Johann Gottlieb Goldberg


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– Tue 7 Oct: Simon Mulligan performs an all-Chopin recital on Chopin's Pleyel piano Hatchlands House, Surrey, UK
– Fri 10 Oct: Italian Music Curtiss Hall in the Fine Arts Building, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA
– Sun 12 Oct: Stern Showcase Recital Palace Theater 61 Atlantic Street, Stamford CT 06901
– Sun 12 Oct: Birthday Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti Ventura College Theater,Ventura, California, USA
– Wed 15 Oct: Iron Rain Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland
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– (1868) Jacques Offenbach: Premiere of La Périchole, in Paris, France.
– (1906) Andrey Schulz-Evler: Recording of the “Blue Danube Arabesque”, Welte-Mignon Piano Roll No.1305, with Josef Lhevinne at the piano.
– (1933) Karol Szymanowski: Premiere of violin concerto no. 2, in Warsaw, Poland.
– (1951) Pierre Boulez: Premiere of Polyphonie X, in Donaueschingen, Germany.
– (1977) Michael Tippett: Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Chicago, USA.

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Sheet music for Goldberg



[details ←] 24 Polonaises In All Keys
[details ←] Sonate f!r zwei Violinen und Basso continuo oder f!r Violine und Cembalo obligat Violin,
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes Bassoon, Oboe, choral
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes Bass, Bassoon, Cello,
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes choral
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes Oboe,
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes Oboe,
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes Organ, Harpsichord,
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes Viola,
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes Viola,
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes Violin,
[details ←] Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unseres Gottes Violin,
[details ←] Triosonate f!r zwei Violinen und Basso continuo Violin,
[details ←] Triosonate B-dur Violin,

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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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