Skip directly to content

Composers

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714 - 1788)

Sample page — 562x Score — 290x
Clavier / Cembalo — 190x , Violino — 209x , Violoncello — 264x

The sources of Sonata in G major for Clavier / Cembalo, Violin and Violoncello [Wq 90/2, H. 523] are: 1) manuscript of parts, Leipzig, Bach-Archiv (Leipzig, Bach-Archiv (D-LEb)) Go. S. 36, RISM ID no.: 200018200; 2) printed edition by B. C. Breitkopf, Leipzig, 1776, IMSLP.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 556x Score — 232x
Clavier — 220x , Violino — 229x , Violoncello — 195x
Presto — 440x , Andante — 394x , Presto ma non tanto — 442x

The sources of Sonata in A minor for Clavier, Violin and Violoncello [Wq 90/1, H. 522] are: 1) manuscript of parts, Leipzig, Bach-Archiv (Leipzig, Bach-Archiv (D-LEb)) Go. S. 36, RISM ID no.: 200018200; 2) printed edition by B. C. Breitkopf, Leipzig, 1776, IMSLP.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 499x Score — 222x
Cembalo — 190x , Violino I — 192x , Violino II — 183x , Viola — 182x , Basso — 189x
Allegretto — 181x , Adagio — 245x , Allegro assai — 300x

The main source of Concerto for Cembalo in F major (Wq 33, H. 443, 1755) is the holograph manuscript of the score, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), Mus.ms. Bach P 324 (2), RISM ID no.: 467035402. Caption title: “Concerto a Cembalo, 2 Violini, Viola e Basso di CPE Bach. [below to the right, with pencil:] 1755”. A second source consulted is the partially holograph manuscript of separate parts, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), Mus.ms. Bach P 338, RISM ID no.: 1001021442.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 544x Score — 214x
Cembalo — 170x , Violino I — 195x , Violino II — 180x , Viola — 176x , Basso — 169x
Allegro — 277x , Siciliana — 413x , Allegro — 444x

The source of Concerto for Cembalo in D major (Wq 27, H. 433, 1750) is the autograph of the score, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), Mus.ms. Bach P 355 (3), RISM ID no.: 467035503.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 585x Score — 341x
Flauto traversiere I — 190x , Flauto traversiere II — 171x , Violino I — 171x , Violino II — 170x , Viola — 186x , Basso — 182x , Cembalo — 178x
Andante — 241x , Allegro moderato — 240x , Allegretto — 303x

The source of Sonatina VI B flat major (Wq. 110, H. 459) is a manuscript of separate parts, Berlin, Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, Notenarchiv (D-Bsa), SA 4835, RISM ID no.: 469483500. Caption title: “SONATINA. V. [later corrected: "VI."] in B| a | 7. Strom: | [incipit] | Cembalo Obligato. | 2. Violini | 2. Flauti | Viola | e | Basso Ripieno | Dell. Sigl: C.P.E. Bach”.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 602x Score — 655x
Violino I — 170x , Violino II — 160x , Viola — 168x , Violoncello — 172x , Basso — 167x
Allegro assai — 153x , Andante — 185x , Allegro assai — 154x

The source of Concerto for Violoncello in A minor (Wq. 170, H. 432, 1750 ca.) is the autograph of the score, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikkabteilung(D-B) , Mus.ms. Bach P 355 (1), RISM ID no.: 467035501. Caption title: “Concerto a Violoncello obl. 2 Violini Viola e Basso di CPE Bach”. This concerto exists in later versions for cembalo and flute.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 586x Score — 212x
Violoncello — 170x , Violino I — 166x , Violino II — 346x , Viola — 167x , Basso ripieno — 166x
Allegretto — 242x , Adagio — 173x , Allegro assai — 292x

The source of Concerto for Violoncello in B major (Wq 171, H. 436, 1751) is the manuscript of parts, Stockholm, Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (Stockholm, Musik- och teaterbiblioteket (S- Skma)) - Alströmer saml. 146:19, RISM ID no.: 190009579. Caption title: “B dur. | Concerto. | à | Violoncello Concertato. | Due Violini | Viola. | Basso Ripieno. | da. | C. P. E. Bach.” This concert is an arrangement of the Cembalo Concert Wq 28, H. 434.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 666x Score — 189x
Cembalo — 171x , Violino I — 173x , Violino II — 159x , Viola — 161x , Basso — 168x
Allegro — 389x , Poco Adagio — 359x , Allegro assai — 263x

The source of Concerto for Cembalo in B major (Wq 36, H. 447, 1762) is the autograph of the score, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (D-B), Mus.ms. Bach P 356 (3), RISM ID no.: 467035603. Caption title: “Concerto | a | Cembalo conc: | 2 Violini | Viola | e | Basso | di C. P. E. Bach. ”

Version 1.0
Sample page — 615x Score — 196x
Cembalo — 168x , Violino I — 164x , Violino II — 155x , Viola — 157x , Basso — 161x
Allegro di molto — 265x , Poco adagio con sordini — 250x , Allegro — 221x

The source of Concerto in F major Wq 38, H. 454 is a transcription from the autograph score (Mus.ms. Bach P 356 (5), Rism Id no. 467035605), online available at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz).

Version 1.0
Sample page — 691x Score — 277x
Flauto traverso — 250x , Violino — 190x , Basso — 188x
Adagio — 301x , Allegro — 233x , Presto — 232x

Source of Trio in G major, Wq 144 is the manuscript 6360 (2), Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, Bibliothèque - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Bibliotheek (B-Bc). Cover title: “G. dur. | Trio. | a | Flauto Traverso. | Violino | e | Basso. | da C. P. E. Bach. | [Incipit]”. Rism Id no: 703000267.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 626x Score — 301x
Flauto traverso — 654x , Violino — 193x , Basso — 577x
Allegro — 296x , Adagio — 256x , Presto — 304x

Source of Trio in B minor, Wq 143 is the manuscript 6360 (1), Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, Bibliothèque - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Bibliotheek (B-Bc). Cover title: “H. moll. | Trio. | a | Flauto Traverso. | Violino. | e | Basso. | da C.P.E.Bach. | [Incipit]”. Rism Id no: 703000266.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 609x Score — 364x
Violino I — 188x , Violino II — 172x , Viola — 184x , Basso — 166x
Allegro di molto — 270x , Poco andante — 423x , Allegro spirituoso — 355x

The source of the Sinfonia in E major (1773 – Wq.182/6, H.662) is the autograph manuscript of the score, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn) W-1 (1). Caption title: “Sinfonia VI a 2 Violini, Violetta e Basso da C. F. E. Bach.”.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 607x Score — 202x
Cembalo concertato — 161x , Violino I — 159x , Violino II — 160x , Viola — 161x , Basso — 156x
Allegro moderato — 298x , Arioso con sordini — 328x , Allegro spirituoso — 403x

The source of Concerto in C minor (Wq 5, HelB 407, 1739), is the manuscript of separate parts, copyist Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Mus.ms 970, RISM ID no.: 450001712, online available at Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Musikabteilung (D-DS), Darmstadt. Cover title: ”Concerto Cb. | per il | Cembalo Concertato | accompagnato | da | 2 Violini | Viola | e | Basso. di C. P. E. Bach | [Incipit]”.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 588x Score — 189x
Cembalo concertato — 219x , Violino I — 165x , Violino II — 152x , Viola — 153x , Violoncello — 153x
Allegretto — 282x , Un poco Andante — 219x , Allegro — 187x

The source of Concerto for Cembalo in G minor (Wq 32, 1754) is the manuscript of separate parts, mu 6309.1730, RISM ID no.: 150203922, available online at the Copenhagen Royal Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek). Transcription and revision by Ernesto Sparago.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 655x Score — 239x
Flauto — 194x , Viola — 172x , Clavier — 197x
Allegretto — 329x , Adagio — 200x , Presto — 225x

The source of the Quartet in G major (1788, Wq 95, H. 539) is the holograph manuscript of the score, available at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Germany, SA 3328, Rism Id. no. 469332801. Caption title: “Quartett fürs Clavier, Flöte u. Bratsche, Von C. P. E. Bach”.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 1263x Score — 589x
Flauto traverso — 220x , Violino I — 188x , Violino II — 187x , Viola — 172x , Basso — 189x
Allegro — 385x , Un poco andante — 380x , Allegro di molto — 213x

The present edition of Flute Concerto in D minor Wq 22 is a transcription from score and parts (N. Mus. SA 2583, Rism Id no. 469258300), online available at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz).

Version 1.0
Sample page — 581x Score — 255x
Violino I — 186x , Violino II — 166x , Viola — 150x , Basso — 172x
Allegro di molto — 375x , Poco adagio — 336x , Presto — 385x

The source of the Sinfonia in G (1773 - Wq 182/1) is the printed edition of the score, published by Henry Litolff’s Verlag / C. F. Peters, edited by Traugott Fedke (1975), online available at the Petrucci Music Library.

Version 1.0
Sample page — 637x Score — 187x
Cembalo / Basso continuo — 168x , Fortepiano — 176x , Violino I — 365x , Violino II — 158x , Viola — 161x , Flauto I — 156x , Flauto II — 168x , Corno I — 166x , Corno II — 169x , Fondamento / Violone — 171x
Allegro di molto — 383x , Larghetto — 343x , Presto — 352x

The present edition is a transcription from the autograph score (N. Mus. SA 4, Rism Id no. 466000294), online available at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz). Caption title (by other hand): „Partitur des Doppelkonzertes / aus / Es Dur / von / C. P. E. Bach / Im Jahr 1788 verfertiget“. Original caption title "Concerto da C. P. E. Bach". 

Version 1.0
Sample page — 912x Score — 253x
Violino I — 160x , Violino II — 158x , Viola — 178x , Violoncello — 161x , Basso — 159x , Flauto traversiere I — 150x , Flauto traversiere II — 164x , Oboe I — 159x , Oboe II — 157x , Corno I — 147x , Corno II — 152x
Allegro assai — 465x , Andante moderato — 413x , Allegro — 386x

The source of Sinfonia in E minor (1756 - Wq 178) is a ms. of separate parts, online available at the Copenhagen Royal Library, Giedde’s Collection.

Version 1.0
Sample — 775x Score — 178x
Cembalo — 172x , Violino I — 154x , Violino II — 153x , Viola — 160x , Basso — 166x , Corno I — 164x , Corno II — 162x , Flauto I — 164x , Flauto II — 165x
Allegro di molto — 258x , Andante — 316x , Allegretto — 293x

The source of Concerto (1772 - Wq 43,2) is the 1772 printed edition of separate parts, online available at the Copenhagen Royal Library.

Version 1.0
Sample — 862x Score — 221x
Flauto — 245x , Violino I — 207x , Violino II — 186x , Viola — 173x , Basso — 173x
Allegro di molto — 297x , Largo — 207x , Presto — 203x

The present edition is a transcription from the autograph score (ms. Mus. ms. autogr. Bach P 769 online available at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz). Caption title: „No. 35 / G d. / Concert für die Flöte,  / bey / C.P.E. Bach“. This score also serves for the organ concerto, Wq 34, which is identical to the flute concerto, except for some passages. In fact, some ornaments in the flute part are those specific ones of the organ part.

Version 1.0
Score first page — 591x Score — 211x
Cembalo — 153x , Violino I — 172x , Violino II — 180x , Viola — 155x , Basso — 161x , Flauto I — 165x , Flauto II — 168x
Largo — 396x , Allegro di molto — 209x , Tempo di minuetto — 243x

The reference source of Sonatina III (1766 - Wq 108) is the ancient printed edition of separate parts, available online at Gallica, BNF, Paris.

Version 1.0
First page of the score — 572x Score — 184x
Cembalo — 160x , Violino I — 162x , Violino II — 157x , Viola — 165x , Basso — 162x
Allegro di molto — 258x , Largo mesto — 285x , Prestissimo — 347x

The source of Concerto Wq 25 is the ancient printed edition of separate parts, published in Nürnberg in 1745.

Version 1.0
Sample — 593x Score — 183x
Violino I — 162x , Violino II — 164x , Viola — 164x , Cembalo concertante — 162x , Basso — 157x , Flauto I — 152x , Flauto II — 154x , Corno I — 161x , Corno II — 159x
Allegro — 246x , Larghetto — 180x , Presto — 299x

The source of Concerto (1772 - Wq 43,3) is the 1772 printed edition of separate parts, available online at Copenhagen Royal Library.

Version 1.0
Sample — 582x Score — 224x
Flauto basso — 213x , Viola — 195x , Basso — 189x
Un poco Andante — 350x , Allegretto — 340x , Allegro — 383x

The source of Trio in F major (1755) Wq 163 is the urtext Edition Schott 10170, London, 1951, available online at Petrucci Music Library.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 648x Score — 378x
Flauto — 218x , Violino — 189x , Viola — 196x , Basso — 192x
Allegro — 169x , Andante un poco largo — 154x , Rondeau in tempo di Minuetto — 158x

Source of Divertimento[H. 642] is a manuscript of separate parts published at the Digital Library of Wroclaw University. In cover page the piece is assigned to C. P. E. Bach, while the style is more likely that of his brother Johann Christian. Nonetheless it appears in the Helm catalogue, but not in Wotquenne.

Version 1.0 with a revised editorial format.
Sample — 851x Score — 279x
Violino I — 215x , Violino II — 222x , Basso — 281x , Flügel (statt Violine I und Bass) — 171x
Allegretto — 176x , Adagio — 157x , Allegro — 153x

The reference source of Trio Wq 161/1, http://hdl.handle.net/1802/4652, University of Rochester Library, has the following caption title: „ZWEY TRIO, / das erste für / zwey VIOLINEN und BASS, / das zweyte für / I. QUERFLÖTE, I. VIOLINE und BASS, / bey welchen beyden aber die eine von den / Obers-timmen auch auf dem Flügel / gespielet werden kan: / ... / von / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Königl. Preussischen Cammer Musicus. / Nürnberg...“.

Version 2.0 with a new editorial format and a revision of staccato notation. Version 1.0 was published on February 13, 2008.
Sample — 649x Score — 296x
Flauto traversiere — 202x , Violino — 197x , Basso — 276x
Allegro — 151x , Adagio ma non troppo — 177x , Allegretto — 154x

Source of Trio Wq 161/2 is a 1748 printed edition available at University of Rochester Library, with caption title: “ZWEY TRIO, / das erste für / zwey VIOLINEN und BASS, / das zweyte für / I. QUERFLÖTE, I. VIOLINE und BASS, / bey welchen beyden aber die eine von den / Oberstimmen auch auf dem Flügel / gespielet werden kan: / ... / von / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Königl. Preussischen Cammer Musicus. / Nürnberg...”.

Version 1.5 (February 8, 2013) with a revised editorial format. First release (version 1.0) was published on February 6, 2008.