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 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonata (First Version) A major Wq 70, No. 1 | — | — | — | Organ | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata G minor Wq 70, No. 6 | — | — | — | Organ | Classical | 3 |
| I. | — | — | — | Flute | Classical | 3 |
| II. | — | — | — | Flute | Classical | 3 |
| III. | — | — | — | Flute | Classical | 2 |
| Poco Adagio | — | — | — | Flute | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata in A Minor - WQ 128 | — | — | A minor | Flute | Classical | 3 |
| Sonata Ii G Major (Bach C.P.E.) | — | — | — | Piano, Organ | Classical | 3 |
| Sonata Vi C Minor (Bach C.P.E.) | — | — | — | Piano, Organ | Classical | 3 |
| Sonata in g, Wq 70 no. 6 (Sonata in G minor) | — | — | G minor | Organ | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata Vi E Minor (Bach C.P.E.) | — | — | — | Piano, Organ | Classical | 2 |
| Keyboard Concerto in A minor, Wq26, H430 | — | — | A minor | — | — | 2 |
| Marsch G-dur BWV Anh 124 | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 125 | — | — | G minor | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| In Faith I Quiet Way | — | — | — | Organ | Classical | 2 |
| Osterlied, Wq 194 no. 41 - As-Dur/Ab major | — | — | — | — | Classical | 3 |
| Puer Natus In Bethlehem | — | — | — | Choir, Clarinet | Classical | 2 |
| Caldo Pianto Verso Ognor | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | Classical | 2 |
| Prelude Cello Suite Iv | — | — | — | Clarinet | Classical | 0 |
| O Voi Beati Spirti Eletti | — | — | — | Voice | Classical | 2 |
| Il Signor Dorme Ancor | — | — | — | Voice | Classical | 2 |
| Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue | 1754 ca.IMSLP | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Through Adam's Fall We All | — | — | — | Piano, Organ | Classical | 2 |
| Dearest Jesus We Are Here | — | — | — | Piano, Organ | Classical | 2 |
| Et In Spiritum Sanctum | — | — | — | Choir | Classical | 2 |
| Fare Thee Well | — | — | — | Choir | Classical | 2 |
| Wir Glauben All an Einen Gott Bwv 680 | — | Bwv 680 | — | — | Classical | 2 |
| Allegro Assai | 1755 (May)IMSLP | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, BWV 866/865 from THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOK 1 | — | BWV 866/865 | B-flat major | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| O Man, Thy Heavy Sin - St Matthew Passion | — | — | — | Choir | Classical | 2 |
| Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Wq161/1 - Piano Score | — | — | B-Flat major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata fürs Bogen Clavier in G Minor | — | — | G minor | — | Classical | 1 |
| Wurttemberg Sonatas, Sonata 2, piano | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1783 - fantasia II | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1785 - fantasia I | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1787 - sonata II | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 4 in C Minor | — | — | C minor | — | Classical | 1 |
| Rondo in A Major | — | — | A major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Fantasia in A Major | — | — | A major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Five Great Sonatas | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata No. 1 Eb Major - Score | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata No. 2 Eb Major - Bassoon | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata No. 5 Eb Major - Score | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata No. 6 Bb Major - Bassoon | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata G Major - Score | — | — | — | Flute, Continuo | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata G Major - Preface | — | — | — | — | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata No. 3 Eb Major - Score | — | — | — | harpsichord, Bassoon, Clarinet | Classical | 2 |
| Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1785 - sonata I | — | — | — | — | 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.