On 02/19/2016 07:47 PM, Andrew Makuch wrote:>
> How many Goldberg Variations were played from memory - or were thy exempt? After all, the were commissioned by Count Kayserling, to help him to fall asleep.
I think that the story of Count Kayserling's commission is now generally
thought spurious. There's no evidence of it from Bach's time, there's no
dedication on the publication, and Goldberg would have been 14 years old
when they were published.
best,
Stuart
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