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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

1714 - 1788

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German composer and musician of the Baroque and Classical period. He was the fifth child and second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. Bach was an influential composer working at a time of transition between his father's Baroque style and the Classical style that followed it. He was the principal representative of the empfindsamer Stil or 'sensitive style'. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is the 102nd most popular composer (down from 68th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 175th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Composer.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is most famous for being the son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was a composer and harpsichordist.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ranks 102 out of 1,451. Before him are Jacopo Peri, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Leonard Bernstein, Pietro Mascagni, Mikis Theodorakis, and Arvo Pärt. After him are Joaquín Rodrigo, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Léo Delibes, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Alma Mahler.

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Among people born in 1714, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ranks 3. Before him are Christoph Willibald Gluck, and Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. After him are Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Joseph I of Portugal, Pontiac, Claude Joseph Vernet, Alaungpaya, Niccolò Jommelli, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and Emer de Vattel. Among people deceased in 1788, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ranks 3. Before him are Charles III of Spain, and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. After him are Thomas Gainsborough, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Charles Edward Stuart, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Georg Hamann, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, José, Prince of Brazil, and Infante Gabriel of Spain.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ranks 302 out of 7,253. Before him are Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Michael Ende (1929), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), and Walther von Reichenau (1884). After him are Heinrich Müller (1900), Franz Marc (1880), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), and Christian I of Denmark (1426).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ranks 19. Before him are Carl Orff (1895), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Hans Zimmer (1957), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Johann Pachelbel (1653), and Heinrich Schütz (1585). After him are Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Paul Hindemith (1895), Max Bruch (1838), Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), and Kurt Weill (1900).

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