From: Jan van Steenbergen (ijzeren_jan@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 17:13:37 EST
--- John Cowan skrzypszy:
> Well, I searched German pages only (to the best of Google's ability to
> sort them) and found them about equally divided between Carl and Karl
> Philipp Bach (I left out the E-word to avoid problems with its spelling).
How did you perform your Google? I tried the same (German pages only), and this
is what I got:
C.P.E. Bach 2020
C.Ph.E. Bach 2370
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 3760
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach 250
Carl Philipp Bach 38
K.P.E. Bach 2
K.Ph.E. Bach 1
Karl Philipp Emanuel Bach 35
Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach 1
Karl Philipp Bach 2 (*)
... which to me seems rather conclusive evidence that "C" (> 99,5 % of the
cases) is the correct one.
(*) Apparently not the same person as our subject.
> So maybe we are dealing with a problem like that of Shakespeare's name,
Possibly, but I doubt it.
> which was spelled numerous ways in his own time: my favorite is "Shaxper".
Then you must like the Polish spelling as well; "Szekspir".
Jan
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