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GOLDBERG VARIATIONS BWV 988 PIANO SOLO COMPOSER: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
SERIES: HENLE MUSIC FOLIOS PUBLISHER: HENLE URTEXT EDITION FORMAT: SOFTCOVER PIANO EDITOR: RUDOLF STEGLICH
DESCRIPTION: -THE “GOLDBERG” VARIATIONS ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST IMPORTANT PIANO CYCLE OF THE 18TH CENTURY. ONLY BEETHOVEN`S “DIABELLI” VARIATIONS FROM THE 19TH CENTURY CAN BE COMPARED TO THEM AS FAR THEIR FAR-REACHING SIGNIFICANCE IS CONCERNED. BACH`S OWN MANUSCRIPT MIGHT NOT HAVE SURVIVED, BUT THE CORRECTED FIRST PRINTING OF THE “ARIA MIT VERSCHIEDENEN VERAENDERUNGEN VORS CLAVICIMBAL MIT 2 MANUALEN” (THUS THE TITLE) HAS DONE SO. THIS FIRST EDITION SERVES AS THE PRIMARY SOURCE FOR OUR EDITION; FURTHERMORE THE MUSICAL TEXT WAS COMPARED TO OTHER SOURCES AS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH BACH`S OWN RECORD OF THE “ARIA” (NOT YET REFERRED TO AS SUCH) IN THE LITTLE NOTEBOOK FOR ANNA MAGDALENA.
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