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C.P.E. Bach: Mercurial Diversions For Uncertain Times

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's mercurial music, with its sparkle and unpredictability, was a departure from the style of his father, Johann Sebastian. De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

C.P.E. Bach: Mercurial Diversions For Uncertain Times

In a new album of keyboard concertos, hear how J.S. Bach's son charted his own startling and original path in music that sparkles with unpredictability

C.P.E. Bach: Mercurial Diversions For Uncertain Times

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A Kid Named Carl Stirs Up The Bach Musical Dynasty

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, captured around 1733, in a portrait by one of his relatives, Gottlieb Friedrich Bach. Wikimedia Commons hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

A Kid Named Carl Stirs Up The Bach Musical Dynasty

On the 300th anniversary of his birth, hear how music by Johann Sebastian's son Carl Philipp Emanuel bridged the gap between the old-fashioned Baroque and newfangled music by Haydn and Mozart.

A Kid Named Carl Stirs Up The Bach Musical Dynasty

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