Petri Kumela - Bach, C.p.e.: Keyboard Music (arr. For Guitar) (CD)

Release Date: 01/01/07

The primal purpose of music is, wrote Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (J 714--1788) in his treatise on the art of playing keyb

The primal purpose of music is, wrote Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (J 714--1788) in his treatise on the art of playing keyboard instruments, to affect the heart and emotions. Of all the sons of Johann Sebastian Bach to survive infancy, the second was the best-known Bach in the Europe of the late 18th century: a skilful keyboard player, he rose to major positions in German musical life and left his mark on a wide audience as a prolific composer and theorist.