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Article: Bach's Goldberg Variations demystified.
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- American Music Teacher
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
- Author:
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If pianists were to play a word association game in which a psychologist said, "Bach's Goldberg Variations," they would almost without fail respond with the name "Glenn Gould." Gould's landmark recording from 1955 has had both positive and negative impacts on modern performers. It has been positive because it introduces pianists to one of Bach's best works, which up to the time had been largely ignored. Thanks to the pioneering vision of Gould, and Wanda Landowska for harpsichordists, one now can choose from literally dozens of recordings by major artists on piano, harpsichord, organ, orchestral transcriptions and even synthesizers. (1) The negative impact of Gould's ...
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...BACH ITALIAN CONCERTO Toccata in D major BWV 912 Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903 Aria variata in the Italian manner BWV 989 Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971 Aria from the Clavierbuchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach BWV 988 Prelude ...
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