Aria mit verschiedenen Veranderungen [J. S. Bach's Goldberg-Variationen] – arrangement for small orchestra (before 1938) Józef Koffler

Aria mit verschiedenen Veranderungen [J. S. Bach's Goldberg-Variationen] – arrangement for small orchestra (before 1938)

Aria mit verschiedenen Veranderungen [J. S. Bach's Goldberg-Variationen] – arrangement for small orchestra (before 1938)

Orchestral Works, Arrangements and Transcriptions, Work without Opus Number

Instrumentation: flute, oboe, English horn, bassoon and string quintet

Manuscript: Academy of Arts. Berlin Call number: Hno 17/74/271

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Aria

Var. 1 a 1 Clav.

Var. 2 a 1 Clav.

Var. 3 Canone all'Unisono a 1 Clav.

Var. 4 a 1 Clav.

Var. 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav

Var. 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda

Var. 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.

Var. 8 a 2 Clav.

Var. 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza

Var. 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta

Var. 11 a 2 Clav.

Var. 12 Canone alla Quarta

Var. 13 a 2 Clav.

Var. 14 a 2 Clav.

Var. 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario. Andante

Var. 16 a 1 Clav. Ouverture

Var. 17 a 2 Clav.

Var. 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta

Var. 19 a 1 Clav.

Var. 20 a 2 Clav.

Var. 21 Canone alla Settima

Var. 22 a 1 Clav. Alla breve

Var. 23 a 2 Clav.

Var. 24 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava

Var. 25 a 2 Clav.

Var. 26 a 2 Clav.

Var. 27 a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona

Var. 28 a 2 Clav.

Var. 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.

Var. 30 a 1 Clav. Quodliebet

Aria da capo

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen [Goldberg Variations]. Arrangement by Józef Koffler for small orchestra. From the collections of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Musikarchiv, call number Scherchen 2068

The transcription was commissioned by Hermann Scherchen, who conducted this work at least once, as evident from revisions entered in Koffler’s score in Scherchen’s own hand. Scherchen, who himself arranged Bach’s Kunst der Fuge for orchestra, also inspired and conducted Swiss composer Roger Vuataz’s arrangement of Musikalisches Opfer. Bach transcriptions were also made by Viennese composers. Examples include Schönberg’s orchestration of Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552 (originally for organ) and Webern’s instrumentation of a six-part fugue from Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079.

In Koffler’s transcription, thematic material is divided into segments. Orchestration forms contrapuntal patterns and interactions that were much harder to distinguish in Bach’s original keyboard texture.