Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen, H.868, 870 (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 parts
First Publication 1753 (part I), 1762 (part II)
Genre Categories Performance practice; Writings; Methods; Sonatas; For clavichord; Scores featuring the clavichord; For 1 player; For keyboard; Scores featuring keyboard soloists; German language
Related Works Includes the 6 Keyboard Sonatas, Wq.63 Wq.63/1-6, H.70-75 (1759); „Sechs neue Clavier-Stücke“ [in zwei Sonaten] (aka „Sonatine Nuove“) Wq.63/7-12, H.292-297 (1787) and „Fantasia, Allegro D-Dur“ (1763) Wq.117/14, H.160 as musical examples

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 Complete Book (Parts 1-2)
#59566 - 10.48MB, 504 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10924×⇩ - Ralph Theo Misch

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Ralph Theo Misch (2010/3/20)

Editor First edition
Language German
Publisher. Info. Berlin: C. Ph. E. Bach. Printed by Christian Friedrich Henning, 1753. (part one).
Berlin: C. Ph. E. Bach. Printed by George Ludewig Winter, 1762. (part two)
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Misc. Notes Figure pages (last pages) cropped.
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Coulonnus (2024/1/10)

Publisher. Info. Berlin: Printed by Christian Friedrich Henning, 1753.
Copyright
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Coulonnus (2015/8/4)

Publisher. Info. Berlin: Printed by Christian Friedrich Henning, 1753.
Reprinted Berlin: Bärenreiter, 1994.
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Misc. Notes According to the introduction of this reprint these figures were not changed in the 1759, 1780 and 1787 editions.
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#305666 - 15.20MB, 478 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1312×⇩ - Irishmaestro

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Editor Second edition
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Gedruckt bey George Ludewig Winter, 1759. (Part One)
Berlin: Gedruckt bey George Ludewig Winter, 1762. (Part Two)
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#664732 - 60.72MB, 492 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 88×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2020/12/19)

Editor 3rd ("2nd") edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Schwickert, 1780.
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Editor Third (expanded) edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Im Schwickertschen Verlage, 1787. (Part One)
Leipzig: Im Schwickertschen Verlage, 1797. (Part Two)
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Misc. Notes Revised edition of Part One issued in 1787, with Part Two issued (as the 'second edition') in 1797.
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#226391 - 12.74MB, 251 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C*/V* - 3802×⇩ - Alfred Faust

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Alfred Faust (2012/5/30)

Editor Walter Niemann (1876-1953)
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt, 1925.
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Coulonnus (2011/9/1)

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Coulonnus (2012/2/8)

Language French
Translator Jean-Pierre Coulon
Publisher. Info. Jean-Pierre Coulon
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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General Information

Work Title Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen
Alternative. Title Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen mit Exempeln und achtzehn Probe-Stücken in sechs Sonaten.
Treatise on keyboard playing with examples and 18 sample pieces in 6 sonatas
Composer Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. H.868, 870 ; Wq.254, 255
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 parts
First Publication. 1753 (part I), 1762 (part II)
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation keyboard (mainly clavichord)
Related Works Includes the 6 Keyboard Sonatas, Wq.63 Wq.63/1-6, H.70-75 (1759); „Sechs neue Clavier-Stücke“ [in zwei Sonaten] (aka „Sonatine Nuove“) Wq.63/7-12, H.292-297 (1787) and „Fantasia, Allegro D-Dur“ (1763) Wq.117/14, H.160 as musical examples
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