Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was an influential 18th-century German composer and keyboardist, a leading figure of the empfindsamer Stil and a key bridge between the Baroque and Classical eras.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century composer
German composer
composer
keyboardist
musician
person
birthDate 1714-03-08
birthPlace Duchy of Saxe-Weimar NERFINISHED
Weimar
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
deathDate 1788-12-14
deathPlace Hamburg
employer Frederick II of Prussia
surface form: Frederick the Great
era Baroque
Classical period
familyName Bach
father Johann Sebastian Bach
fullName Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach self-link
genre chamber music
concerto
keyboard music
sacred music
symphony
givenName Carl
Emmanuel
surface form: Emanuel

Philipp
influenced Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
influencedBy Georg Philipp Telemann
Johann Sebastian Bach
language German
mother Maria Barbara Bach
movement Empfindsamer Stil
Sturm und Drang
nationality German
notableFor bridging Baroque and Classical eras
development of empfindsamer Stil
notableWork Cello Concerto in A minor, H. 432
surface form: Cello Concerto in A major, H. 439

Cello Concerto in A minor, H. 432
Cello Concerto in B-flat major, H. 436
Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments
Hamburg Symphonies
Magnificat in D major
Prussian Sonatas
Württemberg Sonatas
occupation Kapellmeister
clavichordist
composer
harpsichordist
organist
positionHeld court musician in Berlin
music director in Hamburg
sibling Johann Christian Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
style expressive
highly ornamented

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Johann Sebastian Bach child Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Maria Barbara Bach child Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach fullName Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach self-link
Classical period hasKeyFigure Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sturm und Drang hasNotableComposer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach influencedBy Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Joseph Haydn influencedBy Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
University of Frankfurt (Oder) notableAlumnus Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Maria Barbara Bach notableChild Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach notableRelative Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Christian Bach sibling Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach sibling Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach sibling Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach sibling Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Anna Magdalena Bach stepChild Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach