Blackwood (publishing house) Blackwood (publishing house) William Blackwood and Sons was a Scottish publishing house and printer founded by William Blackwood in 1804. It played a key role in literary history, publishing many important authors, for example John Buchan, George Tomkyns Chesney, Joseph Conrad, George Eliot, E. M. Forster, John Galt, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Reade, Margaret Oliphant, John Hanning Speke and Anthony Trollope, both in books and in the monthly "Blackwood’s Magazine". In 1804 William Blackwood opened a shop in South Bridge Street, Edinburgh, for the sale of old, rare and curious books. He undertook the Scottish agency for John Murray and
C. F. E. BACH motif C. F. E. BACH motif The C. F. E. BACH motif is a musical motif, consisting of the notes C, F, E, B "flat", A, C, B "natural". The motif is a musical cryptogram, which represents the name of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach with the initials of his name - Carl Philipp (Filippo) Emanuel Bach -. The motif is based on the German musical nomenclature, in which the note B "naturalis" named H and the B "flat" named B - the same as in the ominous BACH motif -, however the initials of the composer’s name appear partially in German