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EPISODE TWO:
On the back of his own personal copy of the 'Goldberg Variations', Bach notated an additional fourteen canons. These were discovered only as late as 1974(!) and are among the most interesting compositional exercises we know from the composer.
From eight bass notes (the first 8 notes of the 'Goldberg' Aria- the structure in a sense,) Bach creates, yes, fourteen other canons. In this episode, we discuss engraving and canons 5-9.
Here is what they look like as seen on the back of Bach's own copy: (vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/3f/IMSLP430619-PMLP326356-N55005962_(BWV_1087).pdf)
and HERE (metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/drawings-and-prints/materials-and-techniques/printmaking/engraving#:~:text=Engraving%20is%20an%20intaglio%20printmaking,intentional%20lines%20will%20be%20printed.) is the link to engraving- you can see how Balthasar Schmid (I accidentally added an 'S' to his name in the episode) engraved Bach's BWV988.
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EPISODE TWO:
On the back of his own personal copy of the 'Goldberg Variations', Bach notated an additional fourteen canons. These were discovered only as late as 1974(!) and are among the most interesting compositional exercises we know from the composer.
From eight bass notes (the first 8 notes of the 'Goldberg' Aria- the structure in a sense,) Bach creates, yes, fourteen other canons. In this episode, we discuss engraving and canons 5-9.
Here is what they look like as seen on the back of Bach's own copy: (vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/3f/IMSLP430619-PMLP326356-N55005962_(BWV_1087).pdf)
and HERE (metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/drawings-and-prints/materials-and-techniques/printmaking/engraving#:~:text=Engraving%20is%20an%20intaglio%20printmaking,intentional%20lines%20will%20be%20printed.) is the link to engraving- you can see how Balthasar Schmid (I accidentally added an 'S' to his name in the episode) engraved Bach's BWV988.
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paypal.me/wtfbach
venmo.com/wtfbach
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bach (at) wtfbach (dot) com
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