Prelude in E minorBWV 941
Johann Sebastian Bach
Difficulty 4
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Variation 3BWV 988
- Difficulty 5
- G major
- 3 min
- 16 measures
The third variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, a canon at the unison marked for one manual. Two upper parts play the same line one bar apart over a free bass in 12/8, in two halves of eight bars, each repeated. This edition follows the first print, published in Nuremberg by Balthasar Schmid in 1741 or 1742.
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