Composer · Classical · 1714–1788
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer (1714–1788).
Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German composer and musician of the Baroque and Classical eras. He was the fifth child and second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach.
Bach was an influential composer working at a time of transition between his father's Baroque style and the Classical style that followed it. He was the principal representative of the empfindsamer Stil or 'sensitive style'. The qualities of his keyboard music are forerunners of the expressiveness of Romantic music, in deliberate contrast to the statuesque forms of Baroque music. His organ sonatas mainly come from the galant style.
To distinguish him from his brother Johann Christian, the "London Bach", who at this time was music master to Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, Bach was known as the "Berlin Bach" during his residence in that city, and later as the "Hamburg Bach" when he succeeded Georg Philipp Telemann as Kapellmeister there. To his contemporaries, he was known simply as Emanuel. His second name was in honour of his godfather Telemann, a friend of his father J. S. Bach.
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Works with bassoon
- Helig, for voice, double chorus, 2 oboes, bassoon, 3 trumpets, strings and continuo, H.778, Wq.217
- Symphony in F major, for 2 flutes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings and continuo, Wq.175
Works with clarinet
- Duet for clarinets in C major
Works with flute
- Flute Sonata in G major (1735)
- Flute Sonata in G major (1735) · free score
- Flute Sonata in E minor (1737) · free score
- Flute Sonata in B-flat major (1738) · free score
- Flute Sonata in D major (1738)
- Flute Sonata in G major (1739)
- Flute Sonata in A minor (1740) · free score
- Flute Sonata in D major (1740)
- Flute Sonata in B-flat major (1746)
- Flute Sonata in D major (1747) · free score
- Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute, Wq. 132 (1747)
- Duet for flute and violin in G major (1748)
- Flute Concerto in A minor (1750) · free score
- Flute Concerto in B-flat major (1751)
- Flute Concerto in A major (1753) · free score
- Flute Concerto in G major (1755) · free score
- 2 Flute Sonatas in G major and D major (1763)
- Flute Sonata in G major (1786)
- 11 Flute Concertos
- 2 Minuets, for 2 flutes, 2 horns, 2 violin and continuo, Wq.189, no. 1-2
- 3 Sonatas for flute & violin
- Amor ist mein Leid, for flute and harpsichord
- Concerto in D major, for harpsichord, 2 flutes ad lib, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, horn, strings and continuo, H.433, Wq.27
- Concerto in F major, for harpsichord, 2 flutes ad lib, strings and continuo, H.454, Wq.38
- Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, cantata for 4 soloists, chorus, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 trombones, strings and timpani, H.821e
- Double Concerto in E flat major, for harpsichord, fortepiano, 2 flutes, 2 horns, 2 violins, violetta and continuo, H.479, Wq.47
- Duet in G for Flute and Violin, Wq.140
- Flute Concerto in A major, H.438, Wq.168
- Flute Concerto in B flat major, Wq.167, H.435
- Flute Concerto in D minor · free score
- Flute Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Wq.93, H.537
- Flute Sonata in A minor, H.562, Wq.132
- Flute Sonata in A minor, Wq.128
- Flute Sonata in B-flat major
- Flute Sonata in C major · free score
- Flute Sonata in C major, Wq.87, H.515
- Flute Sonata in D major
- Flute Sonata in E major · free score
- Flute Sonata in G major
- Flute Sonata in G major
- Flute Sonata in G major, Wq.133, "Hamburger Sonata"
- Magnificat for 4 voices, chorus, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, 2 horns, strings and continuo in D major, H.772, Wq.215
- Pastorale, for flute, cello and harpsichord
- Sie liebt, mich liebt die Auserwählte, for soprano, 2 flutes, and strings, Wq.236
- Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute, Wq. 132 · free score
- Sonatina in B flat major, double concerto for 2 keyboards, 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings and continuo, H.459, Wq.110
- Sonatina in C major, concerto for harpsichord, 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings and continuo, H.460, Wq.101
- Sonatina in C major, for harpsichord, 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings and continuo, H.457, Wq.103
- Symphony for 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings and continuo, Wq.174
- Symphony in E minor, for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings and continuo, Wq.178
- Symphony in F major, for 2 flutes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings and continuo, Wq.175
- Trio Sonata in A for Flute, Violin and Continuo, Wq.146
- Trio Sonata in E major, for 2 flutes and continuo, H. 580, Wq.162
Works with oboe
- Oboe Sonata in G minor (1735) · free score
- Oboe Concerto in B-flat major (1765) · free score
- Oboe Concerto in E-flat major (1765) · free score
- Anbetung dem Erbarmer, easter cantata for 4 voices, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings and continuo, H.807, Wq.243
- Concerto in D major, for harpsichord, 2 flutes ad lib, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, horn, strings and continuo, H.433, Wq.27
- Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, cantata for 4 soloists, chorus, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 trombones, strings and timpani, H.821e
- Fantasia sopra 'Jesu meines Lebens Leben' for oboe and orgue
- Fantasia sopra Jesu meines Lebens Leben, chorale fantasia for oboe, violin, H.639, Wq.nv19
- Gott hat den Herrn auferwecket, easter cantata for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, strings and continuo, H.803, Wq.244
- Helig, for voice, double chorus, 2 oboes, bassoon, 3 trumpets, strings and continuo, H.778, Wq.217
- Magnificat for 4 voices, chorus, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, 2 horns, strings and continuo in D major, H.772, Wq.215
- Oboe Concerto in B flat major, H.466, Wq.39
- Oboe Sonata in G minor, Wq.135
- Psalm 8, psalm setting for chorus, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, strings and continuo, H.831, Wq.222
- Solo for Oboe and Organ in G minor, Wq.135, H.549
- Symphony in E flat major, for 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings and continuo, Wq.179
- Symphony in E minor, for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings and continuo, Wq.178
- Symphony in G major, for 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings and continuo, H.655, Wq.180
Works with recorder
- Trio Sonata in F for Viola, Bass Recorder and Harpsichord, Wq.163