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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , 1714-88, German composer; second son of J. S. Bach, his only teacher. While harpsichordist at the court of Frederick the Great, where his chief duty for 28 years (1738-67) was to accompany the monarch's performances on the flute, he wrote an important work on technique, Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments (1753, tr. 1949). After this artistically unsatisfying service with Frederick, Bach succeeded his godfather, Georg Philipp Telemann, as musical director at Hamburg. His 2 volumes of sonatas (1742-43) and his 20 symphonies established the typi... Read more
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), a German composer, keyboard performer...The second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach studied with his father and musically was the most ... Read more
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714–88) German composer, second surviving son of J. S. Bach . The most prolific and famous of Bach's sons, he wrote more than 150 keyboard sonatas, 20 symphonies... Read more

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