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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period composer and musician, the fifth child and second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. C. P. E. Bach was an influential composer working at a time of transition between his father's Baroque style and the Classical style that followed it. His personal approach, an expressive and often turbulent one known as empfindsamer Stil or 'sensitive style', applied the principles of rhetoric and drama to musical structures. His dynamism stands in deliberate contrast to the more mannered galant style also then in vogue. To distinguish him from his brother Johann Christian, the "London Bach", who at this time was music master to Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, C. P. E. Bach was known as the "Berlin Bach" during his residence in that city, and later as the "Hamburg Bach" when he succeeded Telemann as Kapellmeister there. To his contemporaries, he was known simply as Emanuel. His second name was in honor of his godfather Georg Philipp Telemann, a friend of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach was an influential pedagogue, writing the ever influential "Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments", which would be studied by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, among others. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-78479 | 10-in. | 12/4/1933 | Pastoral symphony (Excerpt) | Bruno Reibold ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BS-88946 | 10-in. | 5/1/1935 | Suite | American Society of Ancient Instruments ; Ben Stad | Instrumental quintet | composer | |
Victor | BS-88947 | 10-in. | 5/1/1935 | Suite | American Society of Ancient Instruments ; Ben Stad | Instrumental quintet | composer | |
Victor | BS-88948 | 10-in. | 5/1/1935 | Suite | American Society of Ancient Instruments ; Ben Stad | Instrumental quintet | composer | |
Victor | BS-88949 | 10-in. | 5/1/1935 | Suite | American Society of Ancient Instruments ; Ben Stad | Instrumental quintet | composer | |
Victor | CS-88950 | 12-in. | 5/1/1935 | Suite | American Society of Ancient Instruments ; Ben Stad | Instrumental quintet | composer | |
Victor | BS-88953 | 10-in. | 5/6/1935 | Firework music suite | American Society of Ancient Instruments ; Ben Stad | Instrumental quintet | composer | |
Victor | CS-07566 | 12-in. | 4/5/1937 | Magnificat | Harl McDonald ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; University of Pennsylvania Choral Society | Orchestra and mixed vocal chorus | composer | |
Victor | CS-07567 | 12-in. | 4/5/1937 | Magnificat | Harl McDonald ; Elsie McFarlane ; Philadelphia Orchestra | Orchestra and contralto vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | CS-07568 | 12-in. | 4/5/1937 | Magnificat | Harl McDonald ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; University of Pennsylvania Choral Society | Orchestra and mixed vocal chorus | composer | |
Victor | CS-07569 | 12-in. | 4/5/1937 | Magnificat—concluded | Harl McDonald ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; University of Pennsylvania Choral Society | Orchestra and mixed vocal chorus | composer | |
Victor | CS-011178 | 12-in. | 7/15/1937 | Symphony No. 3, in C major | Frank Black ; NBC String Symphony Orchestra | String orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CS-011179 | 12-in. | 7/15/1937 | Symphony No. 3, in C major | Frank Black ; NBC String Symphony Orchestra | String orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CS-011180 | 12-in. | 7/15/1937 | Symphony No. 3, in C major | Frank Black ; NBC String Symphony Orchestra | String orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CS-024450 | 12-in. | 8/4/1938 | Sonata in A minor | Yella Pessl | Harpsichord solo | composer | |
Victor | CS-024489 | 12-in. | 8/11/1938 | Sonata in A minor | Yella Pessl | Harpsichord solo | composer | |
Victor | CS-024490 | 12-in. | 8/11/1938 | Sonata in A minor | Yella Pessl | Harpsichord solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-057708 | 10-in. | 1940 | Prelude no.1, in C (from The well-tempered clavichord) | Grace Castagnetta | Piano solo | composer | |
Edison | 2323 | 10-in. | 6/9/1913 | Awakening of spring | Vernon Archibald | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5624 | 10-in. | 2/15/1917 | Awakening of spring | Peerless Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel," accessed September 3, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102418.
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 3, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102418.
"Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 September 2024.
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