Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

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Sat 26 May: The Hambleden Concerts 2012 - Music from around the World The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Hambleden Hambleden, RG9 6RT
Tue 29 May: Composers Voice Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74th Street, New York
Sat 2 Jun: Music for a Royal Occasion Middleton Parish Church, New Lane, Middleton Manchester M24
Fri 8 Jun: Vienna Here and Now St Lawrence Hall, 157 King E, Toronto
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(1930) George Antheil: Premiere of Transatlantic, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
(1938) William Schuman: Premiere of Symphony no. 2, in New York, USA.
(1961) Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco: Premiere of Il Mercante di Venezia, in Milan, Italy.

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Sheet music for Goldberg

[details ←] 24 Polonaises In All Keys, piano,
[details ←] Triosonate B-dur, violin,
[details ←] Sonate fur zwei Violinen und Basso continuo oder fur Violine und Cembalo obligat, violin,
[details ←] Triosonate fur zwei Violinen und Basso continuo, violin,
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♩ German composers
♩ Baroque composers
Born: 14 March 1727 — Danzig — Germany
Died: 13 April 1756 — Dresden — Germany
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Goldberg was a brilliant harpsichordist, pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach. The latter wrote his Goldberg Variations for Johann Gotlieb, apparently so he could play them late at night to cure him from his sleeplesness. Many poeple now doubt the correctness of this anecdote.

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