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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 7 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
O Lord, My Conscience — —— ChoirClassical 3
Aria Cantata #8 — —— FluteClassical 3
Prelude & Fugue In F#min — —— PianoClassical 2
Prelude & Fugue In G#min — —— PianoClassical 2
So There Is Now — —— ChoirClassical 3
Thus Then, The Law — —— ChoirClassical 3
Allein Gott in Der Hoh Sei Ehr Bwv 675 — Bwv 675— —Classical 3
Christ, Unser Herr, Zum Jordan Kam Bwv 685 1724 in LeipzigIMSLP Bwv 685— —Classical 3
Aria from Goldberg Variations — —— PianoClassical 1
Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II — —C major PianoClassical 2
Be Thou With Me — —— PianoClassical 3
Sonata b minor Wotq 76 - Violin — —— harpsichord, violinClassical 2
Bach: Trio in B flat — —— —Classical 3
Fantaisie and Fugue in C minor, H. 75.5 1754 ca.IMSLP —C minor OrganClassical 2
Heilig, H 778 1776IMSLP —— —Classical 2
12 kleine Stücke 1758IMSLP —— ContinuoClassical 2
Piano Sonata in A Minor from 'Clavier-Sonaten nebst einigen Rondos für Kenner und Liebhaber, III' 1774IMSLP —A minor PianoClassical 2
Sonata in D minor, Wq.62/15 (H.105) 1756IMSLP —D minor PianoClassical 2
Symphonie, H.663 1775IMSLP —— strings, BassoonClassical 2
Trio Sonata in C minor, Wq.161/1 (H.579) 1749, Potsdam.IMSLP —C minor —Classical 2
Et Misericordia (And His Mercy) Cpe Bach — —— Voice, bass, Tenor, Choir, AltoClassical 1
Sicut Erat (As It Was) Cpe Bach — —— Voice, bass, Tenor, Choir, AltoClassical 1
March in G Major, BWV Anh. 124 — —G major Piano— 1
Sonata, B minor, Wq 65,13 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 2
Sonata (Harpsichord with 2 manuals), D minor, Wq 69 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 1
Sonata, G major, Wq 65,22 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 2
Sonata, D minor, Wq 65,23 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 3
Sonata, C major, Wq 62,7 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 2
Bach: Sonata f sharp minor Wq 52,4 — —— PianoClassical 1
Bach: Sonata E flat major Wq 52,1 — —— PianoClassical 2
Alouette (Traditional) — —— PianoClassical 3
Little Prelude In E Minor — —E minor PianoClassical 1
Inventio In D Minor — —D minor PianoClassical 2
Courante — —— PianoClassical 1
Bourree — —— Piano, Guitar, Flute, violin, SaxophoneClassical 2
Fughetta in C Minor — —C minor PianoClassical 2
Little Prelude in D Minor — —D minor PianoClassical 1
Sonata, E flat major, Wq 65,28 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 3
Sonata, G minor, Wq 62,18 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 3
Sonata (7o/1), A major, Wq 65,32 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 3
Sonata (first edition), E major, Wq 65,29 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 2
Bach: Sonata E flat major Wq 65,28 — —— PianoClassical 2
Bach: Sonata C major Wq 62,10 — —— PianoClassical 2
Bach: Sonata g minor Wq 62,18 — —— PianoClassical 1
Bach: Sonata a minor Wq 62,21 — —— PianoClassical 2
Sonata, C major, Wq 51,1 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 2
Sonata, B flat major, Wq 65,44 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 2
Sonata [Hamburg sonata], G major, Wq 65,48 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 3

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.