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Variation 8BWV 988

Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Difficulty 6
  • G major
  • 2 min
  • 32 measures

The eighth variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, written for two keyboards and published in 1741 or 1742. Sweeping fast runs and wide leaps pass between two voices in this variation as both hands play across the same register. It employs the French style of hand-crossing found in the keyboard works of François Couperin.

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