... researched aspect of the piece’s reception history, but also lays the foundation for the book’s broader discussion of adaptations of the Goldberg Variations throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Ferruccio Busoni Piano...

... extra-musical ideas that convey ever-changing meanings about Bach and his music. J. S. Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988 film soundtrack modernism postmodernism semiotics work concept Glenn Gould If Bach’s compositions have been frequently quoted in film soundtracks...

... and harmonic-contrapuntal elaboration with virtuosity and dance idioms have invited a multiplicity of interpretations and widespread adaptation in a variety of contexts. Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988 arrangement transcription adaptation stylistic plurality Johann...

..., including subsequent (re)-composers and performers enter into mutual textual conversations about the pieces. J. S. Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988 open work concept multi-author composition Diabelli Variations intertextuality stylistic plurality deconstructionism indeterminacy...

... movements that go against the rhythms and themes in Bach’s composition. These trends coincide with the more open approach to the work concept described in the previous chapters. J. S. Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988 choreography Glenn Gould Jerome Robbins William Dollar ballet...

...This book provides the first detailed reception history of adaptations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Aria mit 30 Veränderungen (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988). It documents multiple ways the work has appeared in arrangements, transcriptions, and re-compositions from...