Composition: Clavier-Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber, Wq.55-59, 61 (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)

Title Clavier-Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber
Alternative title Keyboard Sonatas and Pieces for Connoisseurs and Amateurs
Creators Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (composer)
Opus Wq.55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61
Instrumentation keyboard
clavichord
piano
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First published 1779
Dedication I. Madame Zernitz, gebohrne Deeling, in Warschau ; II. Friedrich Heinrich, Markgraf zu Schwed ; III. Gottfried van Swieten ; V. Peter Friedrich Ludewig, Herzog zu Holstein und Fürst-Bischof zu Lübeck ; VI. Maria Theresia von Österreich, Reichsgräfin zu Leiningen Westerburg
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Composition types Sonatas, Rondos, Fantasias
Period Classical
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Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
view 1st Collection, Wq.55 — — 1779 Complete Score
Incomplete Score [p.27 incorrect]
view 1st Collection, Wq.55 — F.E.C. Leuckart — Complete Score
view 1st Collection, Wq.55 — Breitkopf und Härtel — Complete Score
view 2nd Collection, Wq.56 — Im Verlage des Autors 1780 Complete Score
Complete Score
view 2nd Collection, Wq.56 — F.E.C. Leuckart — Complete Score
Score (missing pp.17-18)
view 2nd Collection, Wq.56 — Breitkopf und Härtel — Complete Score
view 3rd Collection, Wq.57 — — 1781 Complete Score
Complete Score
view 3rd Collection, Wq.57 — F.E.C. Leuckart — Complete Score
view 3rd Collection, Wq.57 — Breitkopf und Härtel — Complete Score
view 4th Collection, Wq.58 — — 1783 Complete Score
view 4th Collection, Wq.58 — F.E.C. Leuckart — Complete Score
view 4th Collection, Wq.58 — Breitkopf und Härtel — Complete Score
view 5th Collection, Wq.59 — Im Verlage des Autors 1785 Complete Score
Complete Score (monochrome)
view 5th Collection, Wq.59 — F.E.C. Leuckart 1866 Complete Score
view 5th Collection, Wq.59 — Breitkopf und Härtel — Complete Score
view 6th Collection, Wq.61 — — 1787 Complete Score
view 6th Collection, Wq.61 — F.E.C. Leuckart 1866 Complete Score
view 6th Collection, Wq.61 — Breitkopf und Härtel — Complete Score

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