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Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Benda, Franz
Blavet, Michel
Boccherini, Luigi
Handel, George Frideric
Leclair, Jean-Marie l'aîné
Marais, Marin
Müthel, Johann Gottfried
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Platti, Giovanni Benedetto
Quantz, Johann Joachim
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Vivaldi, Antonio
Sonata in C Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 87, H 515)
Concerto in A Major for flute and keyboard (Wq. 168, H 438)
Concerto in A minor for flute and keyboard (Wq. 166, H 431)
Concerto in B-flat Major for flute and keyboard (Wq. 167, H 435)
Concerto in D minor for flute and keyboard (Wq. 22, H 426)
Concerto in G Major for flute and keyboard (Wq. 169, H 445)
Sonata in A minor for flute and continuo (Wq 128, H 555)
Sonata in A minor for flute solo (Wq 132)
Sonata in B-flat Major for flute and continuo (Wq 125, H 552)
Sonata in B-flat Major for flute and harpsichord (Wq 161/2 H.578)
Sonata in B-flat Major for flute and harpsichord (Wq. 130, H 560)
Sonata in B-flat Major for flute and harpsicord (H 543)
Sonata in C Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 87, H 515)
Sonata in C Major for flute and obbligato harpsichord (Wq. 149, H574
Sonata in D Major for flute and continuo (Wq 126, H 553)
Sonata in D Major for flute and continuo (Wq 129, H 556)
Sonata in D Major for flute and harpsichord (Wq. 131, H 561)
Sonata in D Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 83, H 505)
Sonata in E Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 84, H 506)
Sonata in E minor for flute and continuo (Wq 124, H 551)
Sonata in G Major for flute and continuo (Wq 123, H 550)
Sonata in G Major for flute and continuo (Wq 127, H 554)
Sonata in G Major for flute and harpsichord (Wq. 133, H 564)
Sonata in G Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq 134, H 548)
Sonata in G Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 85, H 508)
Sonata in G Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 86, H 509)
Sonata in G minor for flute and harpsicord (Bwv 1020, H 542.5)
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata for flute and harpsichord in C Major (Wq 87, H 515) was written in Berlin, in 1766. After his Berlin years (1738-1768) when Carl Philip Emanuel Bach composed nearly two hundred sonatas, he was appointed as Hamburg’s director of music and cantor of the Johanneum grammar school where he succeeded his late godfather G.P. Telemann.
The Sonata consists of three contrasting movements: Allegretto, Andantino, and Allegro, showcasing Bach's innovative style during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical era.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) was a German composer, son of J.S.Bach and godson of G.P.Telemann. C.P.E. Bach’s “sensitive style” (empfindsamer Still) marked a transition between baroque and classical style, applying principles of rhetoric and drama to musical structures. C.P.E. Bach was known as “Berlin Bach” to differenced himself from his brother J.C.Bach who was known as “London Bach”. Besides composing, C.P.E.Bach wrote “Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments”, thus greatly influencing upbringing of the greatest classical composers: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.