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Day: July 10, 2021

C.P.E. Bach: Solfeggietto ~ Daily Listening Assignments

July 10, 2021
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    Solfeggietto is a short solo keyboard piece in c minor composed in 1766 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German composer and the son of J.S. Bach. “Solfeggietto” is an Italian word meaning “little study” or exercise. The work is unusual for a keyboard piece in that the […]

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