[lbo-talk] class and classical music

[Mike Beggs]

I had heard that his Goldberg Variations were commissioned and
composed as a soporific for an insomniac count. Which would have been
a great story, but according to Wikipedia it's a myth.

Mike

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Joanna<123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> Just pulled out a Bach album at random:
>
> Partita No 1 in B flat major, BWV 825: Praeludium, allemande, courante,
> sarabande, menuet, gigue.
>
> That is, Bach thought fit to name all the parts of this composition
> according to dance rhythms (except for the prelude).