Editing Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (section)

===Early years: 1714–1738===
C. P. E. Bach was born on 8 March 1714 in [[Weimar]] to [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and his first wife, [[Maria Barbara Bach|Maria Barbara]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} He was their fifth child and third son.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} The composer [[Georg Philipp Telemann]] was his [[Godparent|godfather]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Exner|first=Ellen|date=March 2015|title=Generationen: Georg Philipp Telemann und Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Impulse – Transformationen – Kontraste Magdeburg, 17–18 March 2014|journal=Eighteenth-Century Music|volume=12|issue=1|pages=122–125|issn=1478-5706|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/eighteenth-century-music/article/abs/generationen-georg-philipp-telemann-und-carl-philipp-emanuel-bach-impulse-transformationen-kontraste-magdeburg-1718-march-2014/60A744B235AB4E2EE5937794FBAE44F9|doi=10.1017/S1478570614000529|publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref> When he was ten years old, he entered the [[St. Thomas School, Leipzig]],{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} where his father had become [[Cantor (Christianity)|cantor]] in 1723.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} He was one of four Bach children to become professional musicians; all four were trained in music almost entirely by their father. In an age of royal patronage, father and son alike knew that a university education helped prevent a professional musician from being treated as a servant. Carl, like his brothers, pursued advanced studies in [[jurisprudence]] at [[Leipzig University]] in 1731{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} and at [[European University Viadrina|Frankfurt an der Oder]] in 1735.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} In 1738, at the age of 24, he obtained his degree but never practised law,{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} instead turning his attention immediately to music.{{sfnp|Thompson|1998|p=32}}