At 23:40 09-06-16, David J. Perry wrote:

>In 1990-1991 (yes, a long time ago), I was working on the Goldberg 
>Variations.  I got some very good insights from a book whose author 
>and title I can no longer remember; I do recall that in addition to 
>the discussion of the Goldbergs, there was an extensive treatment of 
>either the St Matthew Passion or B minor Mass (maybe both??).  The 
>book was published in the mid to late 80s, I think.  I did some 
>online searching but didn't come up with it.
>
>I'm going back to the Goldbergs soon and would really like to reread 
>that discussion.  Does this ring a bell for anyone?

Sir Donald Francis Tovey wrote an extensive essay on the Goldberg 
Variations (Essays in Musical Analysis -- supplementary volume).

David 

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