Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

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Basic data

  1. March 8, 1714 in Weimar
  2. baptism-icon
    March 10, 1714 in Weimar
  3. December 14, 1788 in Hamburg
  4. Komponist, Musikschriftsteller
  5. Köthen, Leipzig, Frankfurt (Oder), Berlin, Hamburg

Iconography

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, by Franz Conrad Löhr (after Johann Philipp Bach) (Source: Wikimedia)
Flötenkonzert Friedrichs des Großen in Sanssouci ("Frederick the Great's Flute Concert in Sanssouci") by Adolph von Menzel, 1852, depicts Frederick the Great playing the flute as C. P. E. Bach accompanies on the keyboard. The audience (invented by Menzel, and not based on any actual occasion) includes Bach's colleagues as well as nobles. (Source: Wikimedia)
Detail from previous image (Source: Wikimedia)

Biographical information from the WeGA

Zweiter Sohn von Johann Sebastian Bach.

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