The keyboard music of C. P. E. Bach, considered in relation to his musical aesthetic and...

October House

1965

xv, 186 p.

Bibliography: p. [177]-178; discography: p. [179]-180. "Modern editions of C. P. E. Bach's solo keyboard music": p. [181]-182.

Contents: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 1714-1788 -- Critical approach to the subject -- Classification of important keyboard music with a note on instruments -- Improvisation and fantasia -- The fantasia in E-flat major -- C.P.E. Bach and the sonata (1) -- C.P.E. Bach and the sonata (2). The 'Prussian' sonatas ; The 'Württemberg' sonatas ; The Probe-Stücke ; The 'sonatas with altered reprises' ; The 'Sonatas for connoisseurs and amateurs' -- The 'Rondos for connoisseurs and amateurs' -- Three fugues and some miscellaneous pieces -- A final appraisal -- Appendix one : C.P.E. Bach's views on performance with some practical suggestions -- Appendix two : Three fugues [D minor, 1758 Wotquenne 119/2 ; A, 1757 Wotquenne 119/4 ; E-flat, Wotquenne 119/6].

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