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{{short description|Keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach}} {{other uses}} {{italic title}} [[File:Goldberg-titlepage.png|thumb|right|Title page of the ''Goldberg Variations'' (first edition)]] {{listen|type=music|filename=GoldbergVariations MehmetOkonsar-1of3 Var1to10.ogg|title=Aria to Variation 9 |filename2=GoldbergVariations MehmetOkonsar-2of3 Var11to23.ogg|title2=Variations 10 to 22 |filename3=GoldbergVariations MehmetOkonsar-3of3 Var23to32END.ogg|title3=Variations 23 to Aria Da Capo|description3=All of the above performed by [[David Ezra Okonşar]]}} The '''''Goldberg Variations''''' ({{Langx|de|Goldberg-Variationen}}), [[Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis|BWV]] 988, is a musical composition for [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], consisting of an [[aria]] and a set of 30 [[Variation (music)|variations]]. First published in 1741, it is named after [[Johann Gottlieb Goldberg]], who may also have been the first performer of the work.
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