Bach's Goldberg Variations
by Anna Harwell Celenza
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Author: Anna Harwell CelenzaBrand: CharlesBridge Publishing
Illustrator: Joann E. Kitchel
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-01-01
ISBN: 1570915105
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
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Book Review: lessons in Bach and Baroque music
Summary: 5 Stars
The legendary-like story behind Bach's immortal "Goldberg Variations" is told accompanied with fancy, often baroque-like illustrations with golden touches. The musically-talented orphan Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was taken in by a German Count. The Count directs him to play something new for him each week; and then later calls on him to do a "piece filled with dances and difficult runs...canons and something quite new...[and] a surprise that will trick me." To meet this demanding challenge, Johann has to turn to his mentor Bach, whose composition in answer to the Count's demand later came to be named after the orphan. The orphan Johann remains the focus of the tale, with Bach giving him musical information and guidance so that readers learn something about the technicalities and style of the "Goldberg Variations." Ages 4-7.
Summary of Bach's Goldberg Variations
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg is a young servant in the employ of Count Keyserlingk. A talented musician, the boy secretly practices playing the harpsichord at night. When the count discovers Goldberg one evening, he challenges Goldberg to combine all the harpsichord music he s learned--and to throw in a riddle. In a panic, Goldberg turns to Johann Sebastian Bach for the perfect piece of music to appease the count. Stylized illustrations include elements from the baroque period. Includes a CD recording of Bach s Goldberg Variations. Recommended in Laura Berquist First Grade SyllabusAuthor: Anna Harwell Celenza Grades: 1 and upFormat: CD and 40-page hardcover bookPublisher: CharlesbridgeISBN 1-57091-510-5Performing Arts Books
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