Johann Sebastian Bach
The Musical Offering and The 'Goldberg Variations'
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Musical Offering and The 'Goldberg Variations'
- Instrumentation Piano
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Edition Study Score Download
- Publisher Edwin F. Kalmus
- Order no. K00720-DL
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Description:
The Musical Offering dates from a visit of Bach to the court of Frederick II in Berlin, where his son Carl Philip Emmanuel was Court-Kapellmeister. The King (himself a composer maily for flute) gave Bach a theme suitable for a fugue. This was at once elaborated by him into a 3 part fugue. Later on Bach developed this with his own themes and fugues and dedicated the work to the King(Opfer - Offering). The instruments are mostly not indicated and left to players to decide upon.