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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

Composer of the Week: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788): Episode 3: The True Art of Music Publishing

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

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Episode 3: The True Art of Music Publishing

The True Art of Music Publishing

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), The True Art of Music Publishing

Donald Macleod explores CPE Bach's venturing into the world of music publishing.

Donald Macleod explores CPE Bach's venturing into the world of music publishing, including a popular teaching manual: his Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments.

More than just a composer and performer, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach also ventured into the world of music publishing. In 1753 he produced his Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments, considered one of the most influential teaching works of the entire 18th century. Bach's instructions laid out all kinds of innovative techniques including, for the first time, the use of the thumb in keyboard playing.

We hear a sonata he published to accompany his Essay, a cello concerto, and a hugely popular symphony that would have been lapped up by his local amateur musical societies. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Sonata No 6 in C minor, Wq 63/6
Miklos Spanyi, clavichord

Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172
Truls Mørk, cello
Les Violons du Roy
Bernard Labadie, conductor

Symphony in E minor, Wq 178
Kammerorchester CPE Bach
Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

Am neuen Jahre, Wq 194
Dorothee Mields, soprano
Ludger Remy, fortepiano.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of CPE Bach, second don of Johann Sebastian

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of CPE Bach. Son of Johann Sebastian, he became a highly accomplished keyboard player, a master of improvisation and a prolific composer for the instrument

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