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Trio Sonata in C minor, Wq. 161/1, H. 579 ("Sanguineus and Melancholicus")

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · 1714–1788 · German
For 2 violins, continuo
Also known as Zwiegespräch zwischen einem Sanguineus und Melancholicus · Sanguineus et Melancholicus
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
With continuo
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 14 min
Composed
1749
Era
Classical

Notes

Programmatic dialogue between a sanguine and a melancholic violin; Nuremberg print of 1751

About this work

Composed
1749, Potsdam.
Dedicated to
Wilhelm von Schaumburg-Lippe

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