16 avr. 1741 - J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

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Goldberg Variations, or BWV 988 were 30 variations based on an aria written for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach (J.S. Bach) in 1741. A Bach scholar by the name Christoph Wolff quoted "...I think the origin goes back to an idea Bach got from Handel. Handel, in 1733, published an aria with 64 variations. The variations are based on the same Aria bass, but it's only eight measures long. And Bach thought that 'This is a wonderful idea to have many variations on such a promising ground bass. But the bass is too short for me, I'll make it longer.' So instead of eight measures, he turned it into 32 measures" (Huizenga, Tom. “Bach’s Enduring Enigma: An Introduction to the ‘Goldberg Variations.’” NPR, NPR, 19 Mar. 2012). This statment shows that Bach was good at taking the aspects from other pieces and implementing his own ideas into them, leading his own to be more successful. "Legend has it that Bach wrote the music to soothe the sleepless nights of one Count Kaiserling, who asked his private harpsichordist, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, to perform the variations" (Huizenga, Tom. “Bach’s Enduring Enigma: An Introduction to the ‘Goldberg Variations.’” NPR, NPR, 19 Mar. 2012). Legend or not, each variation has the same harmonic progression and lighthearted, soothing mood despite there being 30 of them. One major difference includes dynamics, notably between Variation 20 and Variation 21, with the former being much more dynamic, and the latter being slower and less dynamic.

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