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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714 - 1788)

Sample page — 562x Score — 290x
Clavier / Cembalo — 190x , Violino — 208x , Violoncello — 261x

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 — 554x Score — 230x
Clavier — 218x , Violino — 226x , Violoncello — 194x
Presto — 433x , Andante — 385x , Presto ma non tanto — 434x

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 — 496x Score — 221x
Cembalo — 190x , Violino I — 191x , Violino II — 183x , Viola — 182x , Basso — 187x
Allegretto — 177x , Adagio — 241x , Allegro assai — 295x

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 — 544x Score — 214x
Cembalo — 169x , Violino I — 195x , Violino II — 180x , Viola — 176x , Basso — 168x
Allegro — 272x , Siciliana — 410x , Allegro — 440x

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 — 583x Score — 334x
Flauto traversiere I — 189x , Flauto traversiere II — 170x , Violino I — 170x , Violino II — 170x , Viola — 186x , Basso — 182x , Cembalo — 178x
Andante — 240x , Allegro moderato — 236x , Allegretto — 300x

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 — 602x Score — 644x
Violino I — 170x , Violino II — 160x , Viola — 168x , Violoncello — 169x , Basso — 166x
Allegro assai — 150x , Andante — 183x , Allegro assai — 150x

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 — 584x Score — 212x
Violoncello — 170x , Violino I — 166x , Violino II — 342x , Viola — 167x , Basso ripieno — 165x
Allegretto — 238x , Adagio — 171x , Allegro assai — 287x

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 — 663x Score — 186x
Cembalo — 169x , Violino I — 173x , Violino II — 159x , Viola — 160x , Basso — 167x
Allegro — 385x , Poco Adagio — 356x , Allegro assai — 260x

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 — 613x Score — 196x
Cembalo — 168x , Violino I — 163x , Violino II — 155x , Viola — 157x , Basso — 161x
Allegro di molto — 262x , Poco adagio con sordini — 247x , 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).

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Sample page — 686x Score — 275x
Flauto traverso — 246x , Violino — 189x , Basso — 188x
Adagio — 299x , Allegro — 231x , Presto — 227x

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 — 621x Score — 294x
Flauto traverso — 646x , Violino — 193x , Basso — 571x
Allegro — 290x , Adagio — 251x , Presto — 300x

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 — 608x Score — 357x
Violino I — 186x , Violino II — 171x , Viola — 183x , Basso — 166x
Allegro di molto — 261x , Poco andante — 420x , Allegro spirituoso — 352x

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 — 607x Score — 200x
Cembalo concertato — 161x , Violino I — 158x , Violino II — 160x , Viola — 161x , Basso — 155x
Allegro moderato — 295x , Arioso con sordini — 326x , Allegro spirituoso — 401x

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 — 585x Score — 189x
Cembalo concertato — 218x , Violino I — 164x , Violino II — 152x , Viola — 152x , Violoncello — 153x
Allegretto — 278x , Un poco Andante — 217x , Allegro — 184x

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 — 653x Score — 238x
Flauto — 193x , Viola — 172x , Clavier — 196x
Allegretto — 328x , Adagio — 197x , Presto — 221x

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 — 1253x Score — 583x
Flauto traverso — 220x , Violino I — 188x , Violino II — 187x , Viola — 172x , Basso — 189x
Allegro — 382x , Un poco andante — 376x , Allegro di molto — 211x

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 — 577x Score — 255x
Violino I — 186x , Violino II — 166x , Viola — 150x , Basso — 170x
Allegro di molto — 374x , Poco adagio — 330x , Presto — 383x

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 — 637x Score — 186x
Cembalo / Basso continuo — 168x , Fortepiano — 175x , Violino I — 360x , Violino II — 158x , Viola — 161x , Flauto I — 156x , Flauto II — 167x , Corno I — 165x , Corno II — 168x , Fondamento / Violone — 170x
Allegro di molto — 379x , Larghetto — 338x , Presto — 350x

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 — 906x Score — 252x
Violino I — 160x , Violino II — 157x , Viola — 178x , Violoncello — 160x , Basso — 159x , Flauto traversiere I — 150x , Flauto traversiere II — 164x , Oboe I — 158x , Oboe II — 157x , Corno I — 147x , Corno II — 150x
Allegro assai — 459x , Andante moderato — 409x , Allegro — 381x

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 — 772x Score — 177x
Cembalo — 172x , Violino I — 154x , Violino II — 153x , Viola — 160x , Basso — 166x , Corno I — 164x , Corno II — 160x , Flauto I — 163x , Flauto II — 165x
Allegro di molto — 257x , Andante — 312x , Allegretto — 291x

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 — 854x Score — 220x
Flauto — 239x , Violino I — 206x , Violino II — 185x , Viola — 172x , Basso — 172x
Allegro di molto — 296x , Largo — 205x , Presto — 201x

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 — 589x Score — 205x
Cembalo — 153x , Violino I — 171x , Violino II — 179x , Viola — 154x , Basso — 160x , Flauto I — 163x , Flauto II — 166x
Largo — 387x , Allegro di molto — 208x , Tempo di minuetto — 240x

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 — 569x Score — 184x
Cembalo — 159x , Violino I — 162x , Violino II — 157x , Viola — 164x , Basso — 162x
Allegro di molto — 253x , Largo mesto — 280x , Prestissimo — 342x

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

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Sample — 590x Score — 181x
Violino I — 162x , Violino II — 164x , Viola — 163x , Cembalo concertante — 160x , Basso — 156x , Flauto I — 152x , Flauto II — 154x , Corno I — 161x , Corno II — 159x
Allegro — 245x , Larghetto — 179x , Presto — 296x

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 — 581x Score — 224x
Flauto basso — 212x , Viola — 194x , Basso — 188x
Un poco Andante — 346x , Allegretto — 335x , Allegro — 381x

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 — 646x Score — 375x
Flauto — 213x , Violino — 188x , Viola — 196x , Basso — 192x
Allegro — 165x , Andante un poco largo — 150x , Rondeau in tempo di Minuetto — 151x

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 — 842x Score — 272x
Violino I — 214x , Violino II — 221x , Basso — 276x , Flügel (statt Violine I und Bass) — 169x
Allegretto — 171x , Adagio — 153x , Allegro — 148x

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 — 286x
Flauto traversiere — 199x , Violino — 193x , Basso — 271x
Allegro — 148x , Adagio ma non troppo — 172x , Allegretto — 147x

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.