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
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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
view 1st Collection, Wq.55 1779 Complete Score · view
Incomplete Score [p.27 incorrect] · view
view 1st Collection, Wq.55 F.E.C. Leuckart Complete Score · view
view 1st Collection, Wq.55 Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score · view
view 2nd Collection, Wq.56 Im Verlage des Autors 1780 Complete Score · view
Complete Score · view
view 2nd Collection, Wq.56 F.E.C. Leuckart Complete Score · view
Score (missing pp.17-18) · view
view 2nd Collection, Wq.56 Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score · view
view 3rd Collection, Wq.57 1781 Complete Score · view
Complete Score · view
view 3rd Collection, Wq.57 F.E.C. Leuckart Complete Score · view
view 3rd Collection, Wq.57 Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score · view
view 4th Collection, Wq.58 1783 Complete Score · view
view 4th Collection, Wq.58 F.E.C. Leuckart Complete Score · view
view 4th Collection, Wq.58 Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score · view
view 5th Collection, Wq.59 Im Verlage des Autors 1785 Complete Score · view
Complete Score (monochrome) · view
view 5th Collection, Wq.59 F.E.C. Leuckart 1866 Complete Score · view
view 5th Collection, Wq.59 Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score · view
view 6th Collection, Wq.61 1787 Complete Score · view
view 6th Collection, Wq.61 F.E.C. Leuckart 1866 Complete Score · view
view 6th Collection, Wq.61 Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score · view

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