Fantasia sopra 'Jesu meines Lebens Leben', H.639 (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)

Authorship Note
Attribution to C.P.E. Bach is dubious. - see note below.

Genre Categories	Fantasias; For oboe, 2 violins, continuo; Scores featuring the oboe; Scores featuring the violin; Scores with basso continuo; For 3 players with continuo; For oboe, 2 treble instruments, continuo; Scores with open instrumentation

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Copyist	Johann Friedrich Hering (1724-1810)
Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1751-99).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 778 (1)
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Work Title	Fantasia sopra 'Jesu meines Lebens Leben', H.639
Alternative. Title
Composer	Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	HeilB 639; Wq.n.v. 19
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	ICB 38
Key	A minor
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Classical
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	oboe, 2 treble instruments, continuo/bass instrument (see below)
External Links	Haynes Catalog

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Similar to several chorale preludes for oboe and organ by other composers from this time, however Bruce Haynes suggests that the bass line is too complex to be played on a pedal keyboard. He aslo attributes the work to J.S. Bach, based on stylistic grounds.