Württemberg Sonatas

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The Württemberg Sonatas are a set of early keyboard sonatas by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach that showcase his expressive, empfindsamer Stil and mark an important step in the transition from Baroque to Classical music.

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Württemberg Sonatas canonical 3
Württembergische Sonaten 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
set of keyboard sonatas
alsoKnownAs Six Sonatas for Keyboard, Wq 49
Württemberg Sonatas
surface form: Württembergische Sonaten
approximateCompositionEndYear 1744
approximateCompositionStartYear 1742
approximatePublicationYear 1744
catalogueNumber H 30–35
Wq 49
composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
surface form: C. P. E. Bach

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
compositionPeriod early 1740s
dedicatedTo Carl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
surface form: Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
dedicationContext dedicated while Charles Eugene was being educated in Berlin
firstPublicationPlace Nuremberg
firstPublisher Balthasar Schmid
genre instrumental music
keyboard sonata
historicalEra transition from Baroque to Classical period
instrumentation clavichord
harpsichord
key A minor
B minor
B-flat major
C minor
F minor
G major
languageOfTitle German
movementStyle Empfindsamer Stil
sensitive style
musicalPeriod early Classical
late Baroque
notableFeature exploration of empfindsamer Stil
frequent dynamic contrasts
highly expressive keyboard writing
ornamented melodic lines
sudden changes of mood
numberOfWorks 6
opusNumber Op. 2
patron Carl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
surface form: Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
placeOfComposition Berlin
relatedWorkByComposer Kenner und Liebhaber collections
Prussian Sonatas
significance illustrate transition from Baroque to Classical style
important step in the development of the Classical keyboard sonata
structure each sonata consists of multiple movements
typicalMovementCount 3

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach notableWork Württemberg Sonatas
Carl notableWork Württemberg Sonatas
subject surface form: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Prussian Sonatas relatedWorkSet Württemberg Sonatas
Württemberg Sonatas alsoKnownAs Württemberg Sonatas
this entity surface form: Württembergische Sonaten