The White Hat Guide to C.P.E.Bach

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
8 March 1714 — 14 December 1788

How do you go about establishing a reputation and a career when your father is the great Johann Sebastian Bach? Surely you pursue a career in the law or as a painter or you head off to the New World where people aren't aware of your background. Anything rather than be a musician and composer where you would only ever be referred to as "not as good as his father".

Well, no, actually. In his time, J.S.Bach was generally recognised as a fine organist and a serviceable, if slightly old fashioned, composer. There are a few who seemed to recognise the genius of Carl's father during his lifetime and, in fact, we have little evidence that the 'old wig' (as he was sometimes irreverently called) saw himself as anything other than thoroughly professional musician and accomplished craftsman doing the best he could in the service of the Lord. Johann Sebastian was seen as yet another of the good musicians that the Bach family had churned out over a number of generations and it was a natural thing for his eldest son to follow the career of a musician even though he had studied law and was qualified to follow that as a profession. So successful was Carl that for several generations if anyone evoked the name 'Bach' they were probably referring to C.P.E.Bach, and his music and work possibly had more influence on composers of Classical and early Romantic eras than did that of his illustrious father.

Some forthcoming Australian concerts and performances featuring the music of C.P.E.Bach:

Selected sheet music of works by C.P.E.Bach:

		Solfegietto in C Minor, Wq117/2  By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. For Piano. Piano Solo. Belwin Classic Library. Masterwork. Sheet. Published by Alfred Publishing. Level: Late Intermediate. Average customer rating:
		Sonata In A Minor For Solo Flute  By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), edited by Manfred Harras. Wq 132. Flute solo book for flute (unaccompanied). A Minor. 7 pages. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import).
		Solfeggio in C minor  By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Edited by Willard A. Palmer. For Piano. Piano Solo. Alfred Masterwork Edition. Masterwork. Sheet. 4 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. Level: Intermediate (grade 4/5). Average customer rating:
		Bach, C.P.E., Solfeggietto  By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Edited by Randall Faber. For Piano. Achievement Literature Sheets. Classical Period. Solo Sheet. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.
		Hamburger Sonata in G Major, Wq. 133 (Flute / Piano / Harpsichord)  By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Arranged by Kurt Walther. (Flute). Schott. Book only. 20 pages. Published by Schott.
		Progressive Repertoire for the Double Bass-Vol 2-Pa. Acc.  For the Double Bass - Vol. 2 (Piano Accompaniment). By C. Webster; Franz Schubert; George Frideric Handel; Jean Philippe Rameau; Johann Sebastian Bach; Johannes Brahms; Ludwig Van Beethoven; Niccolo Paganini; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Thomas Haynes Bayly; Wilhelm F. Bach. Arranged by George Vance. For Piano. Student Book. 65 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.
		Trio No. 1 in D major for Flute, Clarinet & Piano or Flute (Violin), Viola & Piano (PICCIOLI)  By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Piano trio. Woodwind and string ensembles. Published by International Music Co.
		Concerto in D minor (RAMPAL)  By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Flute and piano. Published by International Music Co.
		Classics-Romantics-Moderns  Solso for the Intermediate Pianist. By Albert Ellmenreich; Bela Bartok; Carl Czerny; Carl Maria Von Weber; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach; Domenico Scarlatti; Edvard Grieg; Felix Mendelssohn; Francois Couperin; Franz Joseph Haydn; Franz Schubert; George Frideric Handel; Henry Purcell. Edited by Paul Sheftel. Solo piano. For Piano Solo. Solo part. 145 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.
		C.P.E. BACH Violoncello Concerto in A minor, Wq170/H432  By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Soloist: Marcy Chanteaux, cello; Ensemble: Stuttgart Festival Orchestra; Conductor: Emil Kahn. For cello. Instrumental Solo Part and CD. Published by Music Minus One.