Goldberg Variations

Goldberg-Variationen
Goldberg Variations
BWV 988
by J. S. Bach
Cover page of the first edition
KeyG major
DedicationHermann Karl von Keyserling
Published1741, Nuremberg
PublisherBalthasar Schmid
MovementsAria + 30 variations

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 thirty variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may also have been the first performer of the work.

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