Aria da capo

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Aria da capo is the recurring opening and closing theme of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, framing the work with an elegant, ornamented sarabande.

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Label Occurrences
Aria da capo canonical 2
Arie da capo 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf keyboard composition ⓘ
musical work ⓘ
basedOn bass line used as ground for Goldberg Variations ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 988 ⓘ
closingSectionOf Goldberg Variations ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerStylePeriod late Bach keyboard style ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
form binary form ⓘ
functionInWork theme for Goldberg Variations ⓘ
genre sarabande ⓘ
instrumentation harpsichord ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ
key G major ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
movementNumber 1 ⓘ
32 ⓘ
notableFeature highly ornamented melodic line ⓘ
serves as framing device for Goldberg Variations ⓘ
openingSectionOf Goldberg Variations ⓘ
partOf Goldberg Variations ⓘ
positionInWork final movement of Goldberg Variations ⓘ
first movement of Goldberg Variations ⓘ
style dance-style sarabande ⓘ
tempoIndication aria ⓘ
texture ornamented melody with accompaniment ⓘ
timePeriod Baroque ⓘ
title Aria da capo ⓘ
workTitle Aria (Goldberg Variations) ⓘ
linked to: Goldberg Variations

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goldberg Variations → hasPart → Aria da capo ⓘ
Milton Babbitt → notableWork → Arie da capo ⓘ
linked to: Aria da capo
Aria da capo → title → Aria da capo ⓘ