The Goldberg Variations (German: Goldberg-Variationen), BWV 988, is a musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may also have been the first performer of the work.
Rather unusually for Bach’s works, the Goldberg Variations were published in his own lifetime, in 1741. The publisher was Bach’s friend Balthasar Schmid of Nuremberg. Schmid printed the work by making engraved copper plates (rather than using movable type); thus the notes of the first edition are in Schmid’s own handwriting.
18th-century manuscript copy of the Balthasar Schmid edition.
Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period, is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms. He has been widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
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