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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714 - 1788)

Sample page — 556x Score — 276x
Clavier / Cembalo — 184x , Violino — 198x , Violoncello — 247x

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.

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Sample page — 549x Score — 219x
Clavier — 207x , Violino — 213x , Violoncello — 185x
Presto — 418x , Andante — 370x , Presto ma non tanto — 421x

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.

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Sample page — 490x Score — 212x
Cembalo — 185x , Violino I — 185x , Violino II — 178x , Viola — 176x , Basso — 182x
Allegretto — 171x , Adagio — 236x , Allegro assai — 291x

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.

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Sample page — 538x Score — 205x
Cembalo — 162x , Violino I — 190x , Violino II — 175x , Viola — 171x , Basso — 161x
Allegro — 257x , Siciliana — 407x , Allegro — 431x

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.

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Sample page — 576x Score — 307x
Flauto traversiere I — 184x , Flauto traversiere II — 163x , Violino I — 164x , Violino II — 164x , Viola — 179x , Basso — 176x , Cembalo — 172x
Andante — 235x , Allegro moderato — 234x , Allegretto — 299x

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”.

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Sample page — 595x Score — 619x
Violino I — 165x , Violino II — 154x , Viola — 163x , Violoncello — 163x , Basso — 157x
Allegro assai — 145x , Andante — 177x , Allegro assai — 145x

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.

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Sample page — 575x Score — 201x
Violoncello — 164x , Violino I — 161x , Violino II — 326x , Viola — 162x , Basso ripieno — 160x
Allegretto — 228x , Adagio — 167x , Allegro assai — 280x

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.

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Sample page — 658x Score — 180x
Cembalo — 166x , Violino I — 167x , Violino II — 154x , Viola — 155x , Basso — 162x
Allegro — 379x , Poco Adagio — 350x , Allegro assai — 255x

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. ”

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Sample page — 609x Score — 188x
Cembalo — 164x , Violino I — 160x , Violino II — 150x , Viola — 151x , Basso — 156x
Allegro di molto — 257x , Poco adagio con sordini — 241x , Allegro — 219x

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).

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Sample page — 669x Score — 263x
Flauto traverso — 219x , Violino — 183x , Basso — 183x
Adagio — 297x , Allegro — 227x , Presto — 222x

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.

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Sample page — 603x Score — 272x
Flauto traverso — 628x , Violino — 187x , Basso — 554x
Allegro — 284x , Adagio — 246x , Presto — 294x

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.

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Sample page — 604x Score — 333x
Violino I — 177x , Violino II — 162x , Viola — 179x , Basso — 160x
Allegro di molto — 250x , Poco andante — 411x , Allegro spirituoso — 347x

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.”.

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Sample page — 600x Score — 193x
Cembalo concertato — 156x , Violino I — 153x , Violino II — 154x , Viola — 156x , Basso — 150x
Allegro moderato — 291x , Arioso con sordini — 321x , Allegro spirituoso — 396x

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]”.

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Sample page — 577x Score — 181x
Cembalo concertato — 213x , Violino I — 157x , Violino II — 147x , Viola — 147x , Violoncello — 149x
Allegretto — 271x , Un poco Andante — 213x , Allegro — 176x

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.

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Sample page — 645x Score — 228x
Flauto — 183x , Viola — 164x , Clavier — 190x
Allegretto — 326x , Adagio — 193x , Presto — 216x

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”.

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Sample page — 1233x Score — 563x
Flauto traverso — 212x , Violino I — 183x , Violino II — 183x , Viola — 167x , Basso — 179x
Allegro — 377x , Un poco andante — 367x , Allegro di molto — 202x

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).

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Sample page — 570x Score — 243x
Violino I — 178x , Violino II — 160x , Viola — 143x , Basso — 161x
Allegro di molto — 368x , Poco adagio — 321x , Presto — 375x

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.

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Sample page — 628x Score — 178x
Cembalo / Basso continuo — 162x , Fortepiano — 168x , Violino I — 341x , Violino II — 152x , Viola — 154x , Flauto I — 147x , Flauto II — 160x , Corno I — 156x , Corno II — 159x , Fondamento / Violone — 163x
Allegro di molto — 374x , Larghetto — 335x , Presto — 348x

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". 

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Sample page — 887x Score — 228x
Violino I — 153x , Violino II — 150x , Viola — 165x , Violoncello — 154x , Basso — 149x , Flauto traversiere I — 142x , Flauto traversiere II — 158x , Oboe I — 151x , Oboe II — 149x , Corno I — 140x , Corno II — 143x
Allegro assai — 443x , Andante moderato — 399x , Allegro — 370x

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.

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Sample — 766x Score — 169x
Cembalo — 163x , Violino I — 149x , Violino II — 146x , Viola — 155x , Basso — 162x , Corno I — 159x , Corno II — 151x , Flauto I — 154x , Flauto II — 160x
Allegro di molto — 254x , Andante — 305x , Allegretto — 286x

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

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Sample — 832x Score — 210x
Flauto — 216x , Violino I — 201x , Violino II — 178x , Viola — 162x , Basso — 164x
Allegro di molto — 292x , Largo — 201x , Presto — 196x

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.

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Score first page — 581x Score — 190x
Cembalo — 145x , Violino I — 157x , Violino II — 169x , Viola — 147x , Basso — 153x , Flauto I — 156x , Flauto II — 158x
Largo — 371x , Allegro di molto — 202x , Tempo di minuetto — 235x

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

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First page of the score — 563x Score — 175x
Cembalo — 152x , Violino I — 156x , Violino II — 152x , Viola — 158x , Basso — 157x
Allegro di molto — 247x , Largo mesto — 274x , Prestissimo — 335x

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

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Sample — 585x Score — 170x
Violino I — 158x , Violino II — 157x , Viola — 158x , Cembalo concertante — 154x , Basso — 153x , Flauto I — 146x , Flauto II — 150x , Corno I — 157x , Corno II — 155x
Allegro — 240x , Larghetto — 176x , Presto — 289x

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

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Sample — 573x Score — 217x
Flauto basso — 207x , Viola — 189x , Basso — 183x
Un poco Andante — 344x , Allegretto — 331x , Allegro — 379x

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

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Sample — 636x Score — 357x
Flauto — 195x , Violino — 183x , Viola — 188x , Basso — 187x
Allegro — 160x , Andante un poco largo — 146x , Rondeau in tempo di Minuetto — 143x

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.

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Sample — 826x Score — 253x
Violino I — 210x , Violino II — 219x , Basso — 261x , Flügel (statt Violine I und Bass) — 161x
Allegretto — 166x , Adagio — 147x , Allegro — 144x

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 — 643x Score — 266x
Flauto traversiere — 191x , Violino — 186x , Basso — 253x
Allegro — 140x , Adagio ma non troppo — 164x , Allegretto — 139x

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.