Composition: Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Goldberg-Variationen |
| Alternative title | Goldberg Variations ; Aria mit 30 Veränderungen ; Clavier-Übung IV |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) |
| Opus | BWV 988 |
| Instrumentation | keyboard |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | G major |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1741 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Variations |
| Period | Baroque |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | 4 guitars | Steve Shorter |
| view | Complete | 3 recorders 4 recorders |
Jan Kok |
| view | Complete | 4 clarinets | Jan Misdom |
| view | Complete | 2 trumpets and 2 trombones | Michel Rondeau |
| view | Complete | violin, viola and cello | Federico Sarudiansky |
| view | Complete | violin, viola and cello | — |
| view | Complete | 2 pianos | Peter Besseling |
| view | Complete | 2 pianos | Josef Gabriel Rheinberger |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Karel Eichler |
| view | Complete | piano | Ferruccio Busoni |
| view | Selections | 3 recorders 4 recorders |
Giacomo Andreola |
| view | Selections | 3 recorders 4 recorders |
Jan Kok |
| view | Selections | 2 recorders 3 recorders 4 recorders |
R.D. Tennent |
| view | Selections | organ | Thomas A. Schneider |
| view | Selections | piano | Friedrich Sacher |
| view | Selections | piano | Michael Köhne |
| view | Selections | guitar | Ben Beuming |
| view | Variation 1 | 2 recorders | Taro Tokumei |
| view | Variation 10 | 2 violins, viola and cello | — |
| view | Variation 22 | organ | Pierre Gouin |
| view | Variation 30 (Quodlibet) | 4 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Balthasar Schmid | — | Complete Score - plus 14 Canons in MS (color scan) · view Complete Score - plus 14 Canons in MS (cleaned B&W scan) · view Incomplete Score - plus 14 Canons in MS (Variations only; Aria missing) · view Complete Score (color scan) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | 1937 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Muzgiz | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Bärenreiter | 1977 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Bärenreiter | 1977 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Bärenreiter | 1977 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Lilypond) · view |
| view | Complete | selections | — | — | Quodlibet · view |
| view | Complete | selections | RSB | 2011 | Aria · view Variation 1 · view Variation 2 · view Variation 3 · view Variation 4 · view Variation 5 · view Variation 7 · view Variation 10 · view Variation 11 · view Variation 12 · view Variation 13 · view Variation 18 · view Variation 19 · view |
| view | Complete | selections | — | — | Aria · view Variation 1 · view Variation 2 · view Variation 3 · view Variation 4 · view Variation 5 · view Variation 7 · view Variation 8 · view Variation 9 · view Engraving files (PMX) · view |
| view | Complete | selections | Bärenreiter | 1957 | Aria · view |
| view | Complete | selections | Derk Van der Veen | 2022 | Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) - J.S.Bach · view |
| view | Aria | — | Giovanni Pietro Orefice | 2022 | Complete Score and Notes · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 4 guitars |
— | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Lilypond) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 3 recorders 4 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Sibelius) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 4 clarinets |
— | — | Complete Score · view Clarinet 1 (B) · view Clarinet 2 (B) · view Bass Clarinet 1 (B) · view Bass Clarinet 2 (B) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones |
— | — | Complete Score · view Trumpets 1/2 · view Trombones 1/2 · view Engraving files (Finale) · view Zip archive of MIDIs (31 files) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin, viola and cello |
— | — | Complete Score · view Violin · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin, viola and cello | Winterthur: Orfeo Mandozzi | 2014 | Cello Part (good page turns) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
Peter Besseling | 2018 | Complete Score · view Piano 1 · view Piano 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
Kistner | 1883 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
Kistner | 1915 | Complete Score (revised edition) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Carl Grüninger | 1911 | Part 1 · view Part 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Breitkopf und Härtel | 1915 | Complete Score · view Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 3 recorders 4 recorders |
— | — | Variation 10 · view Variation 18 · view Variation 19 · view Engraving files (Encore) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 3 recorders 4 recorders |
— | — | Descant Recorder · view Descant Recorder II · view Treble Recorder · view Tenor Recorder · view Bass Recorder · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 recorders 3 recorders 4 recorders |
— | — | Score for Aria and 8 Variations · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Variation 5 · view Variation 8 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Variation 14 · view Variation 20 · view Variation 23 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for guitar |
Ben Beuming | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Variation 1 | Arrangement for 2 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Variation 10 | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello | — | — | Complete Score · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Variation 22 | Arrangement for organ |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2009 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Variation 30 (Quodlibet) | Arrangement for 4 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Complete | — | Complete Performance · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Kimiko Ishizaka (piano) | — | Aria · file Variations 1-6 · file Variations 7-12 · file Variations 13-18 · file Variations 19-24 · file Variations 25-30, Aria da capo e fine · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Complete | Janet Seitzer (piano) | — | Aria, Variations 1-19 · file Variations 20-30, Aria da capo · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Complete | Glenn Gould (piano) | — | Aria, Variations 1-16 · file Variations 17-30, Aria da capo · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Complete | Wanda Landowska (harpsichord) | — | Aria · file Variation 1 · file Variation 2 · file Variation 3 · file Variation 4 · file Variation 5 · file Variation 6 · file Variation 7 · file Variation 8 · file Variation 9 · file Variation 10 · file Variation 11 · file Variation 12 · file Variation 13 · file Variation 14 · file Variation 15 · file Variation 16 · file Variation 17 · file Variation 18 · file Variation 19 · file Variation 20 · file Variation 21 · file Variation 22 · file Variation 23 · file Variation 24 · file Variation 25 · file Variation 26 · file Variation 27 · file Variation 28 · file Variation 29 · file Variation 30 · file Aria da capo · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Selections | Alcibiade Minel (piano) | — | Aria · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Selections | Mikhail Arkadev (piano) | — | Aria · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Selections | For Harmonica (Jean-François) | Variation 13 · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | For Recorders (Kok) | Aria · file Variation 1 · file Variation 2 · file Variation 3 · file Variation 4 · file Variation 5 · file Variation 6 · file Variation 7 · file Variation 8 · file Variation 9 · file Variation 10 · file Variation 11 · file Variation 12 · file Variation 13 · file Variation 14 · file Variation 15 · file Variation 16 · file Variation 17 · file Variation 18 · file Variation 19 · file Variation 20 · file Variation 21 · file Variation 22 · file Variation 23 · file Variation 24 · file Variation 25 · file Variation 26 · file Variation 27 · file Variation 28 · file Variation 29 · file Variation 30 · file Aria da capo · file Zip archive of MIDIs (31 files) · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | For Recorders (Andreola) | Variation 10 · file Variation 18 · file Variation 19 · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | For 2 Recorders | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | For Organ (Gouin) | Variation 22 · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | For Piano (Sacher) | Variation 5 · file Variation 8 · file |
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