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| Classical Composer: | Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel |
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| Work: | Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Wq. 70/1, H. 133 |
| Year Composed: | 1758 |
| Duration: | 00:15:00 |
| Work Category: | Instrumental |
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Bach's Sonata in A major, Wq. 70/1, was written in I 758, while he and his family were staying at the house of Kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Fasch at Zerbst, where he had moved during the wars in which his patron was then engaged, as Russian forces approached Berlin. The sonata was published in Nuremberg in 1762-1763 in the collection (Ouvres mélées contenant VI sonates pour le clavessin d'autant plus célèbres compositeurs, VoI.IX, for which it was slightly varied, and is also found in a more elaborate version included in a manuscript that contains two other sonatas for the organ. The dynamic directions on this version, suggest the use of a stringed keyboard instrument, although it could also be played on the organ.
The simpler version of the sonata is elaborated considerably, with the repetition of the exposition written out in an embellished form, a clear enough suggestion of the expected form of contemporary practice, with repeated exposition and repeated development and recapitulation. The indications of the nature of the slow movement are clear enough. This A minor Andante con tenerezza is a poignant recitative, of which, it might be said, Johann Sebastian Bach was also capable, if in a more frivolous mood, as in the Lament of his Capriccio on the departure of his brother. The final Allegretto lacks the extra embellishment of the first movement in its later version, offering a conclusion that suggests clearly enough the use of the stringed keyboard rather than the organ.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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