Baerenreiter Verlag The Six Wurttemberg Sonatas Wq 49 - Bach - Performance Score - Piano The Six Wurttemberg Sonatas Wq 49 - Bach - Performance Score - Piano

Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Editor: Rudolf Steglich
Format: Performance score
Instrumentation: Piano

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's "Wurttemberg Sonatas" - named after their dedication to Carl Eugen Duke of Wurttemberg who studied with Bach at the court of Frederick the Great in Berlin - were published in 1744. Together with the "Prussian Sonatas" edited two years before, the "Wurttemberg Sonatas" are undoubtedly the most significant German piano compositions from the time between Johann Sebastian Bach and Joseph Haydn. They are regarded as main works among the general piano art music and clearly stand out from the expressive and playful rococo style of that time.
The publication of the "Wurttemberg Sonatas" edited by Rudolf Steglich in 1928 is a perfect example for considering musicological as well as performance practical aspects within one edition. With this present special edition, the publisher complies with the request for a republication of the Sonatas which have been unavailable for a long time.