Musicology Annotation << Back «The Great Bach» Sufiya G. Muratalieva The paper studies the problem of the legality of awarding the son of J. S. Bach — Carl Philipp Emanuel with the title «the great» by his contemporaries. On the background of the rich multi-genre heritage of the composer the author notes his contribution to the genre of clavier sonata and piano playing, and some features of his little-known sonatas. Keywords: J. S. Bach, C. Ph. E. Bach, clavier, sonata, free fantasy, variation. Pp. 10-15