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Goldberg Variations
Goldberg Variations
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Aria
Canone all' Unisono
Canone alla Seconda
Canone alla Terza
Canone alla Quarta
Canone alla Quinta
Canone alla Sesta
Canone alla Settima
Canone all' Ottava
Canone alla Nona
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Aria
Canone all' Unisono
Canone alla Seconda
Canone alla Terza
Canone alla Quarta
Canone alla Quinta
Canone alla Sesta
Canone alla Settima
Canone all' Ottava
Canone alla Nona
Goldberg Variations
fundamental bass-line
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4
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17
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We give above the extracted bass-line of the Aria although neither the Aria nor any variation
has the bass-line so simply set out as here, and it is always coloured more or less; it never appears
plainly either as ostinato (as in the Passacaglia for organ) or as cantus rmus (as in the Canonic
Variations), though some movements begin as if they might be of this sort; and some harmonies
appear prominently in dierent inversions (hence some doubled notes in the above example).
from Bach, e Goldberg Variations by Peter Williams, Cambridge University Press, 2004
PDF "" Aria 9 Goldberg
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Variatio III
Canone all' Unisono
a 1 Clav.
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Variatio VI
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Variatio IX
Canone alla Terza
a 1 Clav.
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Variatio XII
Canone alla Quarta
a 1 Clav.
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dux
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Variatio XV
Canone alla Quinta
a 1 Clav.
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Variatio XVIII
Canone alla Sesta
a 1 Clav.
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Variatio XXI
Canone alla Settima
a 1 Clav.
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Variatio XXI
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18
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Variatio XXIV
Canone alla Ottava
a 1 Clav.
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Variatio XXIV
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Variatio XXIV
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Variatio XXVII
Canone alla Nona
a 1 Clav.
*
A
comes
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