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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714 - 1788)

Sample page — 519x Score — 213x
Clavier / Cembalo — 158x , Violino — 170x , Violoncello — 179x

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 — 519x Score — 195x
Clavier — 166x , Violino — 173x , Violoncello — 163x
Presto — 273x , Andante — 235x , Presto ma non tanto — 268x

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 — 458x Score — 190x
Cembalo — 162x , Violino I — 160x , Violino II — 158x , Viola — 151x , Basso — 159x
Allegretto — 143x , Adagio — 201x , Allegro assai — 228x

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 — 500x Score — 177x
Cembalo — 137x , Violino I — 154x , Violino II — 145x , Viola — 149x , Basso — 140x
Allegro — 143x , Siciliana — 263x , Allegro — 301x

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 — 546x Score — 234x
Flauto traversiere I — 167x , Flauto traversiere II — 145x , Violino I — 139x , Violino II — 139x , Viola — 155x , Basso — 156x , Cembalo — 150x
Andante — 190x , Allegro moderato — 191x , Allegretto — 250x

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 — 557x Score — 541x
Violino I — 148x , Violino II — 136x , Viola — 142x , Violoncello — 136x , Basso — 135x
Allegro assai — 121x , Andante — 147x , Allegro assai — 127x

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 — 545x Score — 177x
Violoncello — 146x , Violino I — 137x , Violino II — 255x , Viola — 130x , Basso ripieno — 135x
Allegretto — 198x , Adagio — 145x , Allegro assai — 250x

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 — 626x Score — 160x
Cembalo — 132x , Violino I — 144x , Violino II — 131x , Viola — 132x , Basso — 137x
Allegro — 286x , Poco Adagio — 274x , Allegro assai — 209x

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 — 579x Score — 162x
Cembalo — 140x , Violino I — 133x , Violino II — 121x , Viola — 130x , Basso — 135x
Allegro di molto — 232x , Poco adagio con sordini — 200x , Allegro — 187x

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 — 610x Score — 235x
Flauto traverso — 183x , Violino — 161x , Basso — 160x
Adagio — 216x , Allegro — 156x , Presto — 156x

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 — 565x Score — 219x
Flauto traverso — 265x , Violino — 161x , Basso — 277x
Allegro — 251x , Adagio — 203x , Presto — 258x

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 — 568x Score — 243x
Violino I — 154x , Violino II — 131x , Viola — 132x , Basso — 136x
Allegro di molto — 134x , Poco andante — 231x , Allegro spirituoso — 227x

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 — 570x Score — 161x
Cembalo concertato — 134x , Violino I — 129x , Violino II — 132x , Viola — 135x , Basso — 128x
Allegro moderato — 238x , Arioso con sordini — 256x , Allegro spirituoso — 281x

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 — 537x Score — 152x
Cembalo concertato — 156x , Violino I — 133x , Violino II — 130x , Viola — 126x , Violoncello — 130x
Allegretto — 233x , Un poco Andante — 187x , Allegro — 147x

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 — 616x Score — 199x
Flauto — 158x , Viola — 140x , Clavier — 163x
Allegretto — 263x , Adagio — 140x , Presto — 147x

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 — 1010x Score — 210x
Flauto traverso — 189x , Violino I — 157x , Violino II — 159x , Viola — 149x , Basso — 160x
Allegro — 296x , Un poco andante — 268x , Allegro di molto — 136x

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 — 543x Score — 197x
Violino I — 146x , Violino II — 140x , Viola — 121x , Basso — 133x
Allegro di molto — 251x , Poco adagio — 222x , Presto — 280x

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 — 594x Score — 144x
Cembalo / Basso continuo — 138x , Fortepiano — 139x , Violino I — 137x , Violino II — 136x , Viola — 131x , Flauto I — 129x , Flauto II — 137x , Corno I — 138x , Corno II — 136x , Fondamento / Violone — 137x
Allegro di molto — 271x , Larghetto — 260x , Presto — 260x

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 — 798x Score — 189x
Violino I — 135x , Violino II — 126x , Viola — 134x , Violoncello — 134x , Basso — 121x , Flauto traversiere I — 126x , Flauto traversiere II — 128x , Oboe I — 133x , Oboe II — 131x , Corno I — 125x , Corno II — 124x
Allegro assai — 290x , Andante moderato — 254x , Allegro — 236x

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 — 728x Score — 146x
Cembalo — 140x , Violino I — 125x , Violino II — 126x , Viola — 133x , Basso — 130x , Corno I — 130x , Corno II — 131x , Flauto I — 132x , Flauto II — 131x
Allegro di molto — 228x , Andante — 275x , Allegretto — 226x

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 — 743x Score — 181x
Flauto — 181x , Violino I — 164x , Violino II — 159x , Viola — 142x , Basso — 140x
Allegro di molto — 232x , Largo — 176x , Presto — 158x

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 — 546x Score — 159x
Cembalo — 123x , Violino I — 137x , Violino II — 139x , Viola — 130x , Basso — 133x , Flauto I — 131x , Flauto II — 127x
Largo — 229x , Allegro di molto — 169x , Tempo di minuetto — 139x

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 — 530x Score — 148x
Cembalo — 126x , Violino I — 127x , Violino II — 126x , Viola — 131x , Basso — 133x
Allegro di molto — 220x , Largo mesto — 236x , Prestissimo — 236x

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

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Sample — 542x Score — 141x
Violino I — 132x , Violino II — 130x , Viola — 135x , Cembalo concertante — 131x , Basso — 130x , Flauto I — 126x , Flauto II — 131x , Corno I — 135x , Corno II — 133x
Allegro — 214x , Larghetto — 126x , Presto — 203x

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 — 546x Score — 196x
Flauto basso — 158x , Viola — 164x , Basso — 159x
Un poco Andante — 240x , Allegretto — 246x , Allegro — 249x

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 — 606x Score — 258x
Flauto — 168x , Violino — 157x , Viola — 162x , Basso — 154x
Allegro — 136x , Andante un poco largo — 126x , Rondeau in tempo di Minuetto — 121x

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 — 747x Score — 185x
Violino I — 152x , Violino II — 166x , Basso — 182x , Flügel (statt Violine I und Bass) — 139x
Allegretto — 141x , Adagio — 130x , Allegro — 120x

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 — 615x Score — 230x
Flauto traversiere — 162x , Violino — 157x , Basso — 184x
Allegro — 121x , Adagio ma non troppo — 141x , Allegretto — 126x

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.