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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714 - 1788)

Sample page — 488x Score — 158x
Clavier / Cembalo — 118x , Violino — 135x , Violoncello — 119x

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 — 486x Score — 144x
Clavier — 124x , Violino — 125x , Violoncello — 124x
Presto — 67x , Andante — 64x , Presto ma non tanto — 84x

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 — 427x Score — 130x
Cembalo — 118x , Violino I — 121x , Violino II — 117x , Viola — 105x , Basso — 112x
Allegretto — 78x , Adagio — 74x , Allegro assai — 76x

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 — 468x Score — 130x
Cembalo — 101x , Violino I — 109x , Violino II — 100x , Viola — 106x , Basso — 102x
Allegro — 80x , Siciliana — 61x , Allegro — 82x

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 — 508x Score — 138x
Flauto traversiere I — 123x , Flauto traversiere II — 107x , Violino I — 97x , Violino II — 98x , Viola — 108x , Basso — 104x , Cembalo — 102x
Andante — 86x , Allegro moderato — 65x , Allegretto — 84x

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 — 525x Score — 206x
Violino I — 99x , Violino II — 90x , Viola — 89x , Violoncello — 91x , Basso — 89x
Allegro assai — 68x , Andante — 78x , Allegro assai — 80x

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 — 514x Score — 117x
Violoncello — 93x , Violino I — 94x , Violino II — 147x , Viola — 92x , Basso ripieno — 90x
Allegretto — 91x , Adagio — 84x , Allegro assai — 84x

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 — 557x Score — 110x
Cembalo — 93x , Violino I — 97x , Violino II — 92x , Viola — 95x , Basso — 93x
Allegro — 86x , Poco Adagio — 77x , Allegro assai — 64x

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 — 547x Score — 112x
Cembalo — 103x , Violino I — 96x , Violino II — 88x , Viola — 95x , Basso — 91x
Allegro di molto — 64x , Poco adagio con sordini — 67x , Allegro — 65x

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 — 572x Score — 185x
Flauto traverso — 144x , Violino — 118x , Basso — 120x
Adagio — 78x , Allegro — 72x , Presto — 90x

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 — 533x Score — 168x
Flauto traverso — 142x , Violino — 121x , Basso — 120x
Allegro — 85x , Adagio — 87x , Presto — 89x

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 — 539x Score — 155x
Violino I — 103x , Violino II — 93x , Viola — 90x , Basso — 98x
Allegro di molto — 81x , Poco andante — 79x , Allegro spirituoso — 66x

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 — 540x Score — 107x
Cembalo concertato — 94x , Violino I — 92x , Violino II — 93x , Viola — 91x , Basso — 92x
Allegro moderato — 86x , Arioso con sordini — 80x , Allegro spirituoso — 88x

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 — 499x Score — 110x
Cembalo concertato — 101x , Violino I — 97x , Violino II — 93x , Viola — 90x , Violoncello — 93x
Allegretto — 73x , Un poco Andante — 70x , Allegro — 67x

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 — 576x Score — 141x
Flauto — 114x , Viola — 102x , Clavier — 107x
Allegretto — 69x , Adagio — 77x , Presto — 90x

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 — 895x Score — 156x
Flauto traverso — 152x , Violino I — 117x , Violino II — 114x , Viola — 110x , Basso — 125x
Allegro — 89x , Un poco andante — 75x , Allegro di molto — 82x

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 — 517x Score — 145x
Violino I — 100x , Violino II — 91x , Viola — 92x , Basso — 90x
Allegro di molto — 83x , Poco adagio — 75x , Presto — 91x

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 — 565x Score — 108x
Cembalo / Basso continuo — 94x , Fortepiano — 99x , Violino I — 99x , Violino II — 95x , Viola — 94x , Flauto I — 91x , Flauto II — 95x , Corno I — 93x , Corno II — 93x , Fondamento / Violone — 97x
Allegro di molto — 77x , Larghetto — 69x , Presto — 88x

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 — 660x Score — 142x
Violino I — 95x , Violino II — 90x , Viola — 97x , Violoncello — 95x , Basso — 91x , Flauto traversiere I — 91x , Flauto traversiere II — 91x , Oboe I — 94x , Oboe II — 92x , Corno I — 82x , Corno II — 82x
Allegro assai — 91x , Andante moderato — 72x , Allegro — 71x

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 — 690x Score — 105x
Cembalo — 98x , Violino I — 90x , Violino II — 91x , Viola — 94x , Basso — 95x , Corno I — 98x , Corno II — 94x , Flauto I — 90x , Flauto II — 87x
Allegro di molto — 88x , Andante — 86x , Allegretto — 69x

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 — 656x Score — 129x
Flauto — 131x , Violino I — 113x , Violino II — 107x , Viola — 98x , Basso — 101x
Allegro di molto — 75x , Largo — 81x , Presto — 69x

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 — 512x Score — 109x
Cembalo — 82x , Violino I — 94x , Violino II — 97x , Viola — 94x , Basso — 94x , Flauto I — 96x , Flauto II — 96x
Largo — 91x , Allegro di molto — 79x , Tempo di minuetto — 77x

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 — 496x Score — 109x
Cembalo — 94x , Violino I — 95x , Violino II — 87x , Viola — 90x , Basso — 94x
Allegro di molto — 79x , Largo mesto — 80x , Prestissimo — 74x

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

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Sample — 510x Score — 104x
Violino I — 93x , Violino II — 91x , Viola — 91x , Cembalo concertante — 93x , Basso — 94x , Flauto I — 90x , Flauto II — 87x , Corno I — 92x , Corno II — 91x
Allegro — 76x , Larghetto — 75x , Presto — 76x

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 — 514x Score — 136x
Flauto basso — 111x , Viola — 111x , Basso — 110x
Un poco Andante — 90x , Allegretto — 83x , Allegro — 93x

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 — 562x Score — 175x
Flauto — 121x , Violino — 121x , Viola — 119x , Basso — 112x
Allegro — 87x , Andante un poco largo — 81x , Rondeau in tempo di Minuetto — 72x

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 — 651x Score — 138x
Violino I — 108x , Violino II — 101x , Basso — 99x , Flügel (statt Violine I und Bass) — 103x
Allegretto — 90x , Adagio — 85x , Allegro — 74x

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 — 582x Score — 178x
Flauto traversiere — 122x , Violino — 122x , Basso — 119x
Allegro — 78x , Adagio ma non troppo — 91x , Allegretto — 79x

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.