis | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | Classical | 3 |
| Allegro Vln Sonata Ii | — | — | — | Clarinet | Classical | 2 |
| Presto Violin Sonata I | — | — | — | Piano, Clarinet | Classical | 3 |
| Grazia E Questa Del Signor | — | — | — | Voice | Classical | 2 |
| Cello Suite Iii | — | — | — | Cello, Viola | Classical | 3 |
| Adagio In E Minor | — | — | E minor | — | Classical | 3 |
| Two Passepieds | — | — | — | Recorder | Classical | 3 |
| Prelude & Fugue In G | — | — | — | Piano, Organ | Classical | 3 |
| Prelude & Fugue In C | — | — | — | Piano, Organ | Classical | 2 |
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.