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Goldberg Variations

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keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Key
G major
Dedication
Hermann Karl von Keyserling
Published
1741, Nuremberg
Publisher
Balthasar Schmid
Movements
Aria + 30 variations

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number of parts of this work
32
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Goldberg Variations
catalog code
988
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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 thirty variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may also have been the first performer of the work.

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