Baroque Music
by Claude V. Palisca
Period: Baroque
Born: Thursday, March 8, 1714 in Weimar, Germany
Died: Sunday, December 14, 1788 in Hamburg,
Germany
Nation of Origin: Germany
Major Works:
He wrote keyboard sonatas and fantasias for clavichord, many of
which are still performed today. He also wrote chamber and
orchestral music. He is best known as the author of Essay on the
True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments (1753-1762).
Other Information:
He was J. S. Bach's 5th child. He was the principle founder of the
sonata style of the classical period. He was known as the "Hamburg"
Bach.
Composer Bibliography:
Wollf, Christoph; Helm, Eugene; and Warburton, ErnestThe New
Grove Bach Family (The New Grove), W. W. Norton & Company,
November 1997, ISBN: 0393303543
General Bibliography:
Bukofzer, Manfred F., Music in the Baroque Era, from Monteverdi
to Bach, W.W. Norton & Company, November 1947, ISBN:
0393097455
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, December
1990, ISBN: 0130584967
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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