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Bach, Johann Sebastian

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

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aria, 30 variations

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Scores

23

Arrangements and Transcriptions

30

Performances

Recordings

8

Synthesized/MIDI

7

Commercial Recordings

112

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Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Librarian’s choice

Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Librarian’s choice

Public Domain

Bärenreiter Verlag, 1977.

Editor

Christoph Wolff (b. 1940)

Publisher

Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 2 (pp.67-116)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1977. Plate BA 5048.

Misc. Notes

600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches.

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Complete Score

Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Librarian’s choice

Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Librarian’s choice

Bärenreiter, 1977.

Editor

Christoph Wolff (b. 1940)

Publisher

Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1977. Plate BA 5162/DVfM 8007.

Copyright

Complete Score

Complete Score

Manuscript, n.d.

Engraver

Unidentified copyist

Publisher

Manuscript, n.d.

Misc. Notes

18th-century manuscript copy of the Balthasar Schmid edition.

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Complete Score

Balthasar Schmid, No. 16, n.d.(ca.1741).

Editor

First edition

Publisher

Nürnberg: Balthasar Schmid, No. 16, n.d.(ca.1741).

Misc. Notes

  1. 394103, #74598, and #18809 - Facsimile of Bach's personal copy ('Handexemplar') located in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France [Rés. Vm. ms. 949], including several ornaments added by hand in faded ink which is more visible in the color scan. See discussion page for list of hand-written additions.
    The 14 canons upon the first part of the basso appear at the end on a separate page.

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Complete Score - plus 14 Canons in MS (color scan)

Complete Score - plus 14 Canons in MS (cleaned B&W scan)

Incomplete Score - plus 14 Canons in MS (Variations only; Aria missing)

Complete Score (color scan)

Hans Georg Nägeli, n.d.[1802].

Publisher

Musikalische Kunstwerke im strengen Style von J.S. Bach u. andern Meistern
Zürich: Hans Georg Nägeli, n.d.[1802].

Misc. Notes

This file is part of the Submission Project.

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Complete Score

Complete Score (monochrome)

C.F. Peters, No. 209, n.d.(ca.1850).

Editor

Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782–1849)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)

Publisher

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No. 209, n.d.(ca.1850). Plate 2747.

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Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

aria, 30 variations

More information

Complete

Complete


Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Librarian’s choice

Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Librarian’s choice

Bärenreiter Verlag, 1977.

Editor

Christoph Wolff (b. 1940)

Publisher

Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 2 (pp.67-116)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1977. Plate BA 5048.

Misc. Notes

600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches.

Copyright

Complete


Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Librarian’s choice

Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Librarian’s choice

Bärenreiter, 1977.

Editor

Christoph Wolff (b. 1940)

Publisher

Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1977. Plate BA 5162/DVfM 8007.

Copyright

Complete


Manuscript, n.d.

Engraver

Unidentified copyist

Publisher

Manuscript, n.d.

Misc. Notes

18th-century manuscript copy of the Balthasar Schmid edition.

Copyright

Complete


Balthasar Schmid, No. 16, n.d.(ca.1741).

Editor

First edition

Publisher

Nürnberg: Balthasar Schmid, No. 16, n.d.(ca.1741).

Misc. Notes

  1. 394103, #74598, and #18809 - Facsimile of Bach's personal copy ('Handexemplar') located in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France [Rés. Vm. ms. 949], including several ornaments added by hand in faded ink which is more visible in the color scan. See discussion page for list of hand-written additions.
    The 14 canons upon the first part of the basso appear at the end on a separate page.

Copyright

Complete


Hans Georg Nägeli, n.d.[1802].

Publisher

Musikalische Kunstwerke im strengen Style von J.S. Bach u. andern Meistern
Zürich: Hans Georg Nägeli, n.d.[1802].

Misc. Notes

This file is part of the Submission Project.

Copyright

Complete


C.F. Peters, No. 209, n.d.(ca.1850).

Editor

Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782–1849)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)

Publisher

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No. 209, n.d.(ca.1850). Plate 2747.

Copyright

Complete


Breitkopf und Härtel, 1853.

Editor

Carl Ferdinand Becker (1804–1877)

Publisher

Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 3 (pp.263-308)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1853. Plate B.W. III.

Copyright

Complete


Edition Peters, No. 200-219, n.d.(ca.1898).

Editor

Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782–1849)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)

Publisher

Leipzig: Edition Peters, No. 200-219, n.d.(ca.1898). Plate 8854.

Misc. Notes

This edition seems to be a new engraving of #19551, not altering content.

Copyright

Complete


Edition Peters, No. 4462, 1937.

Editor

Kurt Soldan (1891–1946)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881–1955), fingering

Publisher

Leipzig: Edition Peters, No. 4462, 1937. Plate 11329.

Misc. Notes

Grayscale

Copyright

Complete


G. Henle Verlag, 1962.

Editor

Rudolf Steglich (1886–1976), editor
Walther Lampe (1872–1964), fingerings

Publisher

Klavierübung 2.-4. Teil, (pp.60-112)
München-Duisburg: G. Henle Verlag, 1962. Plate HN 129.

Misc. Notes

600 dpi.

Copyright

Complete


Bärenreiter, 1977.

Editor

Christoph Wolff (b. 1940)
Mikhail Arkadev (b. 1958), revisions and commentary

Language

Russian

Publisher

Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1977. Plate BA 5162.

Reprinted

Концепция и комментарии М. Аркадьева
Moscow: Sovyetsky Kompozitor, 2002.

Copyright

Complete


Muzgiz, n.d.(ca.1980).

Editor

Leonid Roizman (1916–1989)

Publisher

Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(ca.1980).

Misc. Notes

Preface removed

Copyright

Complete


Könemann Music, 1996.

Editor

Publisher

Budapest: Könemann Music, 1996. Plate K 169.

Misc. Notes

600 dpi. Page size A4 (210 × 297mm). Urtext edition.

Copyright

Complete


Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Open Goldberg.

Publisher

Open Goldberg

Misc. Notes

Open Goldberg Variations. Werner Schweer, editor. Peer reviewed on MuseScore.com

Copyright

Complete


Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0

Martin Straeten.

Publisher

Martin Straeten

Misc. Notes

Complete edition incl. Verschiedene Canones über die ersteren acht Fundamental-Noten der Arie, BWV 1087.
Edition based on the composer's copy of the first printing.
These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

Copyright

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0

Complete


Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Derk Van der Veen, 2022.

Editor

Publisher

Derk Van der Veen, 2022.

Misc. Notes

1) the first edition from 1741 has been converted to modern notation;
2) Bach's corrections have been implemented and notation errors that remained have also been addressed;
3) in addition, elements on which opinions may differ are discussed in advance along with those errata;
4) ornamental symbols have been taken from the first edition;
5) the layout and paper size have been chosen to make it easier to see the structure of the piece;
6) peer reviewed and thoroughly discussed by 10+ professional musicians.

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Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Nuno R. Rodrigues, 2024.

Publisher

Nuno R. Rodrigues, 2024.

Misc. Notes

This edition is an update on the 2012 Open Goldberg edition. A list of changes is available at MuseScore.com

Copyright

Complete


Edition Peters, No. 4482, 1937.

Editor

Kurt Soldan (1891–1946)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881–1955), fingering

Publisher

Leipzig: Edition Peters, No. 4482, 1937. Plate 11329.

Misc. Notes

Clean black-and-white copy

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Selections

Selections


Pierre Lafitte, 1907.

Publisher

Album Musica, No.61
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1907.

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Selections


Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

RSB, 2011.

Editor

Publisher

RSB, 2011.

Misc. Notes

This new typeset writes out the ornaments that in the first edition are given as symbols. But there are errors in their interpretation, such as the second beat of the 3rd bar of the Aria in which the initial turn starts on the wrong note. An appoggiatura is missing in the third bar before the end of the first page of the Aria. There may be additional errors in these files.

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Selections


Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0

Joel Mayes.

Publisher

Joel Mayes

Misc. Notes

These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

Copyright

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0

Aria

Aria


Bärenreiter Verlag, 1957.

Editor

Georg von Dadelsen (1918–2007)

Publisher

Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 4 (pp.103)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1957. Plate BA 5008.

Misc. Notes

600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches. From the 1725 notebook of the Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach (No.26).

Copyright

Aria


Bärenreiter, 1957.

Editor

Georg von Dadelsen (1918–2007)

Publisher

Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, 1725 (p.25)
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1957. Plate BA 5164.

Misc. Notes

600 dpi. From the 1725 notebook of the Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach (No.26).

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