Note de contenu : "Of Bach's four sons who became composers, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-88) was the most prolific, the most original, and the most influential both during and after his lifetime. This is the first comprehensive study of his music, examining not only the famous keyboard sonatas and concertos but also the songs, the chamber music, and the sacred works, many of which resurfaced only recently and have not previously been evaluated. A compositional biography, the book surveys C. P. E. Bach's extensive output of nearly a thousand works while tracing his musical development-from his student days at Leipzig and Frankfurt (Oder), through his nearly three decades as court musician to Prussian King Frederick "the Great," to his final twenty years as cantor and music director at Hamburg." -- Publisher's description

Note de contenu : Joseph Haydn composed special music for musical clocks, and obviously did so in close cooperation with his colleague at the Esterhazy court, the court chaplain and librarian P. Primitivus Niemecz, who became well-known for his skills in building musical automata. Two flute clocks (from 1792 and 1793) bearing Niemeczs signature are extant, two others are attributed to him. A further flute clock, made by Johann Joseph Wiest, was on exhibition until 1804 in Deym's art gallery in Vienna, thus presenting Haydn's music to the public - whereas the Niemecz clocks never left private ownership during Haydn's lifetime. The five instruments have 38 musical pieces on their barrels: 18 original compositions by Haydn or arrangements he made of his own works, the remaining pieces probably provided by Niemecz who was also a musician and a pupil of Haydn.

Note de contenu : Tracks 8 and 13 Haydn symphonies. Examples of pinned music from period flute clock makers trained by the Berlin school.