988 a J. S. Bach Goldberg Variations, aria mit 30 Veränderungen, BWV 988 Jean Rondeau, harpsichord Ao B

YEAR: 1741 (publication) CITY: Leipzig FIRST PERFORMANCE: 1741 SPECIAL NOTES: The Aria already appears in the Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (1725). The complete aria with variations was published in 1741. Bachs own copy of the publication contains many corrections, as well as 14 canons with the bass line itself as the theme. The discovery of this Handexemplar caused a sensation among Bach researchers in 1974.