Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was an 18th-century German harpsichordist and composer best known as the namesake and likely first performer of J.S. Bach’s "Goldberg Variations."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composer
composer
harpsichordist
human
musician
associatedWith Dresden musical life
Leipzig musical life
associatedWork Goldberg Variations
birthYear 1727
composed chamber music
keyboard works
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony
deathYear 1756
employer Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk
era 18th century
ethnicGroup German
familyName Goldberg
genre Baroque music
givenName Gottlieb
Johann
hasCanonicalName Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
hasInstrument harpsichord
organ
influencedBy Central German Baroque tradition
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
languageOfWorkOrName German
likelyFirstPerformerOf Goldberg Variations
movement Baroque music
name Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
notableFact namesake of the Goldberg Variations
probably performed the Goldberg Variations for Count Keyserlingk
notableFor association with J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations
notableStudentOf Bach family
occupation composer
harpsichordist
partOf German Baroque musical tradition
patron Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk
placeOfActivity Dresden
Leipzig
positionHeld musician in the service of Count Keyserlingk
studentOf Johann Sebastian Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
style late Baroque

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BWV 988 dedicatedTo Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg name Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg hasCanonicalName Johann Gottlieb Goldberg