Editing C.P.E. Bach's Complete Works

摘要

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) was one of the most influential and prolific composers of the eighteenth century. His oeuvre encompassed virtually every musical genre of the time, except opera, and enjoyed a high reputation and wide distribution well beyond the composer's lifetime. The recovery in 1999 of the archives of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, which include many unique copies of C.P.E. Bach's Passions and cantatas once thought to have been lost during the Second World War, has made it possible to present for the first time the complete works of this important composer.