Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born in Weimar Germany on March 8, 1714.
卡尔·菲利普·伊曼纽尔·巴赫于1714年3月8日出生于德国魏玛。
Carl had an advantage which helped set him apart from other musicians of his day.
卡尔的独特优势让他从那个时代的音乐家中脱颖而出。
He was the second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach and received his musical education from his father.
他是约翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫在世的次子,从他的父亲那里接受了音乐教育。
Being the son of such an important figure in music history, did not leave him in the shadows.
作为音乐史上如此重要人物的儿子,他并没有因此黯然失色。
In fact, he went on to have quite a successful career.
事实上,他后来的事业相当成功。
In 1738, he became a chamber musician and keyboard player to King Frederick the Great of Prussia,
1738年,他成为普鲁士国王腓特烈大帝的宫廷音乐家和键盘演奏家,
a position which he held for 29 years until succeeding Georg Philipp Telemann as director of music for the principle churches of Hamburg in 1767.
他担任这一职位长达29年,直到1767年接替格奥尔格·菲利普·泰勒曼(Georg Philipp Telemann)成为汉堡主要教堂的音乐总监。
Have been written over 200 sonatas for various skill levels,
卡尔·菲利普·伊曼纽尔·巴赫创作了200多首不同水平的奏鸣曲,
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach proved himself a necessary influence in the development of the Sonata form,
证明了他对奏鸣曲形式的发展有必要的影响,
which would come to be widely used throughout the Classical period.
奏鸣曲形式在整个古典时期被广泛使用。
Not limited to Sonata form, his output included various oratorios, passions and other sacred music as well as chamber music, concertos, symphonies and cantatas.
他的作品不仅限于奏鸣曲形式,还包括各种《清唱剧》、《激情》等其他宗教音乐,以及室内乐、协奏曲、交响乐和康塔塔。
Additionally, he wrote what was considered a greatly important treatise on keyboard technique entitled "an essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments".
此外,他还写了一篇被认为是非常重要的关于键盘演奏技巧的论文,题为《论键盘乐器演奏艺术的真谛》。
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach died on December 14th 1788 in Hamburg, Germany at the age of 74.
卡尔·菲利普·伊曼纽尔·巴赫于1788年12月14日在德国汉堡去世,享年74岁。