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The Goldberg Variations (German: Goldberg-Variationen), BWV 988, is a musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg , who may also have been the first performer of the work.
Open Goldberg Variations embraces open standards and coined the term "Open Source Bach" [6] in reference to the ideals of Open Source Software. The score and the recording were released into the public domain using the Creative Commons Zero ( CC0 ) license tool [ 7 ] on May 28, 2012.
3) Aria mit 30 Veränderungen [Aria with 30 variations] "Goldberg Variations," for harpsichord (BWV 988), BV B 35) III. Übertragungen [Transcriptions] 1) Präludium und Fuge für die Orgel, D Dur. [Prelude and Fugue for Organ in D major] (BWV 532) 2) Präludium und Fuge für die Orgel, Es Dur.
Keyboard partita in A minor, BWV 827. This is the third partita from Bach's set of Partitas for keyboard BWV 825–830, which was published in 1731 as the first volume of Clavier-Übung. Keyboard partita in E minor, BWV 830. This is the sixth partita from Bach's set of Partitas for keyboard BWV 825–830. Minuet in F major, BWV Anh. 113.
This is a list of commercial or professional recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, organized chronologically. The list is sortable by clicking on the small arrows at the top of each column.
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations is a live solo classical album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at the Yatsugatake Kohgen Ongakudoh in Japan over three days in January 1989 and released on the ECM New Series later that year, consisting a complete performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations on harpsichord.
It is written using the musical motifs of a French overture, as in the first movement of the fourth of Bach's keyboard Partitas BWV 828 (Clavier-Übung I), the first movement of his Overture in the French style, BWV 831 (Clavier-Übung II), the sixteenth variation of the Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (Clavier-Übung IV), marked "Ouverture. a 1 ...
In 1925, Friskin was the first pianist to perform J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations in the United States; [6] and in 1934 he performed both books of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in two New York recitals. [6] He eventually recorded the Goldberg Variations in 1956, a year after Glenn Gould's celebrated recording.