Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and secondson of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. His second name was given in honor of his godfather Georg Philipp Telemann, a friend of Johann Sebastian Bach...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 March 1714
CountryGermany
moving musician revealing
A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener.
father bass students
I have assigned many of my father's basses to students, without endangering their lives. Also, they do no harm to the fingers.