BWV 988
Goldberg-Variationen
Goldberg Variations
Keyboard Work
Complete
About this Work
The Goldberg Variations (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.
Recordings
Glenn Gould
(1981)
Featured
Lang Lang
(2020)
Information
Key
G major
Year
1741
Place
Leipzig
Movements
32