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| | Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | BACH, CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL [Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel], 1714-88, German composer; second son of J. Bach, his only teacher. |
 | | While harpsichordist at the court of Frederick the Great, where his chief duty for 28 years (1738-67) was to accompany the monarch's performances on the flute, he wrote an important work on technique, Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments (1753, tr. |
 | | His 2 volumes of sonatas (1742-43) and his 20 symphonies established the typical classical forms of such works and powerfully influenced both Haydn and Beethoven. |
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