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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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg canonical 3

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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 ⓘ