The duration of this piece for solo guitar is around 2
minutes and 20 seconds. The time signature is 3/4 and
the tempo is marked as Allegretto. The music is
primarily in the key of C# minor, though there are some
interesting modulations such as the one into the
dominant minor key, G# minor, in bar 21. The piece has
a mixture of arpeggios and contrapuntal patterns. In
between bars 25-32 there is a crescendo which
incorporates syncopated rhythms, and culminates in a
return to the A section.
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The duration of this piece for solo guitar is around 2
minutes and 20 seconds. The time signature is 3/4 and
the tempo is marked as Allegretto. The music is
primarily in the key of C# minor, though there are some
interesting modulations such as the one into the
dominant minor key, G# minor, in bar 21. The piece has
a mixture of arpeggios and contrapuntal patterns. In
between bars 25-32 there is a crescendo which
incorporates syncopated rhythms, and culminates in a
return to the A section.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German musician and
composer who lived in the 18th century (8 March 1714
– 14 December 1788). He was the second child of the
composer J. S. Bach and his wife Maria Barbara Bach.
His second name was in honor of his godfather Georg
Philipp Telemann, who was another German composer and
friend of J. S. Bach. Four of J. S. Bach's children
ultimately became professional musicians and they were
all almost exclusively trained by their father.
C. P. E. Bach also studied law and attended university,
but soon after graduating he followed his first love,
music. Armed with a recommendation from the famous
lutenist Sylvius Leopold Weiss, he was able to obtain
an appointment in the service of Crown Prince Frederick
of Prussia, the future Frederick the Great.
C. P. E. Bach contributed to the transition between the
Baroque and Classical eras and influenced later
composers such as Mozart.
