Johann Sebastian Bach: The "Goldberg Variations"
Edited for the Harpsichord, or Piano by Ralph Kirkpatrick

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This is a soft cover book. The copyright date is 1938. There is no
other date listed in the book. Publisher: G. Schirmer, New
York/London. Printed in the USA. The book is in very good shape. The
bindings and pages are intact and without markings. The covers are in
good shape, except for the numbers "199" printed (very small) in pen
in the upper right hand front cover.

About the Book:

"Keyboard Practice consisting of an ARIA with thirty variations for
the harpsichord with 2 Manuals Prepared for the Enjoyment of
Music-Lovers by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited for the harpsichord or
piano by Ralph Kirkpatrick."

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Table of Contents

Frontispiece - Facsimile Of The Aria In The Original Edition

Preface:

1. Origin
2. Form
3. The Instrument
4. Ornamentation
General Rules
The Ornaments, Individually Treated
The Execution of Trills
Notes Concerning the Execution of the Ornaments in the Variations
5. Fingering
6. Phrasing
7. Tempo
8. Dynamics
9. General Interpretation

Facsimile Of The Title-Page of the Original Edition

Aria With Thirty Variations

Text Revision

Editor's Note

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