ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a man who lived a long time ago, when people didn't have cars like we do today. He lived in Germany during the 1700s, which is a really long time ago even for grown-ups!

Carl was special because he was really good at playing music. He was so good that he became famous all over the world for his music. He played a special kind of music called "classical music."

Classical music is different from the kind of music you hear on the radio or on TV. It doesn't have any words, but it can still make you feel really happy or really sad or really excited.

Carl loved to play the piano, which is a big musical instrument that you sit at and press buttons to make sounds. He also played other instruments like the harpsichord and the flute.

Carl's dad was also really famous for his music. His dad's name was Johann Sebastian Bach. Even though his dad was really famous, Carl still worked really hard to become a good musician on his own.

Carl wrote lots of really beautiful songs that people still like to listen to today. He was very important in the history of classical music because he came up with new kinds of music that other people hadn't thought of before.