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of the work.

Composition

The story of how the variations came to be composed comes from an early biography of Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forkel:

Forkel wrote his biography in 1802, more than 60 years after the events related, and its accuracy has been questioned. The lack of dedication on the title page also makes the tale of the commission unlikely. Goldberg's age at the time of publication (14 years) has also been cited as grounds for doubting Forkel's tale, although it

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