"Who composed a set of 30 variations for the harpsichord which he named the ""Goldberg Variations""?"
Goldberg Variations drama than the original." Other arrangements include: Goldberg Variations The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, are a work written for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, the work is one of the most important examples of variation form. They are named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may have been the first performer. The tale of how the variations came to be composed comes from an early biography of Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forkel: Forkel wrote his biography in 1802, more than 60 years after the events related, and
Variations on a Theme of Corelli Variations on a Theme of Corelli Variations on a Theme of Corelli (, "Variatsii na temu A. Korelli"), Op. 42, is set of variations for solo piano, written in 1931 by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. He composed the variations at his holiday home in Switzerland. The theme is "La Folia", which was not in fact composed by Arcangelo Corelli, but was used by him in 1700 as the basis for 23 variations in his Sonata for violin and continuo (violone and/or harpsichord) in D minor, Op. 5, No. 12. "La Folia" was popularly used as the basis for variations