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'Pre-Classicism' in Northern Germany: the Court Music of Frederick II and Keyboard Music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

This paper examines the music in the court of Frederick II, which was the music center of northern Germany during the Pre-classical period, and then sheds light on 'Berlin style' of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach through the analyses of his Preußische Sonaten. While serving as a court musician under Frederick II, who was a follower of the Italian music style, Bach stood against the taste of his employer early on and constructed the framework of the Sonata form as well as the new style which brings out expressionism, sensibility, and subjective feelings. This 'Empfindsamer Stil' can be characterized by the fusion of various and contradicted styles, independent and unique themes, bold use of harmony, contrasts in dynamics, dramatic appearance of fermatas, and unexpected pauses and changes in tempo. This paper delivers and interprets the concrete examples of these characteristics in his Preußische Sonaten.