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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22nd November 1710–1st July 1784), eldest son and pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach, was a German composer and musician whose troubled personality and erratic career made him considerably less influential than his younger brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, despite his acknowledged talents as an organist, improviser, and composer in the galant, or rococo, style of the mid-18th century. Born in Weimar and educated at Leipzig, he was appointed in 1733 organist of St Sophia's Church at Dresden, and in 1746 became organist of the Liebfrauenkirche at Halle; his father's influence was enough to secure him the latter position without the usual trial performance. With his father's death in 1750, the stabilizing influence in Friedemann's life seems to have disappeared, and he lived an unhappy life in Halle, from which he frequently traveled to seek other employment. In 1762, he was offered the post of Kapellmeister to the court of Darmstadt, but for some reason he did not accept the position. Two years later, in 1764, he walked off the job in Halle, ending his employment there and indeed his formal employment anywhere. From then on he led a wandering life, staying for several years (1770-1774) in Braunschweig, before he moved to Berlin, where eventually and in great poverty he died. His compositions, very few of which were printed, include many church cantatas and instrumental works, of which the most notable are the fugues, polonaises and fantasias for clavie
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Sinfonia in F Major, Fk 67 "Dissonant": IV. Menuet No. 1 - Menuet No. 2
8,8982Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major, F. 5: II. Largo
4,9733Concerto n°5 en la mineur: Allegro ma non molto, Falk. 45
2,9174Concerto n°1 en ré majeur: Andante, Falk. 41
1,9105Sinfonia In F Major, F. 67: IV. Menuetto I-II
1,195612 Polonaises, F. 12: No. 8 in E Minor
1,0707I. Vivace
9918Duet for 2 Flutes in E Minor, F. 54: III. Vivace
9389Adagio & Fugue
65210Sinfonia in D minor, Fk. 65: I. Adagio
542albums
W.F. Bach: Sinfonias
W.F. Bach: Piano Works
Bach : Concerto pour clavecin
BACH, W.F.: Orchestral Music - F. 24, 64, 65, 91, 92 (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Haenchen)
W.F. Bach: 6 Duets for 2 Flutes
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Concertos pour clavecin et cordes
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Œuvres pour clavecin
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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Sinfonias & Suite in G Minor & Concerto for Harpsichord in D Major
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The Bach Sons: Piano Concertos & Solo Pieces
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W.F. Bach: Symphonies & Concertos
Bach, W.F.: Sons of Bach (The), Vol. 1 - Concertos
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100 Best Baroque (CD 6 - The Genius of Bach)