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The basic [[harmony|harmonies]] and structure of the aria remain consistent from variation to variation. The work ends with a quodlibet, a humorous combination of two popular tunes. John Keillor writes, "The work is sublime and compassionate, graceful, warm, and relentlessly intricate, a demonstration of unmatched craft in music history and genuine, poetic imagination." In modern times, the work is played on both the [[harpsichord]] and the [[piano]].
The basic [[harmony|harmonies]] and structure of the aria remain consistent from variation to variation. The work ends with a quodlibet, a humorous combination of two popular tunes. John Keillor writes, "The work is sublime and compassionate, graceful, warm, and relentlessly intricate, a demonstration of unmatched craft in music history and genuine, poetic imagination." In modern times, the work is played on both the [[harpsichord]] and the [[piano]].
== Goldberg Variations Media ==
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File:Goldberg-titlepage.png|Title page of the ''Goldberg Variations'' (first edition)
File:Bach-goldberg-aria.png|Musical quotation from Goldberg Variations (Aria) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Made using Sibelius 4 by Jashiin. The music quoted is in the public domain, and the image is hereby released into the public domain by Jashiin (version 2, errors in bars 5-6 fixed).
File:Bach-goldberg-var4.png|First 8 bars of the fourth variation.
File:Bach-goldberg-var5.png|First four bars of Variation 5.
File:Bach-goldberg-var7.png|First 4 bars of the seventh variation.
File:Bach-goldberg-var10.png|The first section of Variation 10.
File:Bach.goldberg.var13.svg|The final two bars of the first section of Variation 13.
File:Bach.goldberg.var20.svg|First 2 bars of variation 20.
File:Bach-goldberg-var21.png|The first three bars of Variation 21
File:Bach-goldberg-var23.png|The first four bars of Variation 23
</gallery>
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== References ==
== References ==
* Woodstra, Chris, et. al. 2005. ''All Music Guide to Classical Music''. All Music Guide, LLC. {{ISBN|0-87930-865-6}}.
* Woodstra, Chris, et. al. 2005. ''All Music Guide to Classical Music''. All Music Guide, LLC. {{ISBN|0-87930-865-6}}.