TDCM: October 28th - C.P.E. Bach

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

Bio

CPE Bach was Johann Bach's 2nd oldest surviving son, a very prolific classical composer, CPE wrote a ton of Symphonies, cantatas, sonatas, oratorios, etc. He lived in Hamburg most of his life and studied at Thomasschule in Leipzig. He is sometimes called the founder of modern piano-playing and is also credited with the invention of the sonata-symphony form. 

Music

Symphonies for Hamburg

Complete Organ Works