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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 9 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
Wurttemberg Sonatas, Sonata 3, piano — —— —Classical 1
Sonata No. 5 in C Major — —C major —Classical 1
Rondo in E-flat Major — —E-flat major —Classical 1
Six Prussian Sonatas — —— —Classical 1
Sonata No. 4 Bb Major — —— harpsichord, Bassoon, ClarinetClassical 1
Sonata 1- 3 from 6 Sonatas — —— KeyboardClassical 1
Sonate g minor — —— harpsichord, Cello, ViolaClassical 1
Sonata G Major - Flute — —— Flute, ContinuoClassical 2
Prussian Sonatas, Wq48 — —— —Classical 1
Wurttemberg Sonatas, Sonata 5, piano — —— —Classical 1
Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1785 - sonata II — —— —Classical 1
Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1785 - rondo I — —— —Classical 1
Sonata No. 6 in A Major — —A major —Classical 1
Rondo in G Major — —G major —Classical 1
La Complaisante — —— Piano, Tuba, KeyboardClassical 2
Sonata G Major - Cello/Continuo — —— Flute, ContinuoClassical 2
Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1787 - fantasia I — —— —Classical 1
Sonata No. 1 in F major — —F major —Classical 1
Fantasia in B-flat Major — —B-flat major —Classical 1
Wurttemberg Sonatas, Sonata 4, piano — —— —Classical 1
Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1783 - fantasia I — —— —Classical 1
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Major — —B-flat major —Classical 1
Rondo in B-flat Major — —B-flat major —Classical 1
Six Wurttemberg Sonatas — —— —Classical 1
Wurttemberg Sonatas, Sonata 6, piano — —— —Classical 1
Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1787 - fantasia II — —— —Classical 1
Sonaten und Freye Fantasien / 1787 - sonata I — —— —Classical 1
Sonata No. 3 in E Major — —E major —Classical 1
Fantasia in E-flat Major — —E-flat major —Classical 1
Fantasia in F Major — —F major —Classical 1
Four Sonatas - Set of Parts — —— Piano, Cello, FluteClassical 1
Bach: Two Sonatas (A Minor and D Major) — —— —Classical 2
"Hoboe Solo" c.1735IMSLP —— —Classical 1
Sonata in C from 'Sechs Clavier-Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber, I' 1773IMSLP —— PianoClassical 1
Deposuit Potentes (Mighty Ones) Cpe Bach — —— Voice, bass, Tenor, Choir, AltoClassical 2
Minuetto II in F Minor, H 196/2 — —F minor Piano— 2
Sonata in E Minor, Wq 62/12, H 66 - Third Movement: Sarabande — —E minor Piano— 2
Sonata, G minor, Wq 65,17 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 2
Bach: Sonata (Harpsichord with 2 manuals) d minor Wq 69 — —— PianoClassical 0
Bach: Sonata G major Wq 65,22 — —— PianoClassical 0
La Sybille — —— PianoClassical 2
Allegretto — —— Piano, Flute, violin, Clarinet, Trombone, ViolaClassical, pop 1
Fughetta In G — —— PianoClassical 1
Canon — —— PianoClassical 1
Arioso 'Largo' — —— PianoClassical 0
Sonata, G major, Wq 62,19 (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 1
Bach: Sonata B flat major Wq 62,16 — —— PianoClassical 0
Bach: Sonata (First Edition) E major Wq 65,29 — —— PianoClassical 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.